NSF REU-Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates site to create "Pathways Opening World Energy Resources" (REU - POWER)

NSF REU-Site：本科生研究经验网站，创建“开放世界能源资源之路”（REU - POWER）

• 批准号: 1757650
• 负责人: Bradley Lehman
• 金额: $ 36.15万
• 依托单位: Northeastern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-01 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757650&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; REU; Site; Research; Experience

This award establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates site to create "Pathways Opening World Energy Resources" (REU - POWER), located at Northeastern University, Boston MA. The REU-POWER site will provide rising sophomores, juniors and seniors with a summer-based experience working with professors from across the College of Engineering, engaged in research on topics pertaining to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Energy Challenge. There is special emphasis on the recruitment of underrepresented minority (URM) students, and because of this, REU-POWER can particularly create professional development programs that address particular barriers of URM STEM populations. Specifically, REU-POWER will (1) provide annual financial and mentoring support for 10 qualified URM scholars; (2) impact the well-documented U.S. national need for a more diverse energy workforce; and (3) help advance research to make renewable, solar and clean energy more prevalent in society, to help solve the NAE Grand Energy Challenges. The success of the REU-POWER model will be disseminated to other institutions to follow. Other unique aspects of the REU-POWER site includes the development of: 1) hands-on short courses with experimental renewable energy labs for all participants; 2) formal mentor training that includes educational modules for mentoring URM engineering students; 3) extensive professional development seminars; 4) formal research training including daily reflection journals, poster presentations and technical writing of a research digest with a faculty member; and 5) recruitment from a unique pool of highly talented URM students that have already expressed interest in energy careers. A primary goal of the REU-POWER site is to excite and engage undergraduate students to pursue careers in the energy field, whether in research labs, industry or to continue their studies in graduate school.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项在马萨诸塞州波士顿东北大学建立了一个新的本科生研究经验网站，以创建“开放世界能源资源之路”（REU - POWER）。 REU-POWER 站点将为即将升入大二、大三和大四的学生提供与工程学院各教授一起工作的暑期经验，参与与国家工程院 (NAE) 大能源挑战相关的主题研究。特别重视招收代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 学生，正因为如此，REU-POWER 可以特别制定专业发展计划，以解决 URM STEM 人群的特殊障碍。 具体来说，REU-POWER将（1）为10名合格的URM学者提供年度财务和指导支持； (2) 影响美国国家对更加多元化的能源劳动力的需求； (3) 帮助推进研究，使可再生能源、太阳能和清洁能源在社会中更加普及，帮助解决 NAE 的重大能源挑战。 REU-POWER 模式的成功将被其他机构效仿。 REU-POWER 站点的其他独特之处包括开发：1）为所有参与者提供带有实验性可再生能源实验室的实践短期课程； 2) 正式的导师培训，包括指导 URM 工程专业学生的教育模块； 3）广泛的专业发展研讨会； 4) 正式的研究培训，包括每日反思日志、海报展示和与教职人员一起撰写研究文摘的技术文章； 5) 从独特的、已经对能源职业表示出兴趣的高素质 URM 学生中进行招聘。 REU-POWER 网站的主要目标是激发和吸引本科生在能源领域追求职业生涯，无论是在研究实验室、工业界还是在研究生院继续学习。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来获得支持。