REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Sensors and Applications

REU 网站：传感器和应用方面的本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 1156801
• 负责人: Kambiz Alavi
• 金额: $ 33.9万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Arlington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-15 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156801&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Research; Experiences

This three year award at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) will engage twelve students per year for a nine-week summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Sensors and Applications. The program will be implemented within EE to augment existing efforts to support undergraduate student involvement in research, but will include other components within the College of Engineering (COE), in particular the Nanotechnology Research and Teaching Facility (NanoFab). Some of the research projects to be included cut across departmental boundaries within COE, with Bioengineering and with the mathematics department, providing an additional component of interdisciplinary experience.While students work on their particular research projects, they will participate in bi-weekly meetings within their research group to assess and facilitate progress. Bi-weekly general meetings with participating faculty members and their teams, REU management (including the REU assistants) and undergraduate students are designed to promote enhancements in the REU delivery phase, and are important for professional and technical development. Presentations by the REU participants will include: 1)a midterm oral presentation, to the management group and research teams, will provide updates on their project work, delineate their responsibilities, and present goals that the would like to achieve by the end of program,2) a final presentation focused on individual accomplishments as well as their role on the team and how their accomplishment fits within the larger scope of the research, and 3)a final technical report focused on the outcomes of the research and the process by which the overall research work was done.In addition to the research, students will participate in educational workshops designed to take advantage of materials from the Environmental Health and Safety Office, Graduate School, Department of English, and University College Student Obtaining Readiness (SOAR) programs. The REU students will go on field trips that will help them see the outcome of sensor technology research in daily life. Sites are selected that will be of interest for students, and also to resonate with the general theme of this REU program. For example, the recently completed Dallas Cowboys stadium, located about one mile from the EE department, is a world of sensors. Thousands of sensors control movement of the dome and manage the air quality, light, sound, and the largest indoor LCDTV in the world. There will also be tours to one or more of the large local industries, such as Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, and Ericsson.The participants will experience the challenges and satisfaction of doing research, and will be encouraged to pursue advanced degrees in science and engineering. The program will increase the participation in research activities by women, underrepresented minorities and 9/11 GI-Bill veterans. The Principal Investigator will especially seek and encourage participation from two and four year institutions with limited research capabilities in Texas and its neighboring states. Diversity of the program strengthens research capability and increases competence across ethnic, gender and socioeconomic lines, and also helps to provide role models for talented students whose potentials may not be fully utilized.

德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校 (UTA) 电气工程系 (EE) 的这项为期三年的奖项每年将吸引 12 名学生参加为期 9 周的夏季本科生研究体验 (REU) 传感器和应用项目。该计划将在 EE 内部实施，以加强支持本科生参与研究的现有努力，但还将包括工程学院 (COE) 内的其他组成部分，特别是纳米技术研究和教学设施 (NanoFab)。一些研究项目跨越了COE内的院系界限，包括生物工程和数学系，提供了跨学科经验的额外组成部分。当学生从事特定的研究项目时，他们将参加研究小组内每两周一次的会议，以评估和促进进展。每两周与参与教职员工及其团队、REU 管理层（包括 REU 助理）和本科生举行的全体会议旨在促进 REU 交付阶段的改进，对于专业和技术发展非常重要。 REU 参与者的演讲将包括：1) 向管理小组和研究团队进行中期口头演讲，提供其项目工作的最新情况，描述他们的职责，并提出他们希望在项目结束时实现的目标，2) 最终演讲，重点关注个人成就以及他们在团队中的角色以及他们的成就如何适应更大的研究范围，以及 3) 最终技术报告，重点关注研究和研究的结果 整个研究工作的完成过程。除了研究之外，学生还将参加旨在利用环境健康与安全办公室、研究生院、英语系和大学学院学生获得准备 (SOAR) 计划的材料的教育研讨会。 REU 的学生将进行实地考察，帮助他们在日常生活中了解传感器技术研究的成果。选择学生感兴趣的站点，并与该 REU 项目的总体主题产生共鸣。例如，最近竣工的达拉斯牛仔队体育场距离 EE 部门约一英里，是一个传感器的世界。数千个传感器控制穹顶的运动并管理空气质量、光线、声音和世界上最大的室内液晶电视。还将参观当地的一个或多个大型企业，如贝尔直升机、洛克希德·马丁、德州仪器和爱立信。参与者将体验研究的挑战和满足感，并被鼓励攻读科学和工程方面的高级学位。该计划将增加女性、代表性不足的少数族裔和 9/11 退伍军人权利法案退伍军人对研究活动的参与。首席研究员将特别寻求并鼓励德克萨斯州及其邻近州研究能力有限的两年制和四年制机构的参与。该项目的多样性增强了研究能力，提高了跨种族、性别和社会经济界限的能力，还有助于为潜力尚未得到充分利用的才华横溢的学生提供榜样。