UT Arlington REU Site on Hazard Mitigation

UT 阿灵顿 REU 减灾网站

• 批准号: 1005213
• 负责人: Nur Yazdani
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Arlington
• 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: 2010-07-15 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1005213&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UT; Arlington; REU; Site; Hazard

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.

在德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校的这项为期三年的REU现场计划集中在缓解危险领域。 该项目将为整合研究和教育提供绝佳的机会。 该计划的目标是：1）通过毕业招募学生并将学生留在四年工程计划中； 2）鼓励参与者攻读工程学位； 3）将参与者暴露于工程研究的实际应用。 本科生将在研究团队中与教师和高中老师一起参加正在进行的NSF教师研究经验（RET）网站，以减轻危害。他们将有一个额外的机会通过向K-12学生进行演示和/​​或进行演示（基于他们的研究）来参加教育过程。该计划旨在最终告知学生并激励他们获得工程高级学位。它还将为决定不上研究生院的参与者提供好处，以将工程研究的实际应用介绍给现实世界中的问题。这对于自然灾害（例如飓风和龙卷风），恐怖威胁，网络安全漏洞和基础设施故障（例如大规模停电）的发生越来越重要，这一点尤其重要。首席研究人员将招募来自当地社区大学的工程和科学专业的学生，​​并建立了关系以及其他大学，重点是少数派服务机构（MSIS）。 该计划旨在通过毕业招募学生进入并将学生留在四年的工程课程中。 将鼓励学生攻读工程学位。