REU Site: Sensors and Metrology for Manufacturing and Newer Enterprises

这个为期三年的REU网站将介绍和吸引本科生参与专注于计量学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、机械加工摩擦学、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。学生将参与个人和团队的研究。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，并通过书面和口头陈述来交流他们的工作。道德部分将被纳入这一REU计划。研究、研讨会、实验室/行业参观、进度报告和社会活动的教师演示都将被结构化。重新招聘的努力将针对工程学中代表不足的少数族裔，包括女性、土著美国人、西班牙裔和非裔美国学生。学生将在全国范围内招生，特别是那些来自非研究机构的学生，因为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，从而获得研究生和博士学位。此外，这一经历预计将使学生在研究过程中做好准备，这将使他们的就业场所受益，无论是学术界、研究实验室还是行业。

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.