REU Site: Elements of Sustainability

REU 网站：可持续发展的要素

• 批准号: 2348001
• 负责人: Kristopher Waynant
• 金额: $ 45.61万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348001&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Elements; Sustainability

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of Idaho, located in Moscow, ID, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), students will participate in research areas focused on sustainability. Skills students will develop during the training program include sustainably using and making chemicals, data analysis, use of chemical diagnostic equipment, and examining usage of the chemical process over its entire lifecycle from synthesis to disposal. The program will incorporate core training in responsible conduct in research, ethics, and safety, together with career development workshops. The REU site will also strategically recruit students from community colleges and four-year institutions with limited research opportunities. Projects span the entire lifecycle of chemical compounds from synthesis, analytical testing, application, to destruction or reuse. The research will center around new allotropes of carbon for improved battery applications, mixed metal recycling, bioremediation, biodegradable bioplastics and renewable composites, bioengineering, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) degradation, and additive manufacturing of biobased products. Moreover, students will have the opportunity to choose mentors with foci in synthetic organic chemistry, engineering, chemical biology, and environmental chemistry. Through an active research experience, participants will also gain technical skills, research independence, and learn about applying sustainable methods of chemistry in STEM related careers and graduate education.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.

在ID莫斯科的爱达荷州大学的本科生（REU）现场奖上的这项研究经验支持在2024 - 2026年夏季对10名学生的培训10周。在该计划中，由化学系和启发竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCOR）资助，学生将参加以可持续性为重点的研究领域。在培训计划期间，学生将开发技能，包括可持续使用和制造化学药品，数据分析，化学诊断设备的使用以及检查化学过程对整个生命周期从合成到处置的使用。 该计划将在研究，道德和安全方面的负责任行为以及职业发展研讨会中纳入核心培训。 REU网站还将从战略上招募来自社区大学和四年制机构的学生，研究机会有限。 从合成，分析测试，应用，破坏或再利用的化合物的整个生命周期涵盖了整个生命周期。该研究将围绕新的碳含量，用于改进电池的应用，混合金属回收，生物修复，可生物降解的生物塑料和可再生复合材料，生物工程，PFAS（PFAS（pfas and-per和多氟烷基物质））降解以及生物基产物的该材料的生产。此外，学生将有机会选择与合成有机化学，工程，化学生物学和环境化学的指导者。通过积极的研究经验，参与者还将获得技术技能，研究独立性，并学习有关在STEM相关职业和研究生教育中应用可持续化学方法的知识。该奖项反映了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通过评估来获得支持的。