REU Site: Research in Advanced Propulsion and Fuel Technology for Sustainable Transportation

密歇根理工大学为期三年的REU网站计划将为每年10名才华横溢的本科生的不同群体提供机会，参与与运输中有效使用可再生燃料相关的跨学科研究。该计划的总体目标是激发和装备学生在本科和研究生课程中取得进一步的成功，为明天的科学家和工程师提供更高水平的技能，资源和想象空间，以大幅改变我们的能源和运输系统。该计划的目标是提高学生进行研究的兴趣，通过动手学习对跨学科概念的基本理解，STEM解决问题的技能和将这些技能应用于研究问题的能力，作为独立研究的自我效能能力，作为高度多样化团队的一部分有效合作的能力，以及人际和表象层面的沟通能力。此外，该计划将为REU学生提供参加专业会议，研讨会，会议，而在─ REU网站计划的更广泛的影响与可再生交通燃料领域更大，更多样化的未来劳动力的发展有关，该研究领域在其帮助降低温室气体排放的潜力方面具有很大的希望。气体排放和依赖外国能源。REU学生将在参与教师导师和研究生研究助理的监督下，在拟议的研究项目中发挥积极作用。从这些项目中获得的研究经验将帮助REU学生熟悉进行科学研究的过程，并使用实用的方法来解决复杂的问题。现有的研究设施和资源为这些学生提供了一个很好的环境，让他们参与已经取得可喜成果的研究。

This three-year REU Site program at Michigan Technological University will provide the opportunity for diverse cohorts of ten highly talented undergraduate students per year to participate in interdisciplinary research related to the effective use of renewable fuels in transportation. The overall goal of the program is to excite and equip students for further success in undergraduate and graduate programs that provide tomorrow's scientists and engineers with higher level skills, resources, and room for imagination to substantially transform our energy and transportation systems. The program's objectives are to increase students' interest in conducting research, basic understanding of interdisciplinary concepts through hands-on-learning, STEM problem-solving skills and ability to apply these skills to research problems, capacity for self efficacy as an independent research, ability to effectively collaborate as part of a highly diverse team, and communication competencies at both the interpersonal and presentational level. In addition, the program will provide REU students opportunities to attend professional meetings, seminars, conferences, and in-depth information related to applying to graduate school and obtaining funding.The broader impacts of the REU Site program are related to the development of a larger and more diverse future workforce in the area of renewable transportation fuels a research area that holds great promise in its potential to help lower greenhouse gas emissions and the reliance on foreign energy sources. REU students will play an active role in the proposed research projects under the supervision of participating faculty mentors and graduate research assistants. The research experience gained from these projects will help REU students to become familiar with the process of conducting scientific research, and using practical approaches to solve complex problems. The existing research facilities and resources provide an excellent environment for these students to participate in research that is already yielding promising results.