REU Site: The Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NEESreu)

REU 网站：本科生地震工程模拟研究经验网络 (NEESreu)

• 批准号: 0552992
• 负责人: Clifford Roblee
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: NEES Consortium, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0552992&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Network; Earthquake; Engineering

Abstract0552992RobleeThis award supports a two-year, distributed REU site administered by NEES Consortium, Inc. (NEESinc) and is an outcome of the review of proposals submitted to NSF 05-592, Research Experiences for Undergraduates. NEESinc will leverage its geographically distributed network of world-class experimental facilities, its connecting cyberinfrastructure, and its extended community of engineering and cross-disciplinary mentors from academic programs across the United States to provide 35 undergraduates, over the two-year award duration, with an array of REU opportunities for collaborative earthquake engineering research. NEESinc will centrally coordinate access for the REU students to participate in one of several alternative REU Tracks to be offered at several node sites. Possible node sites consist of the 15 NEES experimental facilities located at universities across the United States, the NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center (NEESit) located at the University of California, San Diego, San Diego Supercomputer Center, and the NEESinc headquarters located in Davis, CA. Intellectual Merit: The NEESinc ten-week summer REU program will provide each student with a common suite of skills-development activities as well as a unique mentored on-site research experience selected from a flexible portfolio of alternative tracks. Skills development will focus on processes for independent investigation, oral and written technical communications, collaboration through cyber networks and face-to-face interactions, and professional ethics. Cohort experiences will be provided through a series of gatherings and by using advanced cyber-collaboration tools. The REU experience will culminate with participation in the annual Young Researchers Symposium where students will present papers on their research projects. On-site experiences provide alternative research tracks such as in-depth independent study at a single site, small-group topic synthesis at one or multiple sites, and distance-collaboration experiences between two or more sites. NEESinc is positioned to centrally coordinate the NEES-wide REU program as it already manages the operations of the 15 NEES experimental facilities and NEESit as well as coordinates NEES Research Program (NEESR)-researcher access to these facilities. Broader Impacts: This REU program provides mentor, experimental, and cyber resources from the NEES community to contribute directly and significantly toward the advancement and diversification of young scholars interested in pursuing STEM-related careers. Student recruitment will focus on attaining a diversified cadre of REU students, and balancing participants from a broad range of institutions including minority-serving institutions, primarily undergraduate-serving programs, community colleges, and vocational programs. NEES nationally distributed infrastructure, collaboratory culture, innovative REU tracks, and community-wide activities provide an ideal environment to excite and motivate future leaders to prepare for, and engage in, advanced technical studies. These leaders will provide the technical discoveries and innovations of tomorrow that will mitigate losses and improve the performance of the civil infrastructure to withstand devastating earthquakes and other extreme loads.

该奖项支持一个由NEES Consortium，Inc.(NEESinc.)管理的为期两年的分布式REU站点，是对提交给NSF 05-592的建议进行审查的结果，本科生的研究经验。NEESincc将利用其在地理上分布的世界级实验设施网络、连接的网络基础设施以及来自美国各地学术项目的工程学和跨学科导师的广泛社区，在为期两年的颁奖期间为35名本科生提供一系列REU合作地震工程研究的机会。NEESincc将集中协调REU学生参加将在几个节点站点提供的几个备选REU轨道中的一个。可能的节点地点包括位于美国各地大学的15个NEES实验设施、位于加州大学圣地亚哥分校的NEES网络基础设施中心(NEESit)、圣地亚哥超级计算机中心以及位于加利福尼亚州戴维斯的NEESincc总部。智力优势：NEESinc十周暑期REU计划将为每个学生提供一套共同的技能发展活动，以及从灵活的替代路径组合中选择的独特的有指导的现场研究体验。技能发展将侧重于独立调查、口头和书面技术交流、通过网络进行合作和面对面互动以及职业道德的过程。将通过一系列聚会和使用先进的网络协作工具提供队列体验。REU的经历将在参加一年一度的青年研究人员研讨会上达到高潮，在研讨会上，学生将提交关于他们研究项目的论文。现场体验提供了其他研究途径，如在单个站点进行深入的独立研究，在一个或多个站点进行小组主题合成，以及在两个或多个站点之间进行远程协作体验。NEESincc的定位是集中协调整个NEES范围的REU计划，因为它已经管理了15个NEES实验设施和NEESit的运营，并协调NEES研究计划(NEESR)-研究人员对这些设施的访问。更广泛的影响：该REU计划提供来自NEES社区的导师、实验和网络资源，以直接和显著地促进对从事STEM相关职业感兴趣的年轻学者的进步和多样化。招生将侧重于培养多元化的REU学生队伍，并平衡来自广泛机构的参与者，包括少数族裔服务机构，主要是本科生服务项目、社区学院和职业项目。NEES在全国分布的基础设施、协作文化、创新的REU轨道和社区范围的活动提供了一个理想的环境，以激励和激励未来的领导者为高级技术研究做准备和参与。这些领导者将提供明天的技术发现和创新，以减轻损失并提高民用基础设施的性能，以承受毁灭性的地震和其他极端负载。