REU Site: Research Experience for Student Veterans in Advanced Manufacturing and EntrePreneurship (REVAMP)

REU 网站：先进制造和创业退伍军人学生研究经验 (REVAMP)

• 批准号: 1852253
• 负责人: Chun Zhang
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-01 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852253&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Student; REU; Site; Research; Experience; Student

The three year renewal Research Experience for Student Veterans in Advanced Manufacturing and EntrePreneurship (REVAMP) program at Georgia Institute of Technology will continue to train a diverse cohort of undergraduate students in the fundamental principles of (1) advanced manufacturing science and technology; and (2) the transition of basic discoveries in manufacturing science into innovative commercial products. This enhanced REU program will focus on training of veterans and underrepresented minority students and annually will engage 10 undergraduate students who will perform hands-on fundamental manufacturing research in several critical areas including additive manufacturing, bio-/cell-manufacturing, composites/nanocomposites manufacturing, applications of AI and robotics in manufacturing. The REVAMP REU site focuses on the critical national need of manufacturing, and more specifically, advanced manufacturing research and technology, which will play a crucial role in positioning the U.S. manufacturing sector as a continued world leader. By leveraging the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)'s world-class facilities, diverse technical expertise, and inspiring interdisciplinary research environment, the REU activities will give students the opportunity to improve knowledge in the critically important advanced manufacturing technology topic areas noted above. Training in research methodology, performance of scientific manufacturing research, tours of manufacturing facilities, and completion of technical seminars provided by GTMI faculty will significantly expand each student's manufacturing knowledge base, preparing them for future careers in advanced manufacturing. The research experience will be enhanced by entrepreneurship training including specialized customer discovery experiential learning, seminars focused on the fundamentals of evidenced-based entrepreneurship, and case studies presented by startup company leaders offered by the GT Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2). Through entrepreneurship training, students will also have a transformative opportunity to develop critical leadership skills for transitioning basic research discoveries into commercially-viable innovations. NSF I-Corps South programs and veteran-faculty mentorship opportunities provided by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) will be incorporated into this renewal REVAMP REU site program. A unique feature of this REU site is its focus on training of veterans and underrepresented minority students. To accomplish this goal, GTMI will target its recruiting efforts on the top universities/colleges in the nation for veteran enrollment and several HBCU's and institutions with high female enrollment. This REU site will combine advanced manufacturing research training with the principles of entrepreneurship, encouraging students to become leaders in innovation. This will help to fill the current void between fundamental research and technology commercialization in the U.S. It is expected that the site will serve as a new educational model for educating veterans and 21st century engineers in STEM and entrepreneurship that can be replicated by other colleges and universities throughout the nation. In addition, the REU site will support and encourage strong participation by women and underrepresented minorities in manufacturing-related STEM fields.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.

佐治亚理工学院的高级制造业和企业家学院学生退伍军人的三年续约研究经验将继续培训（1）高级制造科学和技术的基本原则的各种本科生； （2）制造科学中的基本发现过渡到创新的商业产品。这项增强的REU计划将专注于对退伍军人和代表性不足的少数民族学生的培训，每年将与10名本科生互动，这些学生将在几个关键领域进行动手实践的制造研究，包括添加剂制造，生物/细胞制造，复合材料/纳米复合物，在制造业中应用AI和机器人。 REVAMP REU网站侧重于制造业的关键国家需求，更具体地说，是先进的制造研究和技术，这将在将美国制造业定位为持续的世界领导者中发挥至关重要的作用。 通过利用佐治亚理工学院制造学院（GTMI）的世界一流设施，多样化的技术专长以及鼓舞人心的跨学科研究环境，REU活动将使学生有机会提高上述重要的高级制造技术主题领域的知识。研究方法的培训，科学制造研究的表现，制造设施之旅以及GTMI教职员工提供的技术研讨会的培训将大大扩展每个学生的制造知识库，为他们为未来的高级制造业做好准备。研究经验将通过创业培训来增强，包括专业的客户发现体验式学习，专注于基于证据的企业家精神基础的研讨会以及GT Enterprise Innovation Innovation Institute（EI2）提供的初创公司领导者提出的案例研究。通过企业家培训，学生还将有一个变革性的机会来开发关键的领导能力，以将基础研究发现转变为商业上可行的创新。 NSF I-Corps South计划和佐治亚理工学院研究所（GTRI）提供的资深教师指导机会将纳入此续签改版REU网站计划中。 此REU网站的一个独特功能是它专注于对退伍军人和代表性不足的少数族裔学生的培训。为了实现这一目标，GTMI将针对全美顶级大学/学院的招聘工作，以获得资深入学人数，以及高女性入学人数的几个HBCU和机构。该REU网站将将高级制造研究培训与企业家原则相结合，鼓励学生成为创新的领导者。这将有助于填补美国的基础研究与技术商业化之间的当前空隙，预计该网站将成为一种新的教育模型，用于教育STEM和企业家精神的退伍军人和21世纪工程师，可以由全国其他大学的其他学院复制。此外，REU网站将支持和鼓励妇女和人为少数群体在与制造有关的STEM领域中的强大参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准的评估值得支持的。