REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Micro/Nanoengineering

REU 网站：微/纳米工程本科生研究

• 批准号: 1062937
• 负责人: Steven Jones
• 金额: $ 29万
• 依托单位: Louisiana Tech University
• 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=1062937&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Research; Micro

This three-year renewal REU Site program at Louisiana Tech University in Micro/Nanoengineering will focus on the Scientific Method and Engineering Design Process as frameworks for developing students as independent researchers. The REU program will work with 9 undergraduate students per year over a 10 week period in the summer to provide a research experience in micro/nano engineering, train them more formally on the research issues, and make them aware of issues related to analyzing, interpreting and reporting. The students' experience will culminate in a journal article-style report, a formal oral presentation, and an NSF-style research proposal detailing the next phase in their work. The intellectual merit of this proposal is in the micro/nano engineering research that will be accomplished. Ongoing work in this area includes development of microcantelever sensors, microfluidics, carbon nanotubes, tissue scaffolds, and drug-delivery methods along with investigation of material-cell interactions and cellular responses to nanostructures.The broader impact of the proposal is in the preparation of undergraduates for careers in research. The targeted participants will be students who are in undergraduate programs in Engineering, or the Sciences. Recruitment efforts will target women and minority students into the program, particularly underrepresented students from Grambling State University, Southern University, Prairie View A&M, Jackson State University, Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Texas Southern University and Texas Women's University and other universities in the region which have limited laboratory research opportunities for students. Student deliverables will be analyzed to determine the impact of the Scientific Method and Engineering Design Process frameworks on the ability to perform research.

这项为期三年的RENEWAL REU网站计划在Micro/Nano Gongineering的路易斯安那理工大学（Louisiana Tech University）将重点放在科学方法和工程设计过程中，作为发展学生作为独立研究人员的框架。 REU计划将在夏季的10周内每年与9名本科生合作，以提供微型/纳米工程学的研究经验，在研究问题上更正式地培训他们，并使他们意识到与分析，解释和报告有关的问题。 学生的经验将在期刊文章风格的报告，正式的口头介绍以及NSF风格的研究建议中达到顶峰，详细介绍了其工作中的下一阶段。该提案的智力优点是将完成的微/纳米工程研究。该领域的正在进行的工作包括开发微型中心传感器，微流体，碳纳米管，组织支架以及药物交付方法，以及对材料 - 细胞相互作用的研究以及对纳米结构的细胞反应。该提案对研究中的护理人员的不足为了为研究中的护理人员制备。有针对性的参与者将是从事工程学或科学课程的本科课程的学生。招聘工作将把妇女和少数族裔学生瞄准该计划，特别是来自Grambling州立大学，南部大学，Prairie View A＆M，杰克逊州立大学，阿尔科恩州立大学，密西西比州谷州立大学，阿拉巴马州阿拉巴马州大学，阿拉巴马州州立大学，德克萨斯州南部大学和德克萨斯州妇女大学和其他有实验室研究员的其他大学的学生。将分析学生可交付成果，以确定科学方法和工程设计过程框架对执行研究能力的影响。