REU Site: Earth, Wind, and Fire: Sustainable Energy for the 21st Century

建议：0851799PI姓名：基思·L。这一堪萨斯州立大学为期三年的REU现场项目将为本科生提供以可持续能源为主题的研究体验。该计划的具体学习目标包括：1)开发和应用数学、科学、工程和研究方法领域的知识和技能；2)发展对可持续发展的理解，这是一个涵盖经济、科学、技术和社会面临的社会、政治和伦理问题的应用多学科领域；3)通过提高自我指导学习和原创调查的能力，认识到参与终身学习的必要性和能力。为了增强动手实验室的研究体验，还加入了各种额外的活动。这些活动包括：1)每周关于可持续发展和专业发展的研讨会；2)每周的午餐和晚间社交活动；不同的实地考察活动，如KSU的风力发电场和核反应堆；以及3)学生将在一个研究研讨会上进行口头陈述，使他们能够在友好和支持的环境中介绍他们的工作。研讨会将包括实验室安全、实验室研究笔记本、多学科团队合作、撰写科学论文、专利和专利申请、技术演示、海报演示、研究生教育和职业道路等主题。作为专业发展研讨会的一部分，学生将被要求保持一本日记，在那里他们反思自己的REU经验。在暑期结束时，参与者将被要求审阅他们的期刊条目，并将材料合成一篇论文，描述他们对可持续发展、科学和工程以及研究的观点、态度和理解是如何因他们参与REU计划而受到影响的。为了加强多样性，首席调查员将从哈斯克尔印第安人民族大学、其他美洲原住民大学和历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)招收本科生。REU的学生在他们的教师导师的指导下进行的研究将促进可持续能源的知识状态。

Proposal: 0851799PI Name: Keith l. HohnThis three year REU site program at Kansas State University (KSU) will provide undergraduate students research experiences focused around the theme of sustainable energy. Specific learning objectives of this program include: 1) to develop and apply knowledge and skills in the areas of mathematics, science, engineering, and research methods; 2) to develop an understanding of sustainability as an applied multidisciplinary field encompassing economics, science, technology, and the social, political, and ethical issues facing society; and 3) to develop a recognition of the need for and ability to engage in life-long learning by increasing the capacity for self-directed learning and original investigation. In order to enhance the hands-on laboratory research experience, a variety of additional activities have been incorporated. These include the following: 1) weekly seminars on sustainability and professional development; 2) weekly brown bag lunches and evening social activities, various field trips to unique sites such as a wind farm and the nuclear reactor at KSU; and 3) students will give oral presentations at a research symposium which will allow them to present their work in a friendly and supportive environment. Seminars will include topics such as laboratory safety, laboratory research notebooks, multidisciplinary teamwork, writing a scientific paper, patents and patent applications, technical presentations, poster presentations, graduate education and career paths. As part of the professional development seminars, students will be asked to maintain a journal where they reflect on their REU experience. At the end of the summer, the participants will be asked to review their journal entries, and synthesize the materials into a paper describing how their perspectives, attitudes, and understanding of sustainability, science and engineering, and research have been impacted by their participation in the REU program. In an effort to enhance diversity, the Principal Investigator will recruit undergraduate students from the Haskell Indian Nations University, other Native American universities, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The research conducted by the REU students under the guidance of their faculty mentors will advance the state of knowledge in sustainable energy.