REU Site: Fluid Mechanics with Analysis using Computations and Experiments (FM-ACE)

REU 网站：使用计算和实验进行分析的流体力学 (FM-ACE)

基本信息

批准号：
1659710
负责人：
Amy Lang
金额：
$ 43.89万
依托单位：
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-04-01 至 2022-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659710&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Fluid Mechanics Analysis

项目摘要

This three year renewal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, Fluid Mechanics with Analysis using Computations and Experiments (FM-ACE), at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, will engage and mentor a diverse cohort of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups with limited access to research facilities in exciting and emerging areas related to fluid mechanics. The field of fluid mechanics is unique in its ability to be visually captivating, making it an excellent area of research for motivating students to pursue graduate study. It is also multidisciplinary in nature as a wide range of engineering disciplines require varying depths of knowledge in fluid mechanics. While many basic aspects of fluid mechanics are well understood, it is still an engaging field of study where innovation and exciting discoveries are actively taking place; this is greatly in part due to the technological advances in experimental and computational capabilities over the last 20 years such as high speed imaging, advanced laser diagnostics and powerful computing. A major aim of this site is to diversify and increase the number of American engineers who pursue a graduate education and enter the engineering work force to perform cutting edge research leading to technological innovation in areas of public and national defense interest, thereby furthering our country's prosperity. The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa will host 10 undergraduate students over 10 summer weeks in exciting and emerging areas related to fluid mechanics with an end goal of presenting their research the following November at the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD) conference. This component of the program acts as an important follow-through mechanism to further encourage REU participants to pursue graduate studies and contributes to the success of the site by motivating both the student and mentors to obtain quality research results. Other important objectives include providing a structure wherein research and technical communication skills are cultivated. This site involves basic and applied research in fluid mechanics across a range of engineering disciplines as well as the training of undergraduate students in state-of-the-art laboratory environments. Students will contribute to projects that include, as a sampling, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) investigations of bio-inspired boundary layer control mechanisms, combustion studies using a color schlieren system, and computational aeroacoustics.

阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校的这一为期三年的续签本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目“使用计算和实验进行分析的流体力学 (FM-ACE)”将吸引和指导来自代表性不足群体的多元化本科生，他们的能力有限。使用与流体力学相关的令人兴奋的新兴领域的研究设施。流体力学领域以其独特的视觉吸引力而成为激励学生攻读研究生的绝佳研究领域。它本质上也是多学科的，因为广泛的工程学科需要不同深度的流体力学知识。虽然流体力学的许多基本方面已被充分理解，但它仍然是一个引人入胜的研究领域，创新和令人兴奋的发现正在积极发生；这在很大程度上要归功于过去 20 年实验和计算能力方面的技术进步，例如高速成像、先进的激光诊断和强大的计算。该网站的主要目标是实现多元化并增加接受研究生教育并进入工程队伍的美国工程师的数量，以进行尖端研究，从而在公共和国防利益领域实现技术创新，从而促进我们国家的繁荣。阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校将在 10 个夏季周内接待 10 名本科生，研究与流体力学相关的令人兴奋的新兴领域，最终目标是在明年 11 月的美国物理学会流体动力学分会 (APS DFD) 会议上展示他们的研究成果。该计划的这一组成部分作为一个重要的后续机制，进一步鼓励 REU 参与者攻读研究生，并通过激励学生和导师获得高质量的研究成果，为该网站的成功做出贡献。其他重要目标包括提供培养研究和技术沟通技能的结构。该网站涉及一系列工程学科的流体力学基础和应用研究，以及在最先进的实验室环境中对本科生的培训。学生将为项目做出贡献，其中包括生物启发边界层控制机制的粒子图像测速 (PIV) 研究、使用彩色纹影系统的燃烧研究以及计算气动声学。