REU Site: Nanoscale Science and Engineering at Vanderbilt University

REU 站点：范德比尔特大学纳米科学与工程

• 批准号: 2244050
• 负责人: Joshua Caldwell
• 金额: $ 51.66万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244050&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Nanoscale; Science; Engineering

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site that offers science and engineering undergraduate students the opportunity to work closely with faculty on forefront research projects in the field of nanoscale science and engineering. The overarching theme of the research projects are nanomaterials growth, innovation, fabrication, and characterization. The projects are designed and chosen to build a sense of community among the students and the participating faculty and to expose the REU students broadly to research at the cutting edge of nanoscale science and engineering. The students are offered training opportunities in the integration of research with education and outreach through the Vanderbilt Summer Academy for high school students. Additionally, to facilitate the continued mentoring of the REU students after the research experience is completed and enhance the probability of the students continuing in STEM research, 'home mentors' are invited to visit Vanderbilt to participate in the capstone events and VINSE REU alumni will be invited to meet and talk with the students about their experiences and how this led to their careers in STEM fields. Historical data shows that students have a heightened desire for graduate studies, with 97% remaining in STEM and 72% entering graduate school at institutions beyond their undergraduate institution, ensuring students obtain the richest experience. Long term, the REU site contributes to building a workforce educated in and motivated towards STEM disciplines and specifically, interdisciplinary research in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The program places strong emphasis on recruiting students from underrepresented minority groups and schools with limited research opportunities; the REU program and the VINSE faculty have collaborators at several institutions, including nearby HBCU Fisk University that are committed to helping us identify potential REU students. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The promise of nanoscience and nanotechnology to revolutionize our lives in multiple ways has captured the imagination of scientists, the attention of the media, and the general public. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are based on the ability to synthesize, organize, characterize, and manipulate matter systematically and precisely at the nanoscale, creating uniquely functional materials that can be inorganic, organic or biological, or a hybrid of any two or more of these. Thus, nanoscience and nanotechnology pose formidable challenges that cut across traditionally distinct disciplines; to meet these challenges, interdisciplinary training of future scientists and engineers in the broad field of nanotechnology is of paramount importance. This is especially pertinent in light of the recent passage of the CHIPS and Science Act. To achieve this goal the VINSE summer REU site offers STEM undergraduates the opportunity to work closely with faculty on state-of-the-art research projects in the field of nanoscale science and engineering. VINSE faculty provide REU students with a true interdisciplinary research experience in an environment where physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers of all disciplines collaboratively solve problems and create new scientific understanding.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.

非技术描述：范德比尔特纳米级科学与工程研究所（VINSE）将为本科生（REU）网站提供研究经验，该网站为科学和工程本科生提供了与纳米级科学和工程领域的前沿研究项目紧密合作的机会。研究项目的总体主题是纳米材料的增长，创新，制造和表征。这些项目的设计和选择是为了在学生和参与的教职员工之间建立社区感，并在纳米级科学与工程学的最前沿进行了广泛的研究。通过范德比尔特夏季学院的高中生，为学生提供了研究与教育和宣传的培训机会。此外，为了促进研究经验完成后继续指导REU学生，并提高了继续从事STEM研究的学生的可能性，邀请“家庭导师”参观范德比尔特参加Capstone活动，并邀请Vinse Reu校友与学生与学生见面并谈论他们的经验以及对STEM Careers in Stem Careers in stem Careers in stem Careers in stem Careers in seg tem carects in seg seg coreplen carect中的可能性。历史数据表明，学生对研究生学习的渴望更高，STEM剩下97％，在本科机构以外的机构进入研究生院的72％，确保学生获得最丰富的经验。从长远来看，REU网站有助于建立在STEM学科中教育并动机的劳动力，特别是纳米科学和纳米技术方面的跨学科研究。该计划非常重视来自代表性不足的少数群体和研究机会有限的学校的学生； REU计划和Vinse教师在几个机构中设有合作者，包括附近的HBCU Fisk University，致力于帮助我们识别潜在的REU学生。技术描述：纳米科学和纳米技术以多种方式彻底改变我们的生活的希望吸引了科学家的想象力，媒体的注意力和公众。纳米科学和纳米技术是基于在纳米级中系统地和精确地合成，组织，特征和操纵物质的能力，从而创建了具有无机，有机或生物学的独特功能材料，或其中任何两个或多个或多个或多个或多个或多个或多个混合。因此，纳米科学和纳米技术构成了跨越传统上不同学科的巨大挑战。为了应对这些挑战，对纳米技术广泛领域的未来科学家和工程师的跨学科培训至关重要。鉴于Chips和Science Act的最新通过，这尤其相关。为了实现这一目标，Vinse Summer REU网站提供了STEM大学生的机会，可以与纳米级科学和工程领域的最先进的研究项目紧密合作。 Vinse教职员工在一个环境中为REU学生提供真正的跨学科研究经验，在该环境中，所有学科的物理学家，化学家，生物学家和工程师都会合作解决问题并创造新的科学理解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过该基金会的知识分子优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务。