Development of Interinstitutional REU Site

建立了一个跨机构的REU网站。该计划将为机械工程和工程科学系提供10个精选的本科生研究机会，包括机械、材料和生物工程学科领域。为该计划选择的具体研究课题具有基础性和当前的工程兴趣，包括几个将在外部支持和合作下进行的课题。主办机构的五人教员团队将监督项目活动。研究项目包括金属-陶瓷系统的热兼容性，液态金属-液体绝缘体界面的性质，大型柔性航天器的控制-结构相互作用，以及大块单晶中缺陷亚结构的衍射研究。参与者将从主办机构内外招募，并特别注意吸引合格的少数族裔、残疾和女性学生。机构间合作安排旨在促进招聘工作，允许几个参与者在正在进行的联合项目中工作，以获得研究经验，并通过将其惠及主办地以外的地区，总体上增强REU计划的影响。通过为期十周的集中暑期活动、内部和外部学生在个别项目上的配对以及精心规划的定向和岗位参与活动，将确保学生有效地参与项目活动。该计划将以参与者的书面报告和项目结果的口头陈述结束。

An interinstitutional REU site is established. The program will provide ten selected undergraduates research opportunities in the mechanical engineering and engineering science department encompassing the mechanical, materials and bioengineering subject areas. The specific research topics selected for the program are of fundamental, as well as, current engineering interest including several to be conducted with external support and collaborations. A five-member faculty team from the host institution will supervise the project activities. Research projects are thermal compatibility for metal- ceramic systems, properties of liquid metal-liquid insulator interfaces, control-structure interaction of large flexible spacecraft, and diffraction studies of defect substructures in bulk single crystals. Participants will be recruited from both inside and outside the host institution with special attention given to attracting qualified minority, handicapped and female students. The interinstitutional cooperative arrangement is intended to facilitate the recruiting effort, allow several participants to work in on-going joint projects to gain research experience and generally enhance the impact of the REU program by spreading its benefits beyond host site. Productive participation of the students in the project activities will be assured through a concentrated ten-week summer involvement, pairing of internal and external students on individual projects and carefully planned orientation and post participation activities. The program will terminate with written reports and oral presentations of the project results by the participants.