REU Site: Utilizing Plants for Innovative Research (UPIR) - Cultivating the next generation of scientists and engineers

REU 网站：利用植物进行创新研究 (UPIR) - 培养下一代科学家和工程师

• 批准号: 1560169
• 负责人: Lihua Wang
• 金额: $ 27.95万
• 依托单位: Kettering University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560169&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Utilizing; Plants; Innovative

This REU Site award to Kettering University, located in Flint, MI, will support the training of ten (10) students for eight (8) weeks during the summers of 2017-2019. The REU Site focuses on the use of plants and plant products in innovative scientific and engineering research, and faculty from the biological, chemical, and physical sciences as well as math and engineering will be involved in mentoring and conducting directed research with participants. In addition to undertaking research during the eight-week program, students will participate in seminars and journal clubs, including training in ethics and responsible conduct of research and field trips to other research institutions. Participants for the REU site will be widely solicited, to include students enrolled in schools on the quarter-system and those who are from groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering. A committee of faculty members from Kettering University will select REU participants based on academic performance, interest in research, and phone interviews. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities will be trained in the program. The interdisciplinary approaches employed in the REU research projects to tackle real-world issues will help to foster the students' ability to collaborate with people from across STEM fields, allowing participants to better engage with and solve 21st century problems. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://TBD, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Lihua Wang at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. James Cohen at [e-mail]).

REU 授予位于密歇根州弗林特的凯特林大学的场地奖将支持十 (10) 名学生在 2017-2019 年夏季进行为期八 (8) 周的培训。 REU 站点专注于在创新科学和工程研究中使用植物和植物产品，来自生物、化学和物理科学以及数学和工程的教师将参与指导参与者并与参与者进行定向研究。除了在为期八周的课程期间进行研究外，学生还将参加研讨会和期刊俱乐部，包括道德培训和负责任的研究行为以及前往其他研究机构的实地考察。 REU 网站的参与者将被广泛征集，其中包括在学季制学校注册的学生以及来自传统上在科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体的学生。凯特林大学的一个教职人员委员会将根据学业成绩、研究兴趣和电话面试来选择 REU 参与者。预计共有 30 名学生（主要来自研究机会有限的学校）将接受该计划的培训。 REU 研究项目中采用的跨学科方法来解决现实世界问题，将有助于培养学生与来自 STEM 领域的人们合作的能力，使参与者能够更好地参与和解决 21 世纪的问题。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有 REU 项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。项目结束后将对学生进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过 NSF 报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问 http://TBD，或联系 PI（Lihua Wang 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（James Cohen 博士，[e-mail]）。