REU Site: Research Experience for student Veterans in Advanced Manufacturing and entrePreneurship (REVAMP)

这个REU网站是由工程教育部和NSF中心资助的。在格鲁吉亚理工学院为期三年的REU网站计划将提高本科生在以下基本原理方面的教育经验：（1）先进制造科学和技术;（2）将制造科学的基本发现转化为创新的商业产品和工艺。该REU计划将专注于退伍军人和少数民族学生的培训，每年将吸引10名本科生，他们将在几个关键领域进行动手基础制造研究，包括增材制造，精密加工，可扩展纳米制造以及可持续设计和制造。通过利用格鲁吉亚技术制造研究所（GTMI）的世界一流的设施，多样化的技术专业知识和鼓舞人心的跨学科研究环境，拟议的REU活动将使学生有机会提高上述至关重要的先进制造技术主题领域的知识。GTMI教师提供的研究方法、科学制造研究绩效以及完成技术研讨会的培训将显着扩大每个学生的能力？的制造业知识库，为他们未来在先进制造业的职业生涯做好准备。研究经验将通过创业培训，通过研讨会重点关注创业的基本面由格鲁吉亚科技企业创新研究所（EI 2）和通过先进技术开发中心（ATDC）与创业公司领导人的互动提供增强。通过这样的创业培训，学生也将有一个独特的转型机会，发展关键的领导技能，将基础研究发现转变为商业上可行的创新。这个REU网站专注于制造业的关键国家需求，更具体地说，先进的制造业研究和技术，这将在定位美国制造业作为一个持续的世界领导者发挥至关重要的作用。这个REU网站的一个独特之处是它专注于退伍军人和少数民族学生的培训。为了实现这一目标，GTMI将针对全国前15名的大学/学院的退伍军人招生和几个HBCU的和机构与高女性入学率的招聘工作。每年夏天，至少有五名资深参与者将被招募到该计划中，至少40%的参与者将来自代表性不足的群体。这个REU网站将作为一个新的教育模式，培养21世纪的世纪工程师。它将联合收割机先进制造研究培训与创业原则相结合，鼓励学生成为创新和技术转让的领导者，从而帮助填补美国目前基础研究与技术商业化之间的空白。该网站将受益于退伍军人的独特技能和成熟度，同时提供一个无与伦比的机会，以缓解他们作为学生过渡到平民生活，并提高他们未来的就业能力。因此，预计该网站将作为教育退伍军人在干和创业，可以复制全国各地的其他学院和大学的模式。此外，REU网站将支持和鼓励妇女和少数民族积极参与与制造业相关的STEM领域。

This REU site is funded by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers of NSF.The three year REU Site program at Georgia Institute of Technology will enhance the educational experience of undergraduate students in the fundamental principles of (1) advanced manufacturing science and technology; and (2) the transition of basic discoveries in manufacturing science into innovative commercial products and processes. This REU program will focus on training of veterans and minority students and it will engage 10 undergraduate students each year who will perform hands-on fundamental manufacturing research in several critical areas including additive manufacturing, precision machining, scalable nanomanufacturing, and sustainable design and manufacturing. By leveraging Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)'s world-class facilities, diverse technical expertise, and inspiring interdisciplinary research environment, the proposed REU activity will give students the opportunity to improve knowledge in the critically important advanced manufacturing technology topic areas mentioned above. Training in research methodology, performance of scientific manufacturing research, and completion of technical seminars provided by GTMI faculty will significantly expand each student?s manufacturing knowledgebase, preparing them for future careers in advanced manufacturing. The research experience will be enhanced by entrepreneurship training via seminars focused on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship offered by the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) and interactions with startup company leaders through the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). With such entrepreneurship training, students will also have a unique transformative opportunity to develop critical leadership skills for transitioning basic research discoveries into commercially-viable innovations. This REU site focuses on the critical national need of manufacturing, and more specifically, advanced manufacturing research and technology, which will play a crucial role in positioning the U.S. manufacturing sector as a continued world leader. A unique feature of this REU site is its focus on training of veterans and minority students. To accomplish this, GTMI will target the top 15 universities/colleges in the nation for veteran enrollment and several HBCU's and institutions with high female enrollment for recruiting effort. A minimum of five veteran participants will be recruited to the program each summer and at least 40% of all participants will be from underrepresented groups. This REU site will serve as a new educational model for training 21st century engineers. It will combine advanced manufacturing research training with the principles of entrepreneurship, encouraging students to become leaders in innovation and technology transfer, and thereby helping to fill the current void between fundamental research and technology commercialization in the US. The site will benefit from the unique skill sets and maturity of veterans while simultaneously providing an unparalleled opportunity to ease their transition back into civilian life as a student and improve their future employability. Consequently, it is expected that the site will serve as a model for educating veterans in STEM and entrepreneurship that can be replicated by other colleges and universities throughout the nation. In addition, the REU site will support and encourage strong participation by women and minorities in manufacturing-related STEM fields.