UT Arlington REU Site on Hazard Mitigation

这个为期三年的REU现场项目在阿灵顿的德克萨斯大学的重点是减灾领域。该项目将提供一个整合研究和教育的绝佳机会。该计划的目标是：1)招收学生进入并保留四年制工程专业的学生，直到毕业；2)鼓励参与者攻读工程专业研究生学位；3)让参与者接触到工程研究的实际应用。本科生将与教师和高中教师组成研究小组，参与正在进行的美国国家科学基金会教师研究经验（RET）减灾网站。除了学生参与计算机或实验室研究外，他们还将参与其他活动，如实地考察、演讲和研讨会，这些活动都旨在拓宽学生的视野。教育经历。他们将有额外的机会参与教育过程，通过表演示范和/或给K-12学生示范（基于他们的研究）。该计划的目的是最终告知学生并激励他们获得工程方面的高级学位。此外，它还将通过向决定不参加研究生院的参与者介绍工程研究对现实世界问题的实际应用，为他们提供好处。随着自然灾害（如飓风和龙卷风）、恐怖主义威胁、网络安全漏洞和基础设施故障（如大规模停电）在过去几年中不断增加，这一点尤为重要。首席研究员将从与本校建立关系的本地社区学院及其他大学招募工程及理工科学生，重点是少数族裔服务机构（MSIs）。该项目旨在招收学生进入四年制工程专业，并在毕业时留住学生。学生将被鼓励攻读工程研究生学位。

This three-year REU Site program at the University of Texas at Arlington is focused in the area of Hazard Mitigation. The project will provide an excellent opportunity to integrate research and education. The objectives of the program are to: 1) recruit students into and retain students in four-year engineering programs through graduation; 2) encourage participants to pursue graduate degrees in engineering; and 3) expose participants to practical applications of engineering research. The undergraduate students will work on research teams with faculty and high school teachers participating in the ongoing NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site on Hazard Mitigation.In addition to students being involved in computer or laboratory-based research, they will be engaged in other activities such as field trips, presentations and workshops, which are all designed to broaden the student?s educational experiences. They will have an additional opportunity to participate in the education process by performing demonstrations and/or giving demonstrations (based on their research) to K-12 students. The program is designed to ultimately inform students of and motivate them for the attainment of advanced degrees in engineering. It will additionally provide benefits to participants who decide not to attend graduate school by introducing them to practical applications of engineering research to real world problems. This is especially important with the increased occurrences of natural disasters (such as hurricanes and tornadoes), terrorist threats, cyber security breaches and infrastructure failures (such as massive blackouts) that the world has experienced over the past several years. The Principal Investigator will recruit engineering and science students from local community colleges with which the university has established relationships, as well as other universities, with emphasis on minority serving institutions (MSIs). The program intends to recruit students into and retain students in four-year engineering programs through graduation. Students will be encouraged to pursue graduate degrees in engineering.