REU Site: Research and education in microscale sensing, actuation and imaging

爱荷华州立大学的这项为期三年的REU现场项目专注于微尺度传感、驱动和成像领域。每年有10名本科生将在传感器、致动器、智能材料以及成像和诊断系统的设计和制造领域进行基础研究。REU计划的主要组成部分包括：1)由学生选择并由一名教员和研究生提供建议的研究项目；2)一系列技术短期课程；3)职业发展活动，如与当地研究人员共进午餐-学习、关于职业机会和研究生院的研讨会、期刊俱乐部和电子文档维护；3)旨在补充研究活动的社会和文化活动；以及4)REU研究研讨会，以提供对学生工作的反馈并表彰杰出成就。参与者还将接受工程伦理影响方面的培训。在REU网站计划结束时，学生将提交一篇论文，讨论他们参与的研究项目提出的伦理问题，以及他们可能计划在职业生涯中从事的研究。参赛者将被鼓励在国际机械工程年会或材料研究学会会议上提交一份技术论文/海报。再招生活动将面向四年制大学、社区学院和即将入学的新生。将在地区和国家层面招收一批有才华的多样化学生，特别努力利用学院和大学范围内的计划来吸引女性和少数族裔，即SPEED(针对新生女性和代表性不足的少数族裔新生的暑期辅导计划)计划、女性科学与工程计划和爱荷华州-AGEP计划。

This three-year REU Site program at Iowa State University is focused in the area of Microscale Sensing, Actuation and Imaging. Ten undergraduate students each year will pursue fundamental investigations in the area of design and manufacture of sensors, actuators and smart materials as well as imaging and diagnostic systems. The key components of this REU program include: 1) a research project chosen by the student and advised by a faculty member and graduate student; 2) a series of technical short courses; 3) professional development activities such as Lunch-n-learns with local researchers, workshops on career opportunities and graduate school, journal clubs and e-portfolio maintenance; 3) social and cultural events designed to complement the research activities; and 4) an REU Research Symposium to provide feedback on student work and to recognize exceptional achievement. Participants will also receive training in ethical implications of engineering. At the end of the REU Site program, students will present a paper discussing ethical issues raised by the research projects in which they participated and the research they may plan to pursue in their careers. Participants will be encouraged to present a technical paper/poster at the Annual International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) or the Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting.Recruitment efforts will be targeted to undergraduate students from 4-year colleges, community colleges and incoming freshman. A talented and diverse group of students will be recruited at a regional and national level, with special efforts that leverage College and University wide programs to attract women and minorities, namely the SPEED (a summer mentoring program for incoming women and underrepresented minority freshman) program, Program for Women in Science and Engineering and the Iowa-AGEP program.