REU Site: Polymer Science and Engineering at The University of Akron

REU 站点：阿克伦大学高分子科学与工程

基本信息

批准号：
1659531
负责人：
Mesfin Tsige
金额：
$ 34.47万
依托单位：
University of Akron
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-04-01 至 2022-10-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659531&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Polymer Science Engineering

项目摘要

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYThe vision of the REU site at the University of Akron (UA-REU), which was initiated in 2004, is to be a nurturing academic environment for undergraduate exploration, education and research. It will focus on the training of 12 NSF-supported undergraduate students each summer in the area of Polymer Science and Engineering. The site will expose students to exciting cutting edge polymer education and research, thus initiating the training of the next generation of the scientific workforce needed to fuel innovation in the United States. The faculty participants mentor the REU students through a multidimensional approach involving fundamentals of polymers, professional development, and development of research skillsets. First, instruction in the fundamentals of Polymer Science and Engineering will be provided to the students. Second, the faculty participants will impart to the REU students the scientific and engineering skills required for research and innovation. Third, the students will be exposed to a wide variety of educational, research and career opportunities through a professional development series featuring four panel discussions on career directions and ethics, as well as industrial visits to NASA, Goodyear and other local companies, government laboratories, and hospitals. All research activities will be integrated with career panels, seminars, and industrial visits aligned with the overarching goals of the site. The educational components include an intensive one-week series of lectures delineating the fundamentals of Polymer Science and Engineering and a faculty research seminar series. The multiple student-led presentations are designed to develop solid communication skills for the effective oral dissemination of their research results. This experience is expected to stir enthusiasm for STEM disciplines, and increase the retention and promotion of traditional, underrepresented and low-income students in Mathematics, Engineering and Science, and in particular Polymer Science and Engineering. TECHNICAL SUMMARYThe REU site at the University of Akron will focus on the training of 12 NSF-supported and also several industrial supported undergraduate students for 11 weeks each summer in the general area of Polymer Science and Engineering. The site will be a nurturing interdisciplinary academic environment for undergraduate research and professional development designed towards enabling student excellence in graduate studies and future research careers in STEM disciplines. The REU students will be exposed to interdisciplinary research projects that emphasize problems at the frontiers of polymer science and engineering and that are specifically designed for undergraduate students with limited research experience. Activities associated with the UA-REU are designed to broaden the students' knowledge of polymers and comprehension of the societal implications of their research. Research projects involving REU students will cover the breadth of Polymer Science and Engineering in four generalized cluster areas: Chemistry, Physics, Engineering and Biomaterials. Such projects include, but are not limited to, synthesis of advanced polymer materials (such as biodegradable nanofiber scaffolds, ionically crosslinked polymers, antimicrobial polymers, multi-functional hydrogels); materials fabrication for energy storage and water purification (such as solid electrolyte membranes, hybrid hierarchical noble metals, composite nanofibers); structural and dynamic characterization (through solid- and solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), mass spectroscopy, small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM)); computer-based design of materials through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations). At the conclusion of the program, students will present their research work at a joint symposium with Case Western Reserve University, NASA, and Kent State University.

