An NSF REU Site in Micro/Nanostructures Engineering Research

摘要对于加州大学欧文分校的李教授，0453166加州大学欧文分校的REU网站，每年招收16名大三和大四的本科生，进行为期10周的微纳系统暑期研究体验。该项目为教师提供一系列重要研究课题的指导，并提供实际的原型制作和制造经验。学生参与者是通过国家和地方的努力招募的，特别强调少数民族和社区学院的学生，他们将在暑期体验结束后进入一个四年制机构。除了一大批设备齐全的教职员工研究实验室外，学生还将直接进入UCI的集成纳米系统研究设施(INRF)，这是一家现代化的工业级设施，用于设计、建造和测试微型机电(MEMS)系统、光电子学、光纤光学和光子学、微流体和混合系统。REU计划受益于致力于本科生研究的现有校园文化，包括有针对性的计划、座谈会和会议，出版本科生研究期刊，以及在招聘、数据共享和其他协调活动方面的外部合作者网络。为了帮助学生获得成为独立研究人员的技能和信心，并做出更好的职业决策，该体验侧重于通过一系列研究前讲座、动手项目、每周研讨会和研讨会、行业实地考察和社会活动，与大量教师和他们的研究生进行密集和直接的接触。该项目的智力价值来自于本科生接触到纳米/微机械系统研究和工程中的多学科活动的重要广度和深度，包括基础和应用。更广泛的影响包括与其他REU机构、社区学院和已知招生人数不同的校园建立更强大、更复杂的协作联系，以及将面向工业和安全的应用纳入研究推动力。为了支持项目目标，并确保在本科阶段取得优异成绩，教职员工同时参与学生活动和项目评估，从招聘到经验后跟踪。评估计划基于各种衡量标准和参与者的反馈，以及教职员工指导和评估委员会的指导。学生所在机构的教师赞助商致力于确定将从这一经历中受益最大的个人，并为期末论文提交、会议出席和持续的职业发展势头提供有经验的支持和指导。

Abstract for Li, U. California-Irvine, 0453166 The REU site at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), "The Integrated Micro/Nano Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IMSURE)" hosts16 junior and senior undergraduates per year for a 10-week summer research experience in micro- and nanosystems. The program provides faculty mentoring on a significant range of research topics and offers hands-on prototyping and fabrication experience. Student participants are recruited through national and local efforts, with special emphasis on minority and community-college students who will be attending a four-year institution after the summer experience. Along with a large selection of well-equipped faculty-research laboratories, students will have direct access to UCI's Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF), a modern, industrial-grade facility for designing, constructing and testing micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) systems, opto-electronics, fiberoptics and photonics, microfluidics, and hybrid systems. The REU program benefits from an existing campus culture committed to undergraduate research that includes targeted programs, symposia and conferences, publication of an undergraduate-research journal, and a network of outside collaborators in recruitment, data sharing, and other coordinated activities. With a goal of helping students gain the skills and confidence to become independent researchers and make better career decisions, the experience focuses on intensive and direct contact with a large number of faculty and their graduate students through a series of pre-research lectures, hands-on projects, weekly seminars and workshops, an industry field trip, and social activities. The intellectual merit of the project derives from the exposure of the undergraduates to the significant breadth and depth of multidisciplinary activity in nano/MEMS research and engineering, both basic and applied. The broader impacts include building stronger and more sophisticated collaborative links with other REU institutions, community colleges, and campuses known to have diverse enrollment, and inclusion of industrial and security-oriented applications among the research thrusts. In support the program goals, and to ensure excellence in the undergraduate experience, the faculty and staff are engaged in both the student activities and in the program evaluation, from recruitment to post-experience tracking. The evaluation plan is based on various measurements and participant feedback as well as guidance from faculty Steering and Evaluation committees. Faculty sponsors at the student's home institutions are engaged to identify individuals who will benefit most from the experience and to provide post-experience support and mentorship for final-paper submission, conference attendance, and sustained career momentum.