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

非技术摘要：这个为期三年的REU网站将为9名有才华的本科生提供实验室的研究机会，这些实验室将弥合理工科之间的差距，并为他们提供顶尖的工程学领导力培训。将特别为妇女参与者提供专门针对她们的领导能力培训。项目招聘将面向来自全国各地大学的不同参与者群体，特别是为少数族裔服务的学院和没有研究诀窍的小型大学。来自机械工程系和化学/生物化学系的8名教员和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简短、具有挑战性、自给自足的前沿问题。该计划包括研讨会和研讨会，让实习生接触纳米工程和专业发展，强调研究、团队建设、领导力和研究生学习。互补性的社会计划包括参观地区研究和工业设施，以及与其他UA REU计划合作，到当地感兴趣的地区进行团体郊游。在技术、创新、产品和系统的生命周期中，工程过程及其管理的相互关系将是REU计划的重要组成部分。将审查管理的基本职能及其在技术组织中的实施情况。将探讨领导工程团队和技术组织的策略，特别是当它们影响个人和组织的生产力和创造力时。技术摘要：建议的REU站点计划的目标是为9名STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)本科生提供在纳米材料和纳米机械研究方面具有计算和实践(实验)经验的不同群体。学生参与者将在设备齐全的研究实验室由不同的教职员工接待。这一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门相互关联的学科。该项目将使学生接触到包含现代材料课程基本背景的不同研究领域。值得注意的是，学生还将接受一系列关于实验室安全、研究道德和工程学领导能力培训的讲座。这一独特的领导力培训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力和管理的基本概念。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，有时还会导致科学出版物的出版。“该网站由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。”

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."