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

REU 站点：微型传感、驱动和成像领域的研究和教育

• 批准号: 1004959
• 负责人: Sriram Sundararajan
• 金额: $ 37.08万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-15 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004959&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; education; microscale

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.

这个为期三年的REU网站计划在爱荷华州州立大学的重点是在微尺度传感，驱动和成像领域。 每年有10名本科生将在传感器，执行器和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。 该REU计划的主要组成部分包括：1）由学生选择并由教师和研究生提供建议的研究项目; 2）一系列技术短期课程; 3）专业发展活动，如与当地研究人员一起学习午餐，就业机会和研究生院研讨会，期刊俱乐部和电子档案袋维护; 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，并表彰卓越的成就。 参与者还将接受工程道德影响方面的培训。 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所提出的伦理问题，以及他们可能计划在职业生涯中进行的研究。 我们鼓励参与者在年度国际机械工程大会博览会（IMECE）或材料研究学会（MRS）会议上提交技术论文/海报。招聘工作将针对四年制大学，社区学院和新生的本科生。 一个有才华的和多样化的学生群体将在区域和国家一级招募，特别努力利用学院和大学广泛的计划，以吸引妇女和少数民族，即速度（夏季辅导计划为即将到来的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族新生）计划，计划为妇女在科学和工程和爱荷华州AGEP计划。