REU Site: Summer Internships in Nanomaterials, Nanomechanics, and Leadership Training in Engineering

非技术性总结：这三年REU网站将提供9名有才华的本科生，包括代表性不足的少数民族，在实验室的研究机会，弥合科学和工程之间的差距，并为他们提供一流的工程领导力培训。 特别是将向妇女学员提供专门为她们量身定做的领导能力培训。计划招聘将针对来自全国各地大学的不同群体的参与者，特别是没有研究知识的少数民族服务和小型大学。来自机械工程和化学/生物化学系的8名教师和9名研究生将担任导师。 研究主题将是理论，计算和/或实验，涉及纳米科学和纳米工程中的短，具有挑战性，自成一体的尖端问题。 该计划包括研讨会和讲习班，让实习生接触纳米工程以及专业发展，强调研究，团队建设，领导力和研究生学习。 补充的社会计划包括区域研究和工业设施的图尔斯之旅，以及与其他UA REU计划合作到当地感兴趣的地区的团体郊游。 工程过程及其在技术，创新，产品和系统生命周期内的管理的相互关系将是REU计划的重要组成部分。管理的基本职能与其在技术组织中的实施将被审查。领导工程团队和技术组织的战略将被探讨，特别是当他们影响个人和组织的生产力和creativity.Technical摘要：拟议的REU网站计划的目标是提供一个多元化的9个STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）本科生群体的计算和动手（实验）在纳米尺度纳米材料和纳米力学研究的经验。 学生参与者将在设备齐全的研究实验室由各种教职员工主持。该研究计划的智力重点将是向学生介绍纳米材料研究和设备应用作为一个相互关联的研究课题。该计划将使学生接触到不同的研究领域，这些领域包含现代材料计划的基本背景。值得注意的是，学生还将接受一系列关于实验室安全，研究道德和工程领导力培训的讲座。 这个独特的领导力培训课程模块概述了当代技术驱动型组织中工程和其他技术职能的领导和管理的基本概念。 所有参与者将以口头和书面报告的形式介绍他们的研究成果，有时会导致科学出版物。“该网站是由国防部与NSF REU计划合作资助的。"

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:This three year REU site will provide 9 talented undergraduate students including underrepresented minorities with research opportunities in labs that bridge the gap between science and engineering, and provide them with top-notch leadership training in engineering. Women participants in particular will be provided a custom-tailor leadership training specific to them. Program recruitment will target a diverse group of participants from a broad spectrum of colleges throughout the nation, especially minority-serving and small colleges without research know-hows. Eight faculty members and nine graduate students from the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry/Biochemistry will serve as mentors. Research topics will be theoretical, computational and/or experimental, involving short, challenging, self-contained, cutting-edge problems in nanoscience and nanoengineering. The program includes seminars and workshops to expose interns to nanoscale engineering as well as professional development, emphasizing research, team building, leadership, and graduate studies. The complementary social program includes tours of regional research and industrial facilities, and group outings to local areas of interest in collaboration with the other UA REU programs. The interrelationships of the engineering process and its management within the life cycles of technology, innovation, products, and systems will be an essential part of the REU program. The basic functions of management relative to their implementation in technical organizations will be examined. Strategies for leading engineering teams and technical organizations will be explored, particularly as they affect individual and organizational productivity and creativity.TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The objective of the proposed REU Site program is to provide a diverse group of 9 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) undergraduate students with both computational and hands-on (experiment) experience in nanoscale-nanomaterials and nanomechanics research. Student participants will be hosted by various faculty members in well-equipped research laboratories. The intellectual focus of this research program will be to introduce students to nanoscale materials research and device application as an interconnected subject of study. The program will expose students to the different areas of research that embrace the basic background of a modern materials program. Notably, students will also receive a series of lectures on laboratory safety, research ethics, and leadership training in engineering. This unique leadership training program module presents an overview of the fundamental concepts underlying the leadership and management of engineering and other technical functions in the contemporary technology-driven organization. All participants will present their research findings both orally and in a written report, sometimes leading to scientific publications."The site is funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program."