REU Site: Enriching the Undergraduate Research Experience for Native American Students

REU 网站：丰富美国原住民学生的本科研究经验

• 批准号: 1757953
• 负责人: Yiyan Li
• 金额: $ 38.85万
• 依托单位: Fort Lewis College
• 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: 2018-08-15 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757953&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Enriching; Undergraduate; Research

This three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award to Fort Lewis College (FLC) in Durango, CO will support research experiences for Native Americans undergraduate students focused around energy, propulsion and the environment. Native American scholars face unique and serious obstacles along the path to the Ph.D. One increasing challenge to converting Native American students from undergraduate scholars to academics and researchers is the difficulty of gaining admissions into prestigious graduate programs. This REU program aims to increase the skill portfolio of Native American students with research experiences along with intensive mentoring. Participants will be involved in relevant research at Fort Lewis College under the mentorship of FLC faculty; they will later transfer to a traditional R1 REU summer program. These experiences, in addition to the relationships formed at the R1 institutions, will increase the competitiveness of their graduate school application. As a public primarily undergraduate institution with a successful history of externally funded undergraduate research, FLC is uniquely qualified for this program. The college has a robust undergraduate research program with a high quality faculty deeply invested in student success. The designated research projects are focused around energy which is one of the more critical factors in both the global economy and ecology. The proposed research aims to further understanding of critical energy and propulsion processes by development of laser diagnostics in combustion, providing critical experimental data to modelers, develop innovative techniques to monitor nuclear reactors and investigate new forms of propulsion, molecular energy transfer and liquid phase molecular dynamics. The broader impacts of this REU program are twofold. Firstly, participation of underrepresented groups in scientific research is directly increased. The program is designed to ultimately increase the number of PhDs awarded to Native Americans. Native American students will be provided the opportunity to perform undergraduate research while bringing theory into reality. FLC is a Native American-Serving, Non-Tribal institution with an historic mission to educate the nation's Native Americans within a liberal arts framework. FLC ranks 4th in the nation in percent of full-time Native American undergraduates but first in baccalaureate STEM degrees awarded to Native Americans. Secondly, data generated will be disseminated to the wider research community. This will lead to a lasting impact on the body of scientific knowledge specifically in the area of energy, propulsion and the environment.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.

科罗拉多州杜兰戈堡刘易斯大学（FLC）的本科生（REU）现场奖项的三年研究经验将支持针对美国原住民本科生的研究经验，这些学生专注于能源，推进和环境。 沿着博士学位的道路，美国原住民学者面临独特而严重的障碍。将美洲原住民从本科学者转变为学者和研究人员的挑战是一个越来越多的挑战，这是很难接受享有声望的研究生课程。该REU计划旨在通过研究经验以及密集的指导来提高美洲原住民学生的技能组合。在FLC教师的指导下，参与者将参与刘易斯堡学院的相关研究；他们后来将转移到传统的R1 REU夏季计划。除了在R1机构建立的关系外，这些经验还将提高其研究生院应用的竞争力。作为一家主要是具有外部资助的本科研究历史的公共本科机构，FLC拥有该计划的独特资格。该学院拥有一项强大的本科研究计划，高质量的教师对学生的成功进行了深入的投资。 指定的研究项目集中在能源上，这是全球经济和生态学中最关键的因素之一。拟议的研究旨在通过开发燃烧中的激光诊断，向建模者提供关键的实验数据，开发创新的技术来监测核反应堆，并研究推进，分子能传递和液相分子动力学的新形式，从而进一步了解关键能量和推进过程。 该REU计划的更广泛影响是双重的。首先，代表性不足的群体参与科学研究的参与直接增加。该计划旨在最终增加授予美洲原住民的博士学位。美国原住民的学生将有机会在将理论融入现实的同时进行本科研究。 FLC是美国原住民服务的非部落机构，其历史使命是在文科框架内教育该国的美洲原住民。 FLC在全美全职美国本科生的百分比中排名全美第四，但在授予美洲原住民的学士学位的茎学位上排名第一。其次，生成的数据将被传播到更广泛的研究社区。这将导致对科学知识的持久影响，特别是在能源，推进和环境领域。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。

项目成果

A Field-Deployable and Low-Cost PCR (FLC-PCR) Thermocycler for the Rapid Detection of Environmental E. coli

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• DOI: 10.1109/embc44109.2020.9176519
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
• 作者: Ferguson, James;Duran, Jesse;Killinen, Wesley;Wagner, Jason;Kulesza, Caroline;Chatterley, Christie;Li, Yiyan
• 通讯作者: Li, Yiyan

Rapid Detection of Bacteria Using Raman Spectroscopy and Deep Learning

• DOI: 10.1109/ccwc51732.2021.9375955
• 发表时间: 2021-01-01
• 期刊: 2021 IEEE 11TH ANNUAL COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE (CCWC)
• 作者: Kukula, Kaitlyn;Farmer, Denzel;Li, Yiyan
• 通讯作者: Li, Yiyan