REU SITE: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Engineering

REU 网站：分子工程本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 2050878
• 负责人: Andrew Ferguson
• 金额: $ 43.4万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 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: 2021-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050878&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Research; Experience; Undergraduates

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering REU site "Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Engineering" will increase the awareness, interest, and retention of undergraduate students in molecular engineering by immersing them as active members of a research group in the innovative and interdisciplinary STEM community of practice at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME). The PME is an interdisciplinary engineering school organized around grand engineering challenges facing society. Researchers translate advances in physics, chemistry, biology, and computation to manipulate, transform, and organize molecules into functioning engineering systems to solve problems in three thematic areas: (I) Materials Systems for Sustainability and Health, (II) Immunoengineering, and (III) Quantum Engineering. REU participants will be immersed within this STEM community of practice and undertake authentic research in research themes that lie at the heart of the PME mission to engage and solve pressing challenges facing modern society. Students will participate in and contribute to problem-driven research to advance understanding and develop technical skills and scientific knowledge. These mentored scientific experiences will promote engagement and interest among participants without access to STEM resources and from traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM. By actively and authentically engaging in research and participating in professionalization and career development activities, students will enrich their skills, knowledge, and understanding of STEM, cultivate an identity as scientists and engineers, and be provided with excellent preparation for future success in STEM education and career tracks.The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) is a transformational academic and research unit organized around the emerging field of molecular engineering: the manipulation and design of molecules and molecular assemblies to engineer materials with novel properties and functions. The school has adopted a pioneering interdisciplinary and problem-driven approach to engineering research and education organized around three prominent research themes (I) Materials Systems for Sustainability and Health, (II) Immunoengineering, and (III) Quantum Engineering. The intellectual focus of the program will embody this interdisciplinary and challenge-driven focus. Students will be immersed and mentored within research groups, and a STEM community of practice, as active and self-directed researchers exposed to the intellectual rigor and excitement of scientific research. Students will experience the problem-driven and interdisciplinary nature of the field, gain authentic understanding of how basic science can be translated into tools to address some of society’s greatest challenges, and learn how to effectively communicate their work to audiences within and outside of academia. Faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral mentors will model best practices and foster participation, integrating research activities with science teaching and learning and cultivating a resilient STEM identity among student participants. The impact of the program is to increase the learning, awareness, interest, participation, and retention of undergraduate students in molecular science and engineering, including among early-stage undergraduates uncommitted to STEM and those without access to research experiences.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.

芝加哥大学普利兹克分子工程学院 REU 网站“分子工程本科生的研究经验”将通过让本科生作为研究小组的积极成员沉浸在创新和跨学科的研究中，提高他们对分子工程的认识、兴趣和保留率。芝加哥大学普利兹克分子工程学院 (PME) 的 STEM 实践社区是一所跨学科工程学院，研究人员围绕社会面临的重大工程挑战来转化物理学、化学、生物学和化学领域的进步。 REU 参与者将通过计算来操纵、转换分子并将其组织成功能工程系统，以解决三个主题领域的问题：(I) 可持续发展和健康材料系统、(II) 免疫工程和 (III) 量子工程。 STEM 实践社区并开展真实的研究主题研究，这些研究主题是 PME 使命的核心，旨在应对和解决现代社会面临的紧迫挑战。学生将参与并为问题驱动的研究做出贡献，以增进理解并发展技术技能和科学。这些受指导的科学经验将促进无法获得 STEM 资源的参与者以及传统上在 STEM 中代表性不足的群体的参与和兴趣。通过积极、真实地参与研究以及参与专业化和职业发展活动，学生将丰富他们的技能、知识、和对 STEM 的理解，培养科学家和工程师的身份，并为未来在 STEM 教育和职业道路上取得成功做好充分准备。普利兹克分子工程学院 (PME) 是一个围绕新兴领域组织的变革性学术和研究单位分子的工程：操纵和设计分子和分子组装体，以设计具有新颖特性和功能的材料。学校采用了开创性的跨学科和问题驱动的工程研究和教育方法，围绕三个突出的研究主题（I）可持续材料系统。和健康，(II) 免疫工程，(III) 量子工程，该项目的智力重点将体现这种跨学科和挑战驱动的重点，学生将在研究小组和 STEM 社区中接受指导。作为积极、自主的研究人员，学生将体验到该领域的问题驱动和跨学科性质，真正了解如何将基础科学转化为解决某些问题的工具。教师、研究生和博士后导师将示范最佳实践并促进参与，将研究活动与科学教学相结合，并培养有弹性的 STEM 身份。学生参与者中。该计划的影响是提高分子科学与工程本科生的学习、意识、兴趣、参与和保留率，包括那些未致力于 STEM 的早期本科生和那些没有研究经验的学生。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，并被认为值得支持。