非技术摘要于2004年启动的Akron大学（UA-REU）的REU网站的愿景是为本科探索，教育和研究的培育学术环境。每年夏天，在聚合物科学与工程领域，将重点介绍对12名NSF支持的本科生的培训。该站点将使学生接触令人兴奋的尖端聚合物教育和研究，从而启动对下一代科学劳动力的培训，以促进美国的创新。教师参与者通过涉及聚合物基础，专业发展和研究技能发展的多维方法指导REU学生。首先，将向学生提供有关聚合物科学和工程基础的指导。其次，教职员工将向REU学生传授研究和创新所需的科学和工程技能。第三，学生将通过专业发展系列系列介绍各种教育，研究和职业机会，其中包括有关职业方向和道德的四个小组讨论，以及对NASA，固特异和其他本地公司，政府实验室和医院的工业访问。所有研究活动都将与职业小组，研讨会以及与该网站的总体目标保持一致的工业访问。这些教育组成部分包括一系列一系列的一系列讲座，描述了聚合物科学与工程的基础知识以及教师研究研讨会系列。多个学生主导的演讲旨在发展稳定的沟通技巧，以有效地口头传播其研究结果。预计这种经验将激发STEM学科的热情，并增加传统，代表性不足和低收入学生在数学，工程和科学，尤其是聚合物科学和工程方面的保留和促进。 Akron大学的技术摘要REU网站将专注于每年夏天在聚合物科学和工程的一般领域中培训12个NSF支持的和几个工业支持的本科生。该网站将是一个培育跨学科的学术环境，用于旨在使学生在研究生学习和STEM学科的未来研究职业方面旨在使学生卓越。 REU学生将接触到跨学科研究项目，该项目强调聚合物科学和工程领域的问题，并专门为研究经验有限的本科生设计。与UA-REU相关的活动旨在扩大学生对聚合物的了解以及对研究的社会影响的理解。涉及REU学生的研究项目将涵盖四个广义集群区域的聚合物科学和工程的广度：化学，物理，工程和生物材料。这样的项目包括但不限于晚期聚合物材料的合成（例如可生物降解的纳米纤维支架，离子交联的聚合物，抗菌聚合物，多功能水凝胶）；用于储能和水纯化的材料制造（例如固体电解质膜，混合层次贵族金属，复合纳米纤维）；结构和动态表征（通过固体和溶液状态核磁共振光谱（NMR），质谱，小角度X射线散射（SAXS），原子力显微镜（AFM），扫描电子显微镜（SEM））；通过分子动力学（MD）模拟基于计算机的材料设计）。该计划结束时，学生将在与Case Western Reserve University，NASA和Kent State University的联合研讨会上介绍他们的研究工作。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（11）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Surface and Interfacial Tension of Graft Polymer Melts

DOI：
10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02876
发表时间：
2018-10-30
期刊：
LANGMUIR
影响因子：
3.9
作者：
Jacobs, Michael;Liang, Heyi;Dobrynin, Andrey, V
通讯作者：
Dobrynin, Andrey, V

Modification of narrow‐spectrum peptidomimetic polyurethanes with fatty acid chains confers broad‐spectrum antibacterial activity

用脂肪酸链修饰窄谱拟肽聚氨酯可赋予广谱抗菌活性

DOI：
10.1002/pi.5773
发表时间：
2019
期刊：
Polymer International
影响因子：
3.2
作者：
Peng, Chao;Zhang, Tian;Ortiz‐Ortiz, Deliris N.;Vishwakarma, Apoorva;Barton, Hazel A.;Joy, Abraham
通讯作者：
Joy, Abraham

Subtle End Group Functionalization of Polymer Chains Drives Surface Depletion of Entire Polymer Chains

聚合物链的微妙端基官能化驱动整个聚合物链的表面损耗

DOI：
10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00394
发表时间：
2018
期刊：
ACS Macro Letters
影响因子：
7.015
作者：
Hill, Jacob A.;Endres, Kevin J.;Meyerhofer, John;He, Qiming;Wesdemiotis, Chrys;Foster, Mark D.
通讯作者：
Foster, Mark D.

Hierarchical Organization of Single Crystal Polymorphs of Azobenzene Chromophore in Anisotropic Media Subjected to Local Thermal Gradients upon Cold Spraying

冷喷涂局部热梯度各向异性介质中偶氮苯发色团单晶多晶型的分级组织

DOI：
10.1002/marc.202200044
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
影响因子：
4.6
作者：
Sutter, Thomas M.;Riley, Grant V.;Quasney, Kaitlin E.;Kyu, Thein;Golovaty, Dmitry;Wright, Bryan;Youngs, Wiley
通讯作者：
Youngs, Wiley

Soft Templating of Water Aggregates Disrupts π–π Stacking in Crystalline Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

水聚集体的软模板化破坏了结晶聚（3-己基噻吩）中的堆积