REU Sites: Research Experiences for Underrepresented Undergraduates in Smart Environments

REU 站点：智能环境中代表性不足的本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 0647705
• 负责人: Behrooz Shirazi
• 金额: $ 18.52万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0647705&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Sites; Research; Experiences; Underrepresented

Title: Research Experiences for Underrepresented Undergraduates in Smart EnvironmentsPIs: Behrooz Shirazi and Diane Cook Institution: Washington State UniversityThe goal of this REU site program (REU-SE) is to broaden undergraduate research in underrepresented groups, particularly Hispanics from the Pacific Northwest region.The Pacific Northwest has recently witnessed a rapid growth in its Hispanic population, reaching 37% of the population in South Central Washington State. State officials have decried the low enrollment of Hispanics in four-year colleges and say the situation is nearing crisis levels. The REU-SE program's aim is to attract the targeted Hispanic student groups to engineering careers and graduate education. The research theme of this REU program is smart environments. This is an exciting area of research that draws from a variety of engineering fields and finds application in home automation, health monitoring, and energy conservation. Because the students will be living in apartments that also serve as test sites, they will be fully immersed in the project and given abundant opportunity to interact with other faculty, graduate students, and REU students in the program. Our approach to broadening participation of undergraduate students in engineering research is based on the proposition that by engaging students in interesting applied research early in their baccalaureate studies, we will instill a strong sense of confidence, achievement, and belonging in the fields of CS/CE/EE in the targeted student groups. In addition to getting engaged in research, the REU participants will be trained in literature searching, technical reading and writing, and presentation skills. The participants will be closely mentored by the PIs, the faculty mentors, and the graduate student mentors. They will also be invited back to the program to serve as mentors for future REU participants. While the focus of the REU-SE program is on attracting and retaining underrepresented Hispanic students to the computing and electrical engineering fields, the model proposed here is broadly applicable to other student groups and other disciplines. In addition, the program will have a positive impact on increasing the number of students who will pursue their advanced degrees, beyond baccalaureate. Because of a strong planned recruitment effort and a strong mentoring component in REU-SE, we expect the "word of mouth" effect to spread the knowledge of the benefits of the program among the targeted populations, resulting in broadening participation in CS/CE/EE research programs for many years to come.

标题：智能环境中代表性不足的本科生的研究经验PI：Behrooz Shirazi和Diane Cook 机构名称：华盛顿州立大学这个REU网站计划（REU-SE）的目标是扩大本科生的研究在代表性不足的群体，特别是来自太平洋西北地区的西班牙裔。太平洋西北地区最近见证了其西班牙裔人口的快速增长，达到37%的人口在中南部华盛顿州。 州政府官员谴责四年制大学拉美裔学生入学率低，并说情况已接近危机水平。 REU-SE计划的目的是吸引目标西班牙裔学生群体从事工程职业和研究生教育。 该REU计划的研究主题是智能环境。 这是一个令人兴奋的研究领域，它来自各种工程领域，并在家庭自动化，健康监测和节能方面得到应用。 因为学生将住在公寓，也作为测试场地，他们将完全沉浸在项目中，并给予充分的机会与其他教师，研究生和REU学生在节目中互动。 我们的方法来扩大本科生在工程研究的参与是基于这样的命题，即通过让学生在有趣的应用研究早在他们的学士学位学习，我们将灌输一种强烈的信心，成就感和归属感在CS/CE/EE领域的目标学生群体。除了从事研究，REU参与者将接受文献检索，技术阅读和写作以及演讲技巧的培训。 参与者将由PI，教师导师和研究生导师密切指导。 他们还将被邀请回到该计划，担任未来REU参与者的导师。 虽然REU-SE计划的重点是吸引和保留代表性不足的西班牙裔学生到计算和电气工程领域，这里提出的模型广泛适用于其他学生群体和其他学科。 此外，该计划将对增加攻读学士学位后的高级学位的学生人数产生积极影响。 由于强有力的计划招聘工作和REU-SE强大的指导组成部分，我们预计“口碑”效应将在目标人群中传播该计划的好处的知识，从而扩大CS/CE/EE研究计划的参与。