REU Site: Unmanned Aerial Systems with Real-World Applications in Oklahoma

REU 网站：无人机系统在俄克拉荷马州的实际应用

• 批准号: 2150365
• 负责人: Wilson Merchan-Merchan
• 金额: $ 40.28万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150365&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Unmanned; Aerial; Systems

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are becoming a fast-growing field with a wide range of applications in industry, military, meteorology, business, and recreational use, to name just a few. Advanced UAS with the capacity to navigate in clustered and adverse environments are essential for future generations and are expected to have a critical impact in the U.S. economy. This REU Site aims to advance knowledge of UAS through a series of fundamental research topics that focus on design and application of UAS. Furthermore, this Site aims to develop a new generation of researchers and engineers who will become leaders in this rapidly growing field. To achieve this goal the REU site provides mentoring and training to student participants in a positive, engaging, and challenging learning environment where they will be able to develop the technical and soft skills needed to become successful engineers and researchers. To encourage a workforce filled with new and innovative ideas, they will recruit a diverse group of students and place a concerted effort on recruiting students from underrepresented groups in STEM. The REU site will provide a 10-week summer research experience for a diverse group of ten students each year, over a 3-year period, with a series of research activities. Students will actively participate in research with real world applications that focus on sensors for navigation and controls to accurately assess vehicle position, employ UAS to fight climate change by gas leak hunting and detection of particulate matter, developing deployable structures based on novel materials for UAS, testing drone battery performance in harsh conditions, and developing computational tools to identify the most vulnerable failure spots. The primary goals of this NSF REU Site are: (1) To advance knowledge of drone technology that could have an impact for further development of UAS for various applications including in harsh and adverse environments; (2) To help students expand their knowledge on drone technology and develop research skills and strategies to aid their success in an engineering field; and (3) To recruit and mentor students from underrepresented groups and first-generation college students in STEM education to increase their sense of belonging and identity in the greater university and academic community. The school of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma is in an excellent position to host this REU Site. This REU site will take advantage of unique existing natural open labs including the nearby Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field-Testing Station, the Choctaw Nation Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP) test site, and the Full-size Test Loop Station for methane detection.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.

无人机系统 (UAS) 正在成为一个快速发展的领域，在工业、军事、气象、商业和娱乐等领域有着广泛的应用。能够在集群和恶劣环境中导航的先进无人机系统对于子孙后代至关重要，预计将对美国经济产生重大影响。该 REU 网站旨在通过一系列专注于无人机设计和应用的基础研究主题来增进对无人机的了解。此外，该网站旨在培养新一代研究人员和工程师，他们将成为这个快速发展领域的领导者。为了实现这一目标，REU 网站在积极、有吸引力和富有挑战性的学习环境中为学生参与者提供指导和培训，使他们能够发展成为成功的工程师和研究人员所需的技术和软技能。为了鼓励充满新创意的劳动力队伍，他们将招募多元化的学生群体，并共同努力从 STEM 领域代表性不足的群体中招募学生。 REU 网站每年将为十名学生组成的不同群体提供为期 10 周的夏季研究体验，为期 3 年，并开展一系列研究活动。学生将积极参与现实世界应用的研究，重点是导航和控制传感器以准确评估车辆位置，利用无人机通过气体泄漏搜寻和颗粒物检测来应对气候变化，开发基于无人机新材料的可部署结构，在恶劣条件下测试无人机电池性能，并开发计算工具来识别最脆弱的故障点。 NSF REU 站点的主要目标是： (1) 增进对无人机技术的了解，这可能会对无人机系统的进一步开发产生影响，以适应各种应用，包括在恶劣和不利的环境中； (2) 帮助学生扩展无人机技术知识，培养研究技能和策略，以帮助他们在工程领域取得成功； (3) 在 STEM 教育中招募和指导来自弱势群体的学生和第一代大学生，以增强他们对更大的大学和学术界的归属感和认同感。俄克拉荷马大学航空航天与机械工程学院非常适合主办该 REU 网站。该 REU 站点将利用现有的独特自然开放实验室，包括附近的凯斯勒大气和生态现场测试站、乔克托国家无人机系统集成试点计划 (UASIPP) 测试场以及用于甲烷检测的全尺寸测试环路站该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。