REU Site: Discovery by Computation, Theory and Experiment

REU 站点：通过计算、理论和实验发现

基本信息

批准号：
1659823
负责人：
Jeffrey Evanseck
金额：
$ 30.38万
依托单位：
Duquesne University
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：
2017-05-01 至 2020-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659823&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Discovery Computation Theory

项目摘要

Professors Jeffrey Evanseck, Jeffry Madura, and colleagues of Duquesne University host an REU site supported by the REU Sites Program of the NSF Division of Chemistry. This site impacts the professional chemistry careers and education of undergraduates and faculty from institutions with limited research infrastructure as well as those from underrepresented populations. This is achieved through establishment of meaningful, year-round, and long-term research collaborations driven by the need for academic productivity and excellence in undergraduate training. The model builds research teams of student-faculty pairs recruited from Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), Historically Black Colleges (HBCs) and the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) institutions. These collaborators are integrated with extramurally funded research groups from Duquesne. The model is proven to perpetuate itself, where invested collaborations ultimately mature to independent funding. The broader impacts of this work include meaningful research experiences to attract and retain the nation's diverse student talent pool. This will have the consequence of enhancing and diversifying the U.S. workforce by adding experts in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry. This project focuses on strong financial and infrastructure support of research collaborations that invigorate faculty from PUIs, HBCs, and LSAMP institutions. These faculty in turn directly impact students and learning environments at their home institutions. REU students have novel chemical research experiences in exciting and broad scientific themes, such as nanotechnology, homeland security, pharmaceutical drug design, forensic sciences, and chemical biology. Each student works directly with two faculty mentors in the laboratory (from the home institution and Duquesne). Students also consult with a theoretical faculty liaison, since each REU project is supplemented by well-defined computational components to expand the students' experience. REU students receive explicit training to reinforce the scientific method, scientific writing and speaking, ethics, safety, and workshops on state-of-the-art instrumentation to complement their experimental research and build invaluable skill sets. Each student has the opportunity to present their research locally, regionally, and nationally to expand their professional exposure and networking to make more informed career decisions and best prepare for graduate school.

杜肯大学的杰弗里·埃文塞克 (Jeffrey Evanseck) 教授、杰弗里·马杜拉 (Jeffry Madura) 教授及其同事主持了一个 REU 站点，该站点得到了 NSF 化学部 REU 站点计划的支持。该网站影响着研究基础设施有限的机构以及代表性不足的人群的本科生和教师的专业化学职业和教育。这是通过在学术生产力和卓越的本科生培训需求的推动下建立有意义的、全年的和长期的研究合作来实现的。该模型建立了由从主要本科院校 (PUI)、历史黑人学院 (HBC) 和路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (LSAMP) 机构招募的师生对组成的研究团队。这些合作者与杜肯大学外部资助的研究小组整合在一起。事实证明，该模式可以长期存在，投资合作最终会成熟为独立融资。这项工作的更广泛影响包括有意义的研究经验，以吸引和留住国家多元化的学生人才库。这将通过增加化学和生物化学领域的专家来增强美国劳动力并使其多样化。该项目的重点是为研究合作提供强有力的财政和基础设施支持，以激励 PUI、HBC 和 LSAMP 机构的教师。这些教师反过来又直接影响学生及其所在机构的学习环境。 REU 学生在纳米技术、国土安全、药物设计、法医学和化学生物学等令人兴奋且广泛的科学主题方面拥有新颖的化学研究经验。每个学生直接与实验室的两名导师（来自母校和杜肯大学）一起工作。学生还可以咨询理论教员联络员，因为每个 REU 项目都辅以明确定义的计算组件，以扩展学生的经验。 REU 学生接受明确的培训，以强化科学方法、科学写作和演讲、伦理、安全，并参加最先进仪器的研讨会，以补充他们的实验研究并建立宝贵的技能。每个学生都有机会在当地、地区和全国范围内展示他们的研究成果，以扩大他们的专业视野和人际网络，从而做出更明智的职业决策，并为研究生院做好最好的准备。