REU SITE: Summer Internships in Composites for Extreme Performance

REU SITE：复合材料暑期实习，以实现极致性能

• 批准号: 1460935
• 负责人: Mark Pankow
• 金额: $ 25.21万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-02-01 至 2019-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460935&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Summer; Internships; Composites

BROADER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:The goal of this REU Site project, supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, is to foster a new generation of diverse researchers who will engineer new composite materials. These new materials will provide high performance in extreme environments including the need to manage high thermal loads for fire resistant clothing and provide impact resistance for body armor and police protection. Student interns will be paired with individual research mentors on the NCSU Centennial Campus and will live on the campus for a nine-week summer training period. The interns will attend weekly interactive research training seminars and participate in two site visits to advanced composite industries in North Carolina. The student interns will be better trained to be competitive in research communication and have the relevant technical skills needed to meet future research challenges. Recruitment of the student interns will focus on underrepresented minorities through collaboration with two HBCU universities and recent veterans through collaboration with Craven Community College which serves a large number of veterans and active military.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:The goal of this REU Site project, supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, is to foster a new generation of diverse researchers who will engineer new composite materials, by providing the research and communication tools for them to be successful. Composite materials are operating in more extreme environments including the need to manage high thermal loads for fire resistant clothing and provide impact resistance for body armor and police protection. The project will expose the student interns to the design of composite materials specifically tailored for extreme environments, their specialized fabrication, performance testing, and methods to introduce multi-functionality through nano-technology. To recruit the student interns, the PIs will collaborate with three universities and a community college for focused recruiting of underrepresented groups, along with broad advertising to peer institutions.

该项目的更广泛意义：该 REU 站点项目由工程教育和中心部门支持，其目标是培养新一代的多元化研究人员，他们将设计新型复合材料。这些新材料将在极端环境下提供高性能，包括需要管理防火服的高热负荷，并为防弹衣和警察防护提供抗冲击性。学生实习生将与北卡罗来纳州立大学百年校园的个人研究导师配对，并在校园内进行为期九周的夏季培训。实习生将参加每周一次的互动研究培训研讨会，并参加两次北卡罗来纳州先进复合材料行业的实地考察。实习生将接受更好的培训，使其在研究交流方面具有竞争力，并具备应对未来研究挑战所需的相关技术技能。实习生的招募将通过与两所 HBCU 大学合作，重点关注代表性不足的少数族裔；通过与为大量退伍军人和现役军人服务的克雷文社区学院合作，招募新退伍军人。 项目描述：该 REU 站点项目的目标由工程教育和中心部门旨在培养新一代多样化的研究人员，他们将设计新型复合材料，并为他们提供成功的研究和交流工具。复合材料在更极端的环境中运行，包括需要管理防火服的高热负荷，并为防弹衣和警察防护提供抗冲击性。 该项目将使学生实习生接触到专门针对极端环境定制的复合材料的设计、其专业制造、性能测试以及通过纳米技术引入多功能的方法。为了招募实习生，PI 将与三所大学和一所社区学院合作，重点招募代表性不足的群体，并向同行机构广泛做广告。