REU Site: Automotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship (AERIM) Program at Oakland University

在奥克兰大学的汽车和能源研究和工业导师（AERIM）REU网站，由工程教育和中心的NSF部门的支持，将从事30名本科生，特别是妇女和代表性不足的少数民族，在10周的研究经验在2014年至2016年的夏天。该计划旨在激发和激励学生追求研究生学习和科学与工程职业。与工业和学术导师合作，学生团队将致力于机械工程中与汽车和能源相关的研究课题，特别强调汽车材料和摩擦学，替代推进系统和技术，旨在提高车辆水平的效率。擦伤，活塞传热和替代推进系统，如燃料电池和电池的具体主题，是特别重要的汽车工业，将适合本科生。学生将被介绍到当前的问题，现代分析，实验和数值方法，并将有助于及时在学术和工业研究设置正在进行的研究计划。该计划的主要特点包括：涉及教师，工业导师和研究生的三层导师计划;来自几家汽车制造商（例如，通用汽车，克莱斯勒，福特），其中包括由具有丰富的行业经验和实验室和工业设施的个人指导;扩展到K-12学生;和学习，网络和同行支持的机会，通过协调的专业活动内外的大学。奥克兰大学汽车和能源研究与工业导师（AERIM）REU网站的目标，由NSF工程教育和中心部门支持，致力于发展多元化，具有国际竞争力和全球参与的科学和工程劳动力，这是NSF的优先事项。该计划将支持NSF的使命，在2014年至2016年的夏季，共有30名学生参加为期10周的研究和工业导师经验，这将激发和激励他们通过从事汽车和能源领域的研究生学习和科学与工程职业生涯。相关的研究项目，并为他们提供机会，与来自几个汽车制造商的专业人士进行互动。该计划将侧重于吸引妇女，代表性不足的少数民族和来自STEM研究活动有限的机构的学生，以鼓励和支持代表性不足的群体追求STEM职业。 REU学生也将受益于自己，并将受益于有组织的STEM外展活动，以当地K-12学生参与他人。此外，研究和方案成果将在会议上和通过同行审查的文章传播。

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The Automotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship (AERIM) REU site at Oakland University, supported by the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers, will engage 30 undergraduate students, particularly women and under-represented minorities, in 10-week research experiences during the summers of 2014-2016. The program is designed to excite and motivate the students to pursue graduate studies and careers in science and engineering. Working with industrial and academic mentors, student teams will work on timely, automotive and energy-related research topics in mechanical engineering with a special emphasis on automotive materials and tribology, alternative propulsion systems and technologies that aim to improve efficiencies at the vehicle-level. The specific topics of scuffing, piston heat transfer, and alternative propulsion systems such as fuel cells and batteries, are of particular importance to the automotive industry and will be appropriate for undergraduates. Students will be introduced to current problems, modern analytical, experimental and numerical methods, and will contribute to timely on-going research programs in academic and industrial research settings. Key features of this program include: a three-tier mentorship program that involves faculty, industrial mentors and graduate students; an ongoing commitment from several automotive manufacturers (e.g., GM, Chrysler, Ford) that includes mentorship by individuals with extensive industrial experience and access to laboratory and industrial facilities; outreach to K-12 students; and learning, networking and peer support opportunities through coordinated professional activities inside and outside the university.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The goal of the Automotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship (AERIM) REU site at Oakland University, supported by the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers, is to contribute to the development of a diverse, internationally competitive, and globally-engaged science and engineering workforce, an NSF priority. This program will support the NSF mission by engaging a total of 30 students during the summers of 2014-2016 in 10-week research and industrial mentorship experiences that will excite and motivate them to pursue graduate studies and careers in science and engineering by engaging them in automotive and energy-related research projects and providing opportunities for them to interact with professionals from several automotive manufacturers. The program will focus on attracting women, under-represented minorities and students from institutions with limited research activity in STEM, to encourage and support under-represented groups to pursue STEM careers. The REU students will also benefit themselves and will benefit others from participation in organized STEM outreach activities to local K-12 students. Further, research and programmatic results will be disseminated in conferences and through peer-reviewed articles.