REU Site: Research Experiences for Community College Students in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas A&M University-Commerce

REU 网站：德克萨斯 A 社区学院化学和生物化学专业学生的研究经验

• 批准号: 2349522
• 负责人: Stephen Starnes
• 金额: $ 50.12万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University-Commerce
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-09-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349522&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Community

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to Texas A&M University-Commerce, located in Commerce, TX, supports the training of 9 students, recruited from community colleges in the Northeast Texas region, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2025-2028. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, participants pursue collaborative research projects, which focus on analytical chemistry, renewable energy, catalyst design, organic chemistry, and biochemistry. Participants also take part in professional development and ethics training programs, with a focus on science communication and preparation for graduate school and industrial careers. Through independent research projects, field trips, workshops and a seminar series, this site broadens participation in STEM. The students undertake individual projects encompassing all fields of chemistry. These projects include the synthesis of sensors for environmental contaminants, mass spectrometric studies and computer simulations to understand how proteins bind metals, the development of catalysts for asymmetric reactions and to produce biofuel from biomass and an investigation of the regulation of metabolic pathways in bacteria. The professional development series includes a career readiness workshop, a graduate school workshop, a field trip to a chemical industrial facility, a field trip to a research institute, and workshops on communicating scientific information. Former REU students and industry representatives provide mentorship to the participants through Zoom seminar sessions. To increase diversity in the STEM pipeline, this site recruits students from nearby rural and urban community colleges, which serves an underrepresented population, thereby providing research opportunities to individuals who would not otherwise have an opportunity to conduct undergraduate research.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.

位于德克萨斯州科默斯的德克萨斯 A&M 大学商学院获得本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站奖，支持从德克萨斯州东北部地区的社区学院招募的 9 名学生在 2025 年至 2028 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。 在该项目中，由化学系资助，参与者开展合作研究项目，重点是分析化学、可再生能源、催化剂设计、有机化学和生物化学。参与者还参加专业发展和道德培训计划，重点是科学传播以及研究生院和工业职业生涯的准备。通过独立研究项目、实地考察、研讨会和系列研讨会，该网站扩大了 STEM 的参与范围。学生们承担涵盖化学所有领域的个人项目。这些项目包括环境污染物传感器的合成、质谱研究和计算机模拟以了解蛋白质如何结合金属、开发不对称反应催化剂以及从生物质生产生物燃料以及对细菌代谢途径调节的研究。专业发展系列包括职业准备研讨会、研究生院研讨会、化学工业设施实地考察、研究所实地考察以及科学信息交流研讨会。 REU 前学生和行业代表通过 Zoom 研讨会为参与者提供指导。为了增加 STEM 渠道的多样性，该网站从附近的农村和城市社区学院招收学生，这些社区学院服务于代表性不足的人群，从而为原本没有机会进行本科研究的个人提供研究机会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命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，并被认为值得支持。