REU Site: Engineering Next Generation Energy Processes and Systems

REU 网站：设计下一代能源流程和系统

• 批准号: 1062955
• 负责人: Michael Renfro
• 金额: $ 29.92万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-04-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1062955&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Engineering; Next; Generation

Increased energy usage by the United States (in addition to developing countries) has negatively impacted energy costs and has occasionally led to energy shortages. These trends are expected to worsen in coming decades, as energy usage in the U.S. alone is projected to grow by more than 50% in the next 25 years. Clearly, developing new and innovative approaches to energy generation and energy systems will be a key challenge for the next generation. To meet this challenge, it is critical that the next generation of engineers learn to develop novel, yet practical solutions to energy related problems. They must understand the critical issues related to energy generation and learn to attack unfamiliar problems in this field. This will be accomplished by conducting energy research. This REU Site program at the University of Connecticut will give twelve undergraduates per year an opportunity to conduct research on next generation energy processes and systems. Each of the twelve students will have two faculty mentors, who will help steer the project. In addition to the student's research efforts, this program also provides a series of novel seminars and workshops that are intended: (1) to provide a framework for conducting research through a series of seminars on "how to do research", (2 ) to insure that the students understand how to conduct research ethically, (3) to increase their awareness of the many industry-based problems related to energy generation and (4) to improve their written and oral communication skills. The program will conclude with an end-of-program mini-conference, at which participants will present their research findings. The continued increase in world-wide energy utilization poses problems that can no longer be ignored. New technical solutions will be required to address increased energy generation. Moreover, a continuous stream of trained professionals will be required to provide research and design expertise. By involving undergraduate engineering students in a structured program to introduce them to the challenges in energy generation research, this program expects to provide some of these professionals. Moreover, this program will also introduce important insight into research ethics and communications. The REU site program has five clearly identifiable broader impacts. These include: (1) students will conduct meaningful research that contributes knowledge toward their respective problems, (2) students will appreciate the importance and complexity of doing research and doing it ethically, (3) that, in part, because of this research experience the students will pursue graduate work, (4) that this program will encourage students from underrepresented groups to participate in research, and (5) PIs will port the ideas developed from this program (specifically dealing with "how to do research" and "research ethics") to the undergraduate program, such that a larger audience will be affected.

美国（除了发展中国家之外）的能源使用增加对能源成本产生了负面影响，并偶尔导致能源短缺。这些趋势预计在未来几十年中会恶化，因为仅美国的能源使用量预计将在未来25年内增长超过50％。显然，开发新的和创新的方法来发电和能源系统将是下一代的关键挑战。为了应对这一挑战，至关重要的是，下一代工程师学会为能源相关问题开发新颖但实用的解决方案。他们必须了解与能量产生有关的关键问题，并学会攻击该领域陌生的问题。这将通过进行能源研究来实现。康涅狄格大学的REU站点计划将为每年十二名本科生提供有关下一代能源过程和系统的研究的机会。十二名学生中的每一个都会有两名教师导师，他们将帮助引导该项目。除了学生的研究工作外，该计划还提供了一系列旨在的新颖的研讨会和研讨会：（1）通过一系列有关“如何进行研究”的研讨会提供一个框架，以确保学生了解如何进行道德进行研究，（3）对许多基于行业的问题进行与能源生成的问题相关，以提高他们与能源生成的良好性，以提高他们的际交往能力，以提高他们的交流和书写技巧（4），以提高其文字和或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或内或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或说或或或或或或或或或或或或或或或说或为所能提高所提供所提供所提供的作用所提供的作用所提供的作用。该计划将以计划结束的迷你会议结束，参与者将在其中提出他们的研究结果。全球能源利用率的持续增加带来了不再忽略的问题。需要新的技术解决方案来解决能源发电量增加。此外，将需要连续的训练有素的专业人员来提供研究和设计专业知识。通过让本科工程专业的学生参与结构化计划，以向他们介绍能源生成研究的挑战，该计划希望为其中一些专业人员提供。此外，该计划还将引入有关研究伦理和沟通的重要见解。 REU网站计划具有五个明显可识别的广泛影响。这些包括：（1）学生将进行有意义的研究，以促进各自问题的知识，（2）学生将欣赏进行研究和进行研究的重要性和复杂性，（3）在某种程度上，由于这项研究经验，学生将追求研究生工作，（4）该课程将使该计划的学生从研究中进行不足的研究，以及（5）port（5）port（5）的研究（5）'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''伦理学”），本科课程，使更大的受众受到影响。