REU Site: Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM) Nanomanufacturing Summer Academy (NMSA)

这项为期三年的REU网站计划在加州大学洛杉矶（UCLA）将支持可扩展和集成纳米制造中心（SINAM）的本科生研究，NSF纳米科学和工程中心，跨越六个校区。 这个REU项目将支持其中三个校区的本科生研究：加州大学洛杉矶分校，加州大学伯克利分校和西北大学。 SINAM的暑期本科生研究计划，“纳米制造暑期学院”（NMSA）自2004年以来一直存在。 NMSA计划的目标是：1）向学生介绍当前的纳米制造研究; 2）通过与教师和研究生在实验室工作，为学生提供结构化和支持性的研究经验; 3）鼓励学生攻读工程高级学位; 4）为学生在研究生院的研究做好准备。 在NMSA内进行的每个研究项目的智力重点将是制造业。 当前的纳米技术革命正面临着几个主要挑战：制造20 nm以下的纳米器件，制造3D复杂的纳米结构，以及异质集成多种功能。 为了应对这些巨大的挑战，SINAM提出了一个纳米制造范式，它集成了一系列新的纳米制造技术：开发适合工业规模应用的纳米制造工具;利用新的技术平台来操纵和构建高维纳米结构，以建立基于等离子体的医疗保健平台;以及第二代和第三代太阳能电池的纳米制造，包括固态薄膜和电化学太阳能电池。 本科生将在SINAM内从事这些令人兴奋和关键的研究领域。除了专注于自己的研究项目外，参与者还将获得更广泛的教育经验。学生将通过研究生和教师每周举办的研讨会接触到SINAM研究的广度，研讨会将通过网络直播到所有校园。NMSA还与以下组织建立了合作伙伴关系，以协调NMSA参与者在他们被分配的机构的教育和社会计划：1）在加州大学洛杉矶分校，加州大学洛杉矶分校本科生研究中心，学术和研究卓越中心（URC-CARE），2）在加州大学伯克利分校，伯克利分校工程研究暑期本科课程（SUPERB），3）在西北大学，暑期研究机会计划（SROP）。提供的教育课程包括GRE准备课程，摘要写作和研究演示研讨会。社交活动让学生有机会与来自不同学科的其他暑期研究参与者建立联系和关系。研究计划的最终活动将是海报展示。 所有NMSA的参与者将在SINAM网站上展示他们的海报，与所有SINAM校园的学生分享他们的工作。这个REU网站计划的参与者将被鼓励攻读工程高级学位，并为研究生院的研究做好准备。 完成纳米制造暑期学院后，学生将清楚地了解在研究生阶段成功进行工程研究所需的条件。 学生将学习如何与他们的教师导师，研究生导师和实验室同事沟通和互动。 最后，学生们将离开学院，对纳米制造及其真实的世界应用有更深入的了解。

This proposed three year REU Site program at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) will support undergraduate research within the Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM) an NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center that spans six campuses. This REU project will support undergraduate research at three of those campuses: UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Northwestern University. The summer undergraduate research program within SINAM, the "Nanomanufacturing Summer Academy" (NMSA) has been in existence since 2004. The objectives of the NMSA program are to: 1) introduce students to current nanomanufacturing research; 2) to provide students with a structured and supportive research experience by working in a laboratory with faculty and graduate students; 3) to encourage students to pursue advanced degrees in engineering; and 4) to prepare students for research in graduate school. The intellectual focus of each research project being conducted within NMSA will be manufacturing. The current nano-technology revolution is facing several major challenges: to manufacture nanodevices below 20nm, to fabricate 3D complex nanostructures, and to heterogeneously integrate multiple functionalities. To tackle these grand challenges, SINAM proposes a nanomanufacturing paradigm that integrates an array of new nanomanufacturing technologies: the development of nanomanufacturing tools that are suitable for industrial-scale applications; utilization of the new technological platforms for the manipulation and construction of high dimensional nanostructures to build a plasmonic-based healthcare platform; and nanomanufacturing of 2nd and 3rd generation solar cells including solid-state thin-film and electrochemical solar cells. Undergraduate students will be engaged in these exciting and critical research areas within SINAM.In addition to focusing on their own research projects, participants will be provided with broader educational experiences. Students will be exposed to the breadth of SINAM research through weekly seminars given by graduate students and faculty, which will be webcast to all campuses. NMSA has also formed partnerships with the following organizations to coordinate educational and social programs for NMSA participants at the institution they are assigned: 1) At UCLA, the UCLA Undergraduate Research Center, Center for Academic and Research Excellence (URC-CARE), 2) At UC Berkeley, Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley (SUPERB), 3) At Northwestern, Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP). The educational programs that are offered include GRE preparation courses, abstract writing and research presentation workshops. The social activities allow students an opportunity to network and build relationships with other summer research participants from various disciplines.The culminating activity of the research program will be a poster presentation. All NMSA participants will have their posters displayed on the SINAM website to share their work with students across all SINAM campuses.Participants in this REU Site program will be encouraged to pursue advanced degrees in engineering and prepared for research in graduate school. Upon completion of the Nanomanufacturing Summer Academy, students will have a clear understanding of what is necessary to success in engineering research at the graduate level. Students will learn how to communicate and interact with their faculty mentor, graduate student mentor, and lab associates. Finally, the students will leave the academy with a greater understanding of nanomanufacturing and its real world application.