REU Site: Sensors and Metrology for Manufacturing and Newer Enterprises

这个为期三年的更新REU网站将介绍并参与本科生在计量和传感器领域的研究。 与会者将研究基础研究领域，如坐标公差计量学，加工摩擦学，粗糙度计量学以及新兴领域，如扫描探针显微镜，激光多普勒测速，传感器网络，光学干涉测量，光谱学和纳米，环境和生物传感器。学生将参加个人和团队研究。 此外，每个参与者将学习进行文献调查，制定假设，设计实验来收集数据，分析和解释数据，并通过书面和口头演示来交流他们的工作。 一个道德组成部分将被纳入这个REU计划。 教师的研究，研讨会，实验室/行业图尔斯之旅，进度报告和社会活动都将是结构化的。招聘工作将有针对性地在工程，包括妇女，美洲原住民，西班牙裔和非洲裔美国学生代表不足的少数民族。 学生将在全国范围内招募，特别是针对那些来自非研究机构的学生，这些机构可能没有这样的机会。 该计划将试图激励学生参与未来的研究，导致研究生和博士生工作。 此外，这种经验预计将在研究的过程中，将有利于他们的就业地点，无论它是企业，研究实验室或行业准备学生。

This three-year renewal REU Site will introduce and involve undergraduate students in research focused in the areas of metrology and sensors. The participants will research foundational research areas such as coordinate tolerance metrology, machining tribology, roughness metrology as well as emerging areas such as Scanning Probe Microscopy, Laser Doppler Velocimetry, sensor networks, optical interferometry, spectroscopy and Nano, Enviro- and Bio sensors. The students will participate in individual as well as team research. Also, each participant will learn to conduct literature surveys, formulate hypotheses, design experiments to collect data, analyze and interpret the data and communicate their work through written and oral presentations. An ethics component will be incorporated in this REU program. Faculty presentations of research, workshops, lab/industry tours, progress reports, and social activities will all be structured.Recruitment efforts will be targeted to underrepresented minorities in engineering to include women, Native Americans, Hispanic and African-American students. Students will be recruited nationally, specifically targeting those that come from non-research institutions where such opportunities may not be available. The program will attempt to motivate students to participate in future research leading to graduate and doctoral work. Further, this experience is expected to prepare students in the process of research that will benefit their place of employment, regardless of whether it is academe, the research laboratory or industry.