REU-Site: Regional Initiative to Promote Undergraduate Participation in Experimental and Computational Materials Research

REU-Site：促进本科生参与实验和计算材料研究的区域倡议

• 批准号: 2148897
• 负责人: Yogesh Vohra
• 金额: $ 38.48万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148897&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Regional; Initiative; Promote

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) in Alabama will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)-site in experimental and computational materials research. This REU-site project plans to recruit students from underrepresented groups and academic institutions where research opportunities are limited. This project offers a broad range of interdisciplinary materials research experiences to undergraduate students with a diversity of backgrounds in physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, and engineering. The undergraduate students will gain experience in materials synthesis, materials characterization and computer modeling and simulations during their ten-week research stay at the UAB campus. The scientific research projects have been specifically developed for undergraduate students by an interdisciplinary team consisting of science and engineering faculty at UAB. This project will continue to provide lecture series and workshops in materials growth and characterization, research ethics and professionalism, innovation and entrepreneurship and preparation for graduate school to all participants. The REU participants will publish their findings in peer-reviewed journals and/or present at professional meetings leading to a broad dissemination of new knowledge created in the undergraduate research projects. This REU-site plans to develop a pipeline of undergraduate researchers who will become leaders in advances in science and discovery of novel materials and contribute to economic development and national defense. TECHNICAL SUMMARY: REU-research projects are organized in four research clusters: (1) materials under extreme conditions (2) machine learning and simulations in materials research, (3) infrared lasers and spectroscopy, and (4) polymeric biomaterials and capsules for drug delivery applications. The undergraduate research projects will contribute to fundamental understanding of phase transformations and degradation of materials under extreme conditions, machine learning enabled materials discovery, materials for mid-IR lasers and quantum information systems, and 3-D printed biomaterials and stimuli responsive polymers. Some research projects will also involve the use of national x-ray synchrotron facilities and neutron diffraction facilities in materials research. The undergraduate student projects have short-term achievable milestones, while simultaneously contributing to longer-term scientific goals and technological applications. Our teaming arrangement of REU-participants with faculty and graduate students, giving poster and oral presentations, writing a research-style paper, and attending training seminars in scientific communications and ethics will help REU students see the big picture of what it takes to develop into a research scientist with the critical skills needed for analyzing, interpreting, and presenting scientific data.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.

非技术摘要：该奖项的全部或部分资金根据《2021 年美国救援计划法案》（公法 117-2）提供。阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校 (UAB) 与历史黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 合作阿拉巴马州将举办一个实验和计算材料研究本科生研究体验项目，该项目计划从代表性不足的群体和学术机构招募学生。该项目为具有物理、化学、应用数学和工程学背景的本科生提供广泛的跨学科材料研究经验，本科生将获得材料合成、材料表征和计算机方面的经验。这些科学研究项目是由 UAB 科学和工程教师组成的跨学科团队专门为本科生开发的。该项目将继续在 UAB 提供系列讲座和研讨会。材料生长和表征、研究伦理和REU 参与者将在同行评审期刊上发表他们的研究成果和/或出席专业会议，从而广泛传播本科生研究项目中创造的新知识。计划培养一批本科生研究人员，他们将成为科学进步和新材料发现的领导者，并为经济发展和国防做出贡献。 技术摘要：REU 研究项目分为四个研究集群：(1) 材料。极端条件（2）材料研究中的机器学习和模拟，（3）红外激光和光谱学，以及（4）用于药物输送应用的聚合物生物材料和胶囊，本科生研究项目将有助于对材料的相变和降解的基本理解。在极端条件下，机器学习能够实现材料发现、中红外激光器和量子信息系统材料，以及 3D 打印生物材料和刺激响应聚合物。一些研究项目还将涉及使用国家 X 射线同步加速器设施和技术。本科生项目具有短期可实现的里程碑，同时为长期科学目标和技术应用做出贡献，我们的 REU 参与者与教师和研究生进行团队安排，进行海报和口头报告，撰写研究型论文并参加科学传播和伦理方面的培训研讨会将帮助 REU 学生了解如何发展成为一名研究科学家，并具备分析、解释和呈现科学数据所需的关键技能。奖通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，NSF 的法定使命被认为值得支持。

项目成果

High pressure neutron diffraction study of magnetic ordering in erbium

铒磁有序的高压中子衍射研究

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2024.172066
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Clay, Matthew P.;Sereika, Raimundas;Higgins, Maurissa K.;dos Santos, Antonio M.;Molaison, Jamie J.;Vohra, Yogesh K.
• 通讯作者: Vohra, Yogesh K.

Application of low-temperature plasma treatment for rapid and efficient polydopamine coating on 3D-printed polymer scaffolds

• DOI: 10.1557/s43579-023-00417-3
• 发表时间: 2023-08-07
• 期刊: MRS COMMUNICATIONS
• 影响因子: 1.9
• 作者: Deslima, Claurissa W. W.;Vinoy, Varsha Mary;Vijayan, Vineeth M. M.
• 通讯作者: Vijayan, Vineeth M. M.