REU Site in Civil Engineering at the University of Notre Dame

继续支持NSF本科生研究经验（REU）网站。美国国家科学基金会每年为10名本科生提供支持，使他们能够参与学院的研究活动。这种体验旨在让学生更好地理解研究，并鼓励他们考虑从事研究工作。对该REU的支持将为我们在1988年和1989年夏季开展的计划提供连续性，补充对此类研究活动的承诺，并为学生提供参与正在进行的前沿研究项目的机会。研究活动涵盖土木工程学院的专业领域，包括水资源、生物工程、污染控制和结构力学等项目。该计划的组成部分包括，通过全国范围内的招生，重点是妇女和少数民族的参与，识别优秀学生；学生的研究兴趣与教师的匹配；研究生与教师的密切互动；研究生和教师与本科生密切互动，让学生对研究生学习、大学研究和学术生涯有更全面的了解；两个月的密集研究经验；根据需要开设小型课程，以提高研究项目的成效；还有一个小型会议来展示结果。这个项目的目标是激发全国一些最优秀的工程专业学生对研究事业的挑战。

Support for an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site is continued. The NSF support for 10 undergraduate students each year will allow them to become involved in the research activities of the faculty. This experience is designed to provide students with an improved understanding of research and to encourage them to consider careers in research. Support for this REU will provide continuity for our program carried out in the summers of 1988 and 1989, supplement the commitment to such research activities, and provide students with the opportunity to participate in ongoing cutting-edge research projects. The research activities span the areas of expertise of the faculty in civil engineering and include projects in water resources, bioengineering and pollution control, and structural mechanics. Components of the program include identification of exceptional students through nationwide recruitment with emphasis on women and minority participation; matching of student research interests with faculty; close interaction of graduate students and faculty; close interaction of graduate students and faculty with the undergraduates to provide students with a fuller appreciation of graduate study, university research, and careers in academia; an intense two month research experience; mini-courses, as needed, to facilitate effectiveness in the research projects; and a mini-conference for presentation of results. The goal of the program is to excite some of the best engineering students in the nation about the challenges of a career in research.