REU Site: Nanotechnology and Materials Systems

REU 网站：纳米技术和材料系统

• 批准号: 0453578
• 负责人: Daniel Davis
• 金额: $ 16.5万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0453578&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Nanotechnology; Materials; Systems

Abstract for Davis, EEC-0453578: This REU award for a Site on Nanotechnology and Materials Systems supports 12 engineering and science students each year for three years in a 10-week summer research experience at the Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station, TX. The REU Site offers projects with foci on nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science, and engineering systems. Projects are selected to span the physical scales from nano through macroscopic systems. The primary goal of this REU Site in Nanotechnology and Materials Systems is to present a model program for increasing the number of U.S. science and engineering students entering graduate studies and pursuing research and academic careers. The REU Site pursues this goal through four (4) coordinated components: 1) A challenging research experience in exciting science and engineering fields of nanotechnology and materials; 2) A close and personal mentoring relationships with by senior faculty and researchers, administrators, graduate student role models and peer groups of other undergraduate students; 3) Exposure to the research communities at regional universities, industries and government agencies involved in nanotechnology and materials research to further foster interest in research careers and graduate studies; and 4) Information on graduate school including seminars on GRE preparation, application procedures, and funding a graduate education. Additionally, the program sponsors weekly educational field trips to industrial and governmental agencies such as NASA Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX), Lockheed-Martin Corporation (Fort Worth, TX) and Zyvex Corporation (Richardson, TX). These field trips provide some real-world context to the broad multidisciplinary nanotechnology and materials research the REU students experience in the laboratory. Also, the REU-Site students participate in an annual regional research conference on the multidisciplinary areas of functionalized nanomaterials, multifunctional materials systems, biomaterials and devices, multiscale modeling, novel design concepts, and intelligent systems. Participant recruiting places a strong emphasis on recruiting students from minority-serving institutions. The Intellectual Merit of this proposal lies in the advanced research content concerning novel materials and materials systems that span the physical scales from nanometers and microns to mesoscale and macroscopic systems and in illustrations of the need to consider the nano-level in engineering-system design. The Broader Impacts of this REU Site arise from the participation of undergraduate students who are women and underrepresented minorities. The involvement of these students in exciting research in nanotechnology and materials systems as applied to aerospace technologies enhanced the likelihood that they will consider post-graduate study and broaden the base of our technical manpower.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

戴维斯摘要，EEC-0453578：REU 授予的纳米技术和材料系统网站奖项每年支持 12 名工程和科学学生在位于德克萨斯州大学城的德克萨斯 A&M 大学 (TAMU) 进行为期 10 周的夏季研究体验。 REU 站点提供的项目重点关注纳米科学和纳米技术、材料科学和工程系统。选择的项目涵盖从纳米到宏观系统的物理尺度。 REU 纳米技术和材料系统网站的主要目标是提供一个示范项目，以增加进入研究生学习并从事研究和学术职业的美国科学和工程学生的数量。 REU 站点通过四 (4) 个协调组成部分来实现这一目标： 1) 在令人兴奋的纳米技术和材料科学和工程领域具有挑战性的研究经验； 2）与高级教员和研究人员、管理人员、研究生榜样和其他本科生的同伴群体建立密切的个人指导关系； 3) 接触参与纳米技术和材料研究的地区大学、行业和政府机构的研究团体，以进一步培养对研究职业和研究生学习的兴趣； 4) 有关研究生院的信息，包括有关 GRE 准备、申请程序和资助研究生教育的研讨会。 此外，该计划还每周赞助对工业和政府机构的教育实地考察，例如 NASA 约翰逊航天中心（德克萨斯州休斯顿）、洛克希德·马丁公司（德克萨斯州沃斯堡）和 Zyvex 公司（德克萨斯州理查森）。 这些实地考察为 REU 学生在实验室中经历的广泛的多学科纳米技术和材料研究提供了一些现实背景。此外，REU-Site 的学生还参加关于功能化纳米材料、多功能材料系统、生物材料和设备、多尺度建模、新颖设计概念和智能系统等多学科领域的年度区域研究会议。 参与者招募非常重视从少数族裔服务机构招募学生。 该提案的智力价值在于涉及新型材料和材料系统的先进研究内容，涵盖从纳米和微米到介观和宏观系统的物理尺度，并说明了在工程系统设计中考虑纳米级的必要性。 该 REU 网站的更广泛影响源于女性本科生和代表性不足的少数族裔的参与。这些学生参与了应用于航空航天技术的纳米技术和材料系统的令人兴奋的研究，提高了他们考虑研究生学习并扩大我们技术人力基础的可能性。该网站由国防部与 NSF REU 计划合作支持。