REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Optics and Lasers

建议：0851987 PI名称：温斯顿五Schoenwehr这十二周的夏季研究经验的本科生（REU）网站程序在光学光子学（CREOL）学院在中央佛罗里达大学（UCF）将从事研究和其他教育经验集中在激光，光学和纳米光子学领域的十名本科生。& REU计划将由五个基本组成部分组成：1）介绍光学，激光和纳米光子学基本原理的非正式课程; 2）研究研讨会; 3）对奥兰多地区的几家光学和激光公司进行工业现场访问; 4）PI每周监测学生的进步;和5）道德组成部分。伦理学部分将包括一系列的四个研讨会：1）研讨会#1-伦理学的基本工具，学生的项目主题分配的概述，以及伦理学的日常研究的相关性的讨论; 2）研讨会#2-知识产权;隐含的个人道德，在道德，犯罪和安全，诚信和质量研究的研究; 3）研讨会#3-学生项目和调查结果的公开讨论;和4）研讨会#4-活动和调查结果的总结报告的准备。 为了促进国际曝光，CREOL国际REU计划的参与者将被邀请参加许多计划中的国内REU活动（即研讨会，工业现场访问），包括在计划结束时的联合海报会议。 招聘工作将侧重于吸引妇女和少数民族参与者，鼓励她们在光学和激光领域进行研究生学习。 最后，为了提高REU计划的质量，将成立一个计划审查委员会，由光学与光子学学院院长，本科研究院长和哲学系主任（伦理学），一名高级和一名初级CREOL教师以及PI组成，每年评估学生体验的质量和REU网站的整体成功。

Proposal: 0851987PI Name: Winston V. SchoenfeldThis twelve-week summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program in The College of Optics & Photonics (CREOL) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) will engage ten undergraduate students in research and other educational experiences focused in the areas of lasers, optics, and nanophotonics. The REU program will be comprised of five basic components: 1) introductory informal coursework on basic principles of optics, lasers, and nanophotonics; 2) research seminars; 3) industrial site visits to several optics and laser companies in the Orlando area; 4) weekly monitoring of the students' progress by the PIs; and 5) an ethics component. The Ethics Component will be comprised of a series of four workshops: 1) Workshop #1- An overview of the basic tools of ethics, students' project topic assignment, and discussion of the relevance of ethics to everyday research; 2) Workshop #2- Intellectual property; implied personal ethics, research in ethics, crime and security, integrity and quality research; 3) Workshop #3- Open discussions of student projects and findings; and 4) Workshop #4- Preparation of a summary report of activities and findings. In order to promote international exposure, participants in the international REU program at CREOL will be invited to participate in many of the planned domestic REU activities (i.e. seminars, industrial site visits), including a joint poster session at the end of the program. Recruitment efforts will focus on attracting women and minority participants who will be encouraged to pursue graduate studies in the field of optics and lasers. Finally, in an effort to improve the quality of the REU program, a Program Review Committee, consisting of the Dean of the College of Optics and Photonics, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and the Chair of the Philosophy Department (Ethics), one senior and one junior CREOL faculty member, and the PIs will be formed to annually evaluate the quality of the students' experiences and the overall success of the REU site.