REU Site: Extension of Knowledge to Small-Scale-Engineering: Integration, Interface and Interpretation (INT3)

该合同为中佛罗里达大学（UCF）一个为期三年的REU站点提供支持。该项目每年将为10名本科生提供小规模工程领域的研究经验。该计划分为三个层次的学习经验，重点是将从研究环境中获得的知识的集成，接口和解释（INT3）方面。该计划的主要目标是：1)让学生接触跨学科的小规模工程研究；2)为学生提供与教师互动和参加各种研讨会/讲习班的机会；3)提供一个不令人生畏或压倒性的研究环境，鼓励来自未被充分代表的少数群体的学生参与；4)让学生为读研和/或其他职业生涯做好准备。为学生提供的讲座/工作坊将涵盖以下主题：1)图书馆和数据库检索；2)研究生和职业准备；3)进行有效的技术演示；4)创业精神。此外，来自当地行业的专家（例如西门子西屋，洛克希德马丁，哈里斯，迪斯尼）和UCF的教师专家将被邀请就与小规模工程相关的主题进行演讲。为了帮助发展沟通技巧，参与者将被整合到教师研究小组中，在那里他们将参加定期小组会议，并就其个人项目的现状进行介绍。与会者还将在最后的会议上介绍他们的研究成果。

EEC-0649076Ranganathan KumarThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This program will provide research experiences for 10 undergraduates per year in the area of small-scale engineering. The program is categorized into three layers of learning experiences that focus on integration, interface and interpretation (INT3) aspects of knowledge that will be obtained from the research environment. The primary objectives of the program are to: 1) expose the students to interdisciplinary small-scale-engineering research; 2) offer the students the opportunity to interact with faculty and attend various seminars/workshops; 3) present a research environment that is not intimidating or overwhelming and that encourages the involvement of students from underrepresented minority groups; and 4) prepare students for graduate school and/or other professional careers. The seminars/ workshops offered to the students will cover the following topics: 1) library and database searching; 2) graduate school and career preparation; 3) making effective technical presentations; and 4) entrepreneurship. Additionally, experts from local industry (e.g. Siemens Westinghouse, Lockheed Martin, Harris, Disney) and faculty experts from UCF will be invited to lecture on topics relevant to small-scale engineering. To aid in developing communications skills, the participants will be integrated into faculty research groups where they will participate in regular group meetings and make presentations on the status of their individual projects. The participants will also present results of their research at a final conference. .