REU Site: Smart Polymer Composite Materials and Structures

REU 网站：智能聚合物复合材料和结构

• 批准号: 1660009
• 负责人: Guoqiang Li
• 金额: $ 28.8万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 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 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660009&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Smart; Polymer; Composite

Professors Guogiang Li, Gloria Thomas, and colleagues at Louisiana State University host the REU site: Smart Polymer Composite Materials and Structures. This project is funded by the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the REU Sites Program of the Division of Chemistry. This is an interdisciplinary project that spans across science and engineering. The goals for this project are to provide exceptional research experiences for diverse undergraduates at the interface of materials and structures and to prepare participants for advanced study and research careers. The objectives of the REU site are three-fold: (i) attract and retain high-quality and diverse students in this new research paradigm of smart materials and structures; (ii) motivate and increase the number of students who enroll in graduate programs; and (iii) promote inclusivity through awareness and cultural interactions between students and faculty with various backgrounds. The recruitment plan leverages established relationships with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and community colleges, and at least half of all participants are from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups.The focus of this REU site is upon smart polymer composite materials and structures which have integrated multi-functionality, with capabilities including sensing, actuating, healing, and adapting in addition to classical tasks, such as load bearing tasks. Representative research projects include polymeric artificial muscles, self-healing under service conditions (e.g., freezing temperature and tensile stress), stress-sensing polymers for corrosion resistant coating, and ductile and self-healing adhesives for fiber reinforced polymer composite structures. Such smart composite materials and structures are changing the paradigm of structure design, and are research areas of great importance to the economic development of both Louisiana and the nation. Student participants receive scientific-training provided by faculty mentors from chemistry, mechanical engineering and civil engineering disciplines. Students advance their technological knowledge and skills, and they receive preparation for graduate study and future research careers. They also emerge from the program better prepared to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds. This helps to promote inclusivity in science and engineering.

路易斯安那州立大学的Guogiang Li，Gloria Thomas和同事主持REU网站：智能聚合物复合材料和结构。该项目由实验计划刺激竞争研究（EPSCOR）和化学划分的REU站点计划提供资金。这是一个跨科学和工程的跨学科项目。该项目的目标是在材料和结构的界面上为多样化的本科生提供出色的研究经验，并为参与者准备高级研究和研究职业。 REU网站的目标是三个方面：（i）在这项新的智能材料和结构的新研究范式中吸引并保留了高质量和多样化的学生； （ii）激励和增加参加研究生课程的学生人数； （iii）通过具有不同背景的学生与教师之间的意识和文化互动来促进包容性。招聘计划的利用与历史上的黑人大学（HBCUS）和社区大学建立了关系，并且至少一半的参与者来自代表性不足的种族和种族群体。该REU网站的重点是智能聚合物复合材料和结构上，这些材料和结构都具有多功能性的综合性，包括对携带的既有能力，均应进行了既有竞争力，还可以进行均匀的范围，并进行了调整，可恢复工作，并具有良好的疗程，可恢复正常，并具有良好的疗程，并具有良好的疗程，并具有良好的功能，并具有良好的能力，并具有良好的功能，并具有良好的功能。任务。 代表性的研究项目包括聚合物人造肌肉，在使用条件下的自我修复（例如，冻结温度和拉伸应力），耐腐蚀涂层的应激感应聚合物以及用于纤维增强聚合物复合物复合材料结构的延性和自我修复粘合剂。 这种智能复合材料和结构正在改变结构设计的范式，并且是对路易斯安那州和国家经济发展非常重要的研究领域。学生参与者将获得由化学，机械工程和土木工程学科的教师导师提供的科学培训。学生可以提高他们的技术知识和技能，并为研究生学习和未来的研究职业做好准备。他们还从该计划中脱颖而出，可以更好地准备与来自不同背景的个人合作。这有助于促进科学和工程学的包容性。