CAREER: Research into Self-Aware Optics within a Broad Program for Education

9502288绿色研究计划旨在通过对硕士的教育加强国家的研究基础设施。和B. S。水平工程师-那些工程师谁是必要的日常运作的工业和研究环境-在一个新兴的技术领域。 拟议的研究课题“自感知光学元件”将导致光学系统技术的进步。 所描述的各个子项目的统一特征是，它们作为一个整体都旨在推进具有集成传感器和致动器的光学组件制造的最新技术水平。 通过该项目的成功，光学系统将变得更加强大，因为元件可以测量自己的性能。 因此，光学技术将变得更加容易获得，使光学在信号处理、计算、传感和通信方面的巨大能力从实验室桌面领域进一步进入日常使用。 由此产生的MEMS制造和器件设计技术的进步将是重要的新兴MEMS技术领域。 课程开发工作将针对实验室教学框架内的工程设计技能的整合。 在课程开发的早期努力已经导致了一个本科实验室序列，它教授工程设计作为一系列的练习，涵盖成功项目所需的基本技能。 基本的设计技能包括沟通技巧，数据解释技能，以及处理开放式问题的重要实践。 强调工程是一门创造性的学科，解决困难问题的方法来自技术培训和预测和解释未知的浩瀚海洋的能力的结合。 ***

9502288 Green The program of research is intended to strengthen the country's research infrastructure through the education of M.S. and B.S. level engineers - those engineers who are necessary for day-to-day operation of industrial and research environments - in an emerging field of technology. The proposed research topic, "Self-Aware Optical Elements," will result in advances in technology for optical systems. The unifying feature of the various sub-projects described is that they are all intend, as a whole to advance the state of the art in manufacture of optical components with integrated sensors and actuators. Through the success of this project, optical systems will become more robust because of elements which can measure their own performance. Optical technology will therefore become more readily available bringing the vast powers of optics for signal processing, computing, sensing and communication further from the laboratory table-top realm into everyday use. Resulting advances in MEMS fabrication and device design techniques will be important to the emerging MEMS technology field. Course development efforts will be directed towards the integration of engineering design skills within the framework of laboratory instruction. Early efforts in course development have resulted in an undergraduate laboratory sequence which teaches engineering design as a series of exercises covering fundamental skills necessary for successful projects. Fundamental design skills include communications skills, data interpretation skills, and significant practice in approaching open-ended problems. It is emphasized to students that engineering is a creative discipline, and solutions to difficult problems come from a combination of technical training and ability to anticipate and interpret the vast sea of the unknown. ***