REU Site in Automotive Manufacturing Systems

EEC-0648112豪尔赫·F·瓦伦苏拉该奖项为奥本大学为期三年的REU网站提供支持。该项目将在三年内每年吸引10名本科生参加为期8周的暑期项目。REU网站将专注于与制造系统相关的汽车研究，如运营管理、计算机模拟、职业安全、人体工程学、质量控制、调度、可靠性和供应链管理。这些地区对东南部汽车行业的生存至关重要，特别是在阿拉巴马州。该计划将包括关于研究方法、安全实验室实践、研究道德、知识产权和商业化技术的研讨会。为了增强实践研究体验，项目中融入了各种专业发展活动。其中包括：1)简历和求职信写作工作坊；2)求职；3)面试技巧；4)口头陈述；5)技术报告写作。该计划的目标是：A)让合格的学生接触到不同的工程研究经验，并为他们未来的工程职业生涯做好准备；以及B)激励合格的本科工程专业学生进行研究，并解决涉及技术、人员和资本的挑战性问题。该REU现场计划将确保在东南部不断增长的汽车行业中提供训练有素的工程师，并将鼓励该地区该行业的进一步发展，该行业在历史上一直处于经济和教育方面的不利地位。招聘工作将针对代表性不足的少数民族、妇女和残疾人。该奖项由激励竞争性研究实验计划(EHR/EPSCoR)共同资助。

EEC-0648112Jorge F. ValenzuelaThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at Auburn University. The program will engage 10 undergraduate students each year for three years in an 8-week summer program. The REU site will focus on automotive research related to manufacturing systems such as operations management, computer simulation, occupational safety, ergonomics, quality control, scheduling, reliability, and supply chain management. These areas are critical for the survival of the automotive industry in the Southeast, particularly in Alabama. The program will include seminars on research methods, safe laboratory practices, research ethics, intellectual property, and commercialization techniques. To enhance the hands-on research experience, a variety of professional development activities have been incorporated in the program. These include: 1) workshops on resume and cover letter writing; 2) job searching; 3) interviewing techniques; 4) oral presentations, and 5) technical report writing. The objectives of the program are to: a) expose qualified students to diverse engineering research experience and prepare them for future engineering careers; and B) motivate qualified undergraduate engineering students to conduct research and to solve challenging problems that involve technology, people, and capital.This REU site program will ensure a supply of well trained engineers in the growing automotive industry in the Southeast and will encourage further development of this industry within the region, which has historically been economically and educationally disadvantaged. Recruitment efforts will be targeted to underrepresented minorities, women and persons with disabilities.This award is co-funded by the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EHR/EPSCoR).