REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research on Granular and Particulate Materials

REU 网站：颗粒和颗粒材料的跨学科研究

• 批准号: 0851828
• 负责人: Kumbakonam Rajagopal
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851828&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Research; Granular

This award establishes a new REU Site for a ten-week program at Texas A&M University for three years. The focus of the program is to provide interdisciplinary research experience on granular and particulate materials for 26 diverse undergraduate students. The REU students will work with faculty mentors from different science and engineering departments at Texas A&M on characterizing, modeling, and fabricating granular and particulate materials. Granular and particulate materials span several length scales, from bulky solids such as ores and rocks to nano-particles and ultra-fine powders. Understanding the behavior of granular materials is important in virtue of their scientific, technological relevance and their impact on society. For example, large-size particles play important roles in natural disasters such as landslides, earthquakes, soil liquefaction/erosion, and are also useful for enhanced oil recovery. At the other end of the length scale, nano-particles present great potential for applications in many fields. In this REU program students will engage in research on granular materials and receive training in technical writing, communication/presentation techniques, preparation for graduate school environment, and have opportunities to interact and network among peers and professionals from different research groups. This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program. Within NSF, this award is jointly funded by the Division of Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate and the Division of Engineering Education Centers in the Engineering Directorate.

该奖项为在德克萨斯农工大学（Dexas A＆M University）的十周计划建立了一个新的REU网站，已有三年的历史。 该计划的重点是为26名不同的本科生提供有关颗粒状和颗粒物材料的跨学科研究经验。 REU学生将与德克萨斯州A＆M不同科学和工程部门的教师指导者合作，以表征，建模和制造颗粒状和微粒材料。 颗粒状和颗粒物材料跨越了几个长度，从笨重的固体（例如矿石和岩石）到纳米粒子和超细粉末。 了解颗粒材料的行为对于它们的科学，技术相关性及其对社会的影响很重要。 例如，大尺寸颗粒在自然灾害中起着重要作用，例如滑坡，地震，土壤液化/侵蚀，也可用于增强油的回收率。在长度尺度的另一端，纳米颗粒在许多领域的应用中都有很大的潜力。 在此REU计划中，学生将研究颗粒材料的研究，并接受技术写作，沟通/演示技术，为研究生院环境的准备，并有机会在不同研究小组的同龄人和专业人士之间进行互动和网络的培训。 该站点由国防部与NSF REU计划合作共同资助。在NSF内部，该奖项由数学和物理科学局的材料研究部以及工程局的工程教育中心共同资助。