REU Site: Renewal of Summer Internships in Nanomaterials, Nanomechanics, and Leadership Training in Engineering

REU 网站：纳米材料、纳米力学和工程领导力培训暑期实习续期

• 批准号: 2046167
• 负责人: Uchechukwu Wejinya
• 金额: $ 40.25万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-15 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2046167&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Renewal; Summer; Internships

This three-year REU site will provide 9 talented undergraduate students with research opportunities in labs that bridge the gap between science and engineering, and provide them with top-notch leadership training in engineering. Program recruitment will target a diverse group of participants from a broad spectrum of colleges throughout the nation, especially minority-serving and small colleges without strong research infrastructure and experience. Women participants will be provided custom-tailored leadership training specific to them. Eight faculty members and nine graduate students from the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry/Biochemistry will serve as mentors. Research topics will be theoretical, computational and/or experimental, involving short, challenging, self-contained, cutting-edge problems in nanoscience and nanoengineering. The program includes seminars and workshops to expose interns to nanoscale engineering as well as professional development, emphasizing research, team building, leadership, and graduate studies. The complementary social program includes tours of regional research and industrial facilities, and group outings to local areas of interest in collaboration with the other UA REU programs. The interrelationships of the engineering process and its management within the life cycles of technology, innovation, products, and systems will be an essential part of the REU program. The basic functions of management relative to their implementation in technical organizations will be examined. Strategies for leading engineering teams and technical organizations will be explored, particularly as they affect individual and organizational productivity and creativity.This REU Site will build on the successes of the previously funded (EEC – 1359086) REU Site and will focus on nanomaterials, nanomechanics, and leadership training of undergraduate students. The project objectives are: 1) to engage undergraduate students with opportunities to conduct nanoscale science and engineering research; 2) to allow students to self-assess their interest in graduate school; 3) to increase the number of future professionals in nanoengineering; 4) to enable the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville (UAF) to become, and be recognized as a nationally top tier undergraduate and graduate program, and 5) to equip students to become future leaders and managers of technology driven organizations in the United States. Each year (of the three year project) a different group of nine undergraduate students will conduct research at the UAF campus as part of this ten-week summer internship program. Nine faculty members (including the PI) and graduate students from the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry/Biochemistry will serve as mentors. Recruitment of summer interns will concentrate on five groups: 1) institutions where research opportunities in STEM are limited; 2) minority institutions; 3) women; 4) persons with disabilities, and 5) UAF programs. All participants will present their research findings both orally and in a written report, sometimes leading to scientific publications.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.

这个为期三年的REU网站将为9名才华横溢的本科生提供研究机会，这些研究机会弥合了科学与工程之间的差距，并为他们提供工程领域的一流领导力培训。计划招聘将针对来自全国各地大学的一群参与者，尤其是少数族裔服务和小型大学，而没有强大的研究基础设施和经验。将为她们提供特定于其特定的量身定制领导培训的女性参与者。机械工程，物理和化学/生物化学系的八名教职员工和九名研究生将担任导师。研究主题将是理论，计算和/或实验性的，涉及纳米科学和纳米工程的简短，挑战，独立的，尖端的问题。该计划包括下水道和讲习班，以暴露实习生的纳米级工程以及专业发展，强调研究，团队建设，领导力和研究生学习。完整的社会计划包括参观区域研究和工业设施，以及与其他UA REU计划合作的地方郊游。工程流程的相互关系及其在技术，创新，产品和系统生命周期内的管理将是REU计划的重要组成部分。将检查管理相对于其在技术组织中实施的基本功能。将探讨领先的工程团队和技术组织的策略，特别是因为它们影响个人和组织的生产力和创造力。此REU网站将基于先前资助的（EEC - 1359086）的成功，并将重点关注本科生的纳米材料，纳米力学和领导力培训。项目目标是：1）让本科生有机会进行纳米级科学和工程研究； 2）允许学生自我评估对研究生院的兴趣； 3）增加纳米工程专业人士的数量； 4）为了使阿肯色大学的机械工程系 - 费耶特维尔（UAF）成为并被公认为是全国顶级的本科生和研究生课程，以及5），以使学生成为美国技术驱动组织的未来领导者和经理。每年（在三年项目中），有一组九名本科生的不同小组将在UAF校园进行研究，这是这项为期十周的暑期实习计划的一部分。机械工程，物理和化学/生物化学系的九名教职员工（包括PI）和研究生将担任导师。招募暑期实习生将集中于五组：1）STEM研究机会的机构； 2）少数民族机构； 3）妇女； 4）残疾人和5）UAF计划。所有参与者将在口头和书面报告中介绍他们的研究结果，有时会导致科学出版物。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估，被认为是珍贵的支持。