REU SITE: Interfacing Sustainable Energy and Materials

REU 站点：连接可持续能源和材料

• 批准号: 1460932
• 负责人: Eric Furst
• 金额: $ 36.06万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460932&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Interfacing; Sustainable; Energy

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Delaware offers research experiences in multidisciplinary materials research with energy and sustainability applications to diverse and talented cohorts of students, including those from minority serving institutions and primarily undergraduate institutions in the region. The students' research projects have meaningful and positive impacts on society by developing sustainable energy technologies, with topics spanning from energy generated from biomass to the development of next-generation fuel cell membranes. The REU Site aims to enhance U.S. competitiveness through the development of a diverse and engaged workforce by enabling students to: acquire a practical and engaging research experience, develop their interest in pursuing a graduate degree education, understand the graduate school experience and admissions process, and develop long-term professional and social connections with fellow participants, graduate students, and faculty. The REU Site offers opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in comprehensive research experiences on cutting-edge topics, using state-of-the-art methods, which reinforce and strengthen their classroom knowledge and encourage pursuit of graduate education. During the 10-week experience, students perform materials engineering and science research projects involving photovoltaic devices, catalytic materials, or nanomaterials and nanocomposites. The students collaborate with a faculty mentor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering or Materials Science and Engineering along with a trained graduate student and post-doc mentors. They also participate in a professional development program that includes training in communications and research methods skills, graduate school information sessions, and workshops on research ethics and ethics of technologies. The students are provided with opportunities to present their research results in a research symposium held at the end of the summer and participate in field trips to nearby research and development facilities (of chemical, materials, and energy companies) to augment laboratory research activities with examples of the translation of science and engineering advances to commercial practice. The program is partnering with 11 colleges, universities and programs as part of comprehensive recruitment plan to ensure a diverse and talented applicant pool for the REU Site.This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

特拉华大学的本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站为多元化且才华横溢的学生群体（包括来自该地区少数族裔服务机构和主要本科院校的学生）提供能源和可持续应用方面的多学科材料研究的研究经验。学生的研究项目通过开发可持续能源技术对社会产生有意义和积极的影响，主题涵盖从生物质产生的能源到下一代燃料电池膜的开发。 REU 网站旨在通过培养多元化和敬业的劳动力队伍来提高美国的竞争力，使学生能够：获得实用且引人入胜的研究经验，培养他们攻读研究生学位教育的兴趣，了解研究生院的经验和招生流程，以及与其他参与者、研究生和教师建立长期的专业和社会联系。 REU 网站为本科生提供机会，利用最先进的方法参与前沿主题的综合研究体验，从而巩固和加强他们的课堂知识并鼓励追求研究生教育。在为期 10 周的体验中，学生将进行涉及光伏器件、催化材料或纳米材料和纳米复合材料的材料工程和科学研究项目。学生们与化学和生物分子工程或材料科学与工程领域的教师导师以及训练有素的研究生和博士后导师合作。他们还参加专业发展计划，其中包括沟通和研究方法技能培训、研究生院信息会议以及研究伦理和技术伦理研讨会。学生有机会在夏末举行的研究研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，并参加附近研究和开发设施（化学、材料和能源公司）的实地考察，以通过实例增强实验室研究活动将科学和工程进步转化为商业实践。作为全面招聘计划的一部分，该计划与 11 所学院、大学和项目合作，以确保 REU 站点拥有多元化且有才华的申请人库。该本科生研究经验 (REU) 站点由国防部与NSF REU 计划。