IRES Track I: Collaborative Research: Interdisciplinary Research in Korea on Applied Smart Systems (IRiKA) for Undergraduate Students

IRES Track I：合作研究：韩国本科生应用智能系统跨学科研究 (IRiKA)

• 批准号: 2311700
• 负责人: Jin Choi
• 金额: $ 8.77万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2311700&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Collaborative; Research; Interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinary Research in Korea on Applied smart systems (IRiKA) for Undergraduate Students will provide a cohort of five US undergraduate students per year with the opportunity to conduct research for 8 weeks at Korea's top-ranked universities with state-of-the-art research facilities: Seoul National University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Ewha Womans University. Over the lifetime of this 3-year project, 15 students will participate. Students from underrepresented groups will be recruited. The unifying research theme of IRiKA is smart systems with the subtopics of sensors, emerging electronics, and materials and process development. In addition to lab work and weekly cohort research meetings, IRiKA students will visit Korea's government research institutions and global leaders in the tech industry such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai. The distinctive features of IRiKA are: 1) A cohort experience bringing the US participants together; 2) Vetted and structured professional development program tailored for both US students and Korean mentors; and 3) Availability of follow-on collaborative projects in US and Korea to facilitate a sustained global network of mentorship. Students will gain formative research skills and learn how smart systems brings together interdisciplinary technological solutions for manufacturing, healthcare, energy, safety and security, transportation, and logistics. The international aspect of the IRiKA will help students recognize their place in the global scientific community. The participants will present their work at their home institutions upon their return and will be incentivized to publish in a peer-reviewed journal or present at a conference for broader dissemination. Interdisciplinary Research in Korea on Applied smart systems (IRiKA) for Undergraduate Students will engage students in interdisciplinary research, help them develop a global perspective on collaboration, and motivate them to pursue a career in STEM research. Efforts will be made to attract students underrepresented in STEM and/or with limited STEM research opportunities. IRiKA takes a scaffolded mentorship approach that fosters students' growth from a relatively dependent status to as independent a status as their competence warrants. Smart systems incorporate sensing, actuation, wireless connectivity, and machine learning. Examples of research projects that individual students will conduct during 8 weeks in Korea include: Development of an air-borne particle sensing system for health monitoring and air quality monitoring; Development of miniature and micro power generation systems to enable autonomous sensor systems; and Development of a light-weight, flexible point-of-care device consisting of microfluidic channels and reduced graphene oxide-based biosensors. Upon return to the US, students will be able to engage in follow-on projects in areas such as convergent IoT systems at University of Florida's NSF I/UCRC Multi-functional Integrated Systems Technology (MIST) center and wearable sensor systems at Louisiana State University.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.

韩国跨学科研究针对本科生的应用智能系统（IRIKA），每年将提供五名美国本科生组成的队列：首尔国立大学，韩国高级科学技术研究所和EWHA WOMANS大学。在这个为期3年的项目的一生中，有15名学生将参加。将招募来自代表性不足的团体的学生。 Irika的统一研究主题是智能系统，具有传感器，新兴电子以及材料和过程开发的子主题。除了实验室工作和每周的队列研究会议外，Irika学生还将参观韩国政府研究机构以及三星，LG和现代等科技行业的全球领导者。 Irika的独特特征是：1）将美国参与者聚集在一起的队列经验； 2）针对美国学生和韩国导师量身定制的审查和结构化专业发展计划； 3）在美国和韩国提供后续协作项目，以促进持续的全球指导网络。学生将获得形成性的研究技能，并了解智能系统如何将跨学科的技术解决方案汇集在一起​​，用于制造，医疗保健，能源，安全和安全，运输和物流。 Irika的国际方面将帮助学生认识他们在全球科学界的地位。参与者将在返回后将其作品在其家庭机构中介绍，并将激励在同行评审期刊上发布或出席会议，以供更广泛的传播。韩国对本科生的应用智能系统（IRIKA）的跨学科研究将吸引学生进行跨学科研究，帮助他们发展有关协作的全球视角，并激励他们从事STEM研究的职业。将努力吸引STEM和/或STEM研究机会中的人数不足的学生。 Irika采用了脚手架的指导方法，从而促进了学生的成长，从相对依赖的身份到像他们的能力认购者一样独立的地位。智能系统结合了感应，驱动，无线连接和机器学习。个人学生将在韩国8周内进行的研究项目的实例包括：开发用于健康监测和空气质量监测的空中粒子传感系统；开发微型和微电发电系统以实现自主传感器系统；以及由微流体通道和氧化石墨烯基的生物传感器组成的轻巧，灵活的护理设备的开发。返回美国后，学生将能够在佛罗里达大学的NSF I/UCRC多功能集成系统技术（MIST）中心和路易斯安那州立大学的可穿戴综合系统中心和可穿戴的传感器系统等领域进行后续项目该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估值得支持。