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Wilson C, Hirtz M, Levkin PA, et al. Facilitating an International Research Experience Focused on Applied Nanotechnology and Surface Chemistry for American Undergraduate Students Collaborating with Mentors at a German Educational and Research Institution. J Chem Educ. 2019;96(11):2441-2449doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00146.
Wilson, C., Hirtz, M., Levkin, P. A., Sutlief, A. L., & Holmes, A. E. (2019). Facilitating an International Research Experience Focused on Applied Nanotechnology and Surface Chemistry for American Undergraduate Students Collaborating with Mentors at a German Educational and Research Institution. Journal of chemical education, 96(11), 2441-2449. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00146
Wilson, Christina, et al. "Facilitating an International Research Experience Focused on Applied Nanotechnology and Surface Chemistry for American Undergraduate Students Collaborating with Mentors at a German Educational and Research Institution." Journal of chemical education vol. 96,11 (2019): 2441-2449. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00146
Wilson C, Hirtz M, Levkin PA, Sutlief AL, Holmes AE. Facilitating an International Research Experience Focused on Applied Nanotechnology and Surface Chemistry for American Undergraduate Students Collaborating with Mentors at a German Educational and Research Institution. J Chem Educ. 2019 Nov 12;96(11):2441-2449. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00146. Epub 2019 Oct 03. PMID: 33911314; PMCID: PMC8078009.
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J Chem Educ. 2019 Nov 12;96(11):2441-2449. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00146. Epub 2019 Oct 03.

Facilitating an International Research Experience Focused on Applied Nanotechnology and Surface Chemistry for American Undergraduate Students Collaborating with Mentors at a German Educational and Research Institution.

Journal of chemical education

Christina Wilson, Michael Hirtz, Pavel A Levkin, Arin L Sutlief, Andrea E Holmes

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Doane University, Crete, Nebraska 68333, United States.
  2. Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) & Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany.
  3. Institute of Toxicology and Genetics (ITG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany.

PMID: 33911314 PMCID: PMC8078009 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00146

Abstract

The "International Research Experience for Students (IRES)" at Doane University (DU) located in Crete, Nebraska, exposed undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students to international research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. The international collaboration team included three undergraduate researchers per year from DU, one faculty member and one postdoctoral fellow from DU, two faculty mentors at KIT, and several graduate, post-doctoral, and technical staff at KIT. Prior to departure to Germany, the students received extensive research training, as well as culture and language preparation from the mentors at DU. While in Germany, the students received an in-depth orientation to Karlsruhe, Germany, Europe, the research setting at KIT, and the international collaborators. The eight week summer projects over three years involved nanolithography, nano- to microsized array fabrication, organic synthesis using click chemistry, and surface modifications for sensing and other biomedical research applications. When the students returned from Germany, they continued to conduct research at DU and train other undergraduate students using the expertise acquired from KIT. The DU research students, including the IRES scholars, learned oral and written communication skills. They presented their KIT and DU research results at weekly seminars and at local and national meetings. An external assessment firm evaluated the program, the students, and mentors on a yearly basis before and after the summer research. This enabled all participants to continuously improve the learning objectives and the program execution including three program adjustments implemented in year 2 or 3. The survey data shows that the IRES program provided an enriching experience for the students in research and international culture and established a successful base of collaboration for mentors.

Keywords: Collaborative/Cooperative Learning; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Nanotechnology; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Second-Year Undergraduate; Student-Centered Learning; Surface Science; Upper-Division Undergraduate

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