REU Site for Energy-Efficient Devices and Systems (R-SEEDS)

REU 节能设备和系统站点 (R-SEEDS)

• 批准号: 2244390
• 负责人: Lina Sawalha
• 金额: $ 40.52万
• 依托单位: Western Michigan 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: 2023-04-15 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244390&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Energy; Efficient; Devices

The REU Site for Energy-Efficient Devices and Systems (R-SEEDS) at Western Michigan University (WMU) aims to engage undergraduate students in energy-efficient technology research, design, and development. The development of energy-efficient technologies (i.e., technologies that require less energy to perform the same function) is a very effective approach to combat pollution and climate change, improve the competitiveness of industries and businesses, and reduce costs. This three-year program will support the creation of a workforce capable of conducting interdisciplinary research in energy efficiency. It will inspire a new generation that is conscious of the effect of energy consumption on the environment and can research and develop energy-efficient systems and technologies. The program will also train and educate a diverse workforce of new researchers, resulting in more technological prosperity in the US. Ten participants each year will be engaged in 10-week intensive team-based projects, working on cutting-edge research. This experience will prepare them for graduate programs and high-demand jobs in energy efficiency.The REU Site for Energy-Efficient Devices and Systems (R-SEEDS) at Western Michigan University (WMU) aims to engage undergraduate students in energy-efficient technology research, design, and development. The three-year R-SEEDS program will offer research projects in a broad range of exciting engineering and computing topics, such as computer architectures and systems, electric grid component design, autonomous vehicles, nanosatellites, plasma-assisted combustion, industrial carbon capture, neurobiological engineering, and microplasma sterilization. Ten students each year will learn the different challenges imposed by implementing energy-efficient systems and ways to overcome those challenges. The program will further train students to prepare them for a career in engineering and science through several workshops and seminars on energy efficiency, sustainability, research methodologies and tools, research ethics, research as a career, graduate studies, and presentation and writing skills. All activities will be supervised by academic advisors from three engineering departments: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Chemical and Paper Engineering, with support from industrial partners. The participants will engage with the advisors’ research group, and academic and industry collaborators.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.

西密歇根大学 (WMU) 的 REU 节能设备和系统站点 (R-SEEDS) 旨在让本科生参与节能技术的研究、设计和开发，以实现相同功能所需的能源更少。这是对抗污染和气候变化、提高工业和企业竞争力以及降低成本的非常有效的方法。这个为期三年的计划将支持建立一支能够进行能源效率跨学科研究的劳动力队伍。它将激励新一代意识到能源消耗对环境的影响，并能够研究和开发节能系统和技术。该计划还将培训和教育多元化的新研究人员，从而促进更多的技术繁荣。每年有 10 名参与者将参与为期 10 周的密集团队项目，从事前沿研究，这些经验将为他们的研究生课程和高需求的能源效率工作做好准备。高效设备和系统 (R-SEEDS)西密歇根大学 (WMU) 旨在让本科生参与节能技术研究、设计和开发，为期三年的 R-SEEDS 计划将提供一系列令人兴奋的工程和计算主题的研究项目，例如计算机体系结构。每年十名学生将学习实施节能系统带来的不同挑战以及克服这些挑战的方法。该计划的挑战。将通过有关能源效率、可持续性、研究方法和工具、研究伦理、研究作为职业、研究生学习以及演讲和写作技巧的多个讲习班和研讨会，进一步培训学生，为他们在工程和科学领域的职业生涯做好准备。由来自三个工程系的学术顾问监督：电气和计算机工程、机械和航空航天工程以及化学和造纸工程，参与者将与顾问的研究小组以及学术和行业合作者合作。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，并被认为值得支持。