REU Site: Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Site to Prepare Students for Graduate School and an Industrial Career

REU 网站：化学和生物化学 REU 网站为学生进入研究生院和工业生涯做好准备

基本信息

批准号：
2050872
负责人：
Daniel Ess
金额：
$ 37.13万
依托单位：
Brigham Young University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050872&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Chemistry Biochemistry Prepare

项目摘要

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award, with a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) component, provides ten REU and two RET participants with ten-weeks of research training and professional development. In this program, supported by the Division of Chemistry, REU and RET participants will conduct individual chemistry or biochemistry research projects using state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. These chemistry and biochemistry research projects focus on critical problems related to chemical and biochemical industries. Planned professional development activities for REU and RET participants include visits to chemical and biochemical companies; workshops discussing current and grand challenges in industry and the most important skills to success in industry; and the creation of presentations for a national chemistry conference. Inspiring the next generation of scientists, both REU and RET participants will work with the BYU summer chemistry and biochemistry camps for children and youth.REU and RET participants at this site will conduct independent research on projects spanning chemistry and biochemistry, particularly on fundamental research projects with an industrial connection. Slated projects include the development of heterogeneous catalysts for CO2 removal, the design of miniaturized mass spectrometers and of micrometer microfluidic devices, organic synthesis endeavors toward targets with putative anticancer activity, and computational chemistry directed at the modeling and design of new catalysts. Alongside the professional development activities, these projects, facilitated by BYU Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty, will provide participants with experiences in problem solving and scientific discovery, preparing them to earn advanced degrees and enter the industrial chemistry workforce. To increase the diversity of the STEM workforce, REU recruitment at this site will emphasize participation of students from two-year colleges and those from underrepresented minority groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本科生（REU）网站奖的这一研究经验，具有教师（RET）组成部分的研究经验，为十个REU和两个RET参与者提供了十周的研究培训和专业发展。在该计划中，在化学部的支持下，REU和RET参与者将使用最先进的设备和技术进行个人化学或生物化学研究项目。这些化学和生物化学研究项目的重点是与化学和生化行业有关的关键问题。 REU和RET参与者的计划的专业发展活动包括对化学和生化公司的访问；讲习班讨论工业中当前和盛大的挑战以及行业成功的最重要技能；以及为国家化学会议创建演讲。 REU和RET参与者启发了下一代科学家，将与BYU夏季化学和儿童和青少年的生物化学营地合作。REU和RET参与者将对涉及化学和生物化学的项目进行独立研究，尤其是在具有工业联系的基础研究项目上。计划的项目包括开发用于去除二氧化碳的异质催化剂，微型质谱仪的设计和微米微流体设备的设计，有机合成的努力，努力针对具有假定的抗癌活性的靶标，以及针对新催化剂建模和设计的计算化学。除了专业发展活动外，这些项目由BYU化学和生物化学教师促进，将为参与者提供解决问题和科学发现方面的经验，为他们赢得高级学位并进入工业化学劳动力做好准备。为了增加STEM劳动力的多样性，本网站的REU招聘将强调来自两年年级的大学和代表人数不足的学生的参与。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来支持的。