REU Site: Retaining Engineers through Research Entrepreneurship and Advanced Materials Training

技术摘要：在工程教育和中心部门的重要支持下，REU网站：通过研究创业和先进材料培训留住工程师将鼓励本科生通过培训学生先进材料来追求STEM学科的研究生学位，以展示潜在的回报，无论是智力上还是经济上，追求STEM学位。选择了八个涉及纳米材料和多尺度多功能复合材料加工和应用的项目，让学生了解碳纳米管（CNT）的合成和表征及其在制造过程中的应用知识。智力优势：通过实验室经验和有针对性的研讨会，学生将在工程和商业方面获得更多才多艺、创新和独立的思维。研讨会将提供基本知识，以协助他们的研究，包括研究方法和道德，健康安全，工程数据分析，实验设计和使用统计软件包的主题。关于技术创业和商业化的创业成分研讨会，由FSU商学院Jim Moran研究所主办，将提供研究创新和研究生研究学位与商业环境相关性的理解。这将与EngiPreneur竞争达到高潮，学生将提出他们的战略，使他们的研究市场。更广泛的影响：在10周内，REU计划将弥合材料工程创新与其市场潜力之间的差距。进入STEM领域的参与者以及后来的美国劳动力将受到更好的教育，并获得实践经验，将他们的创新从实验室推向市场。在工程教育和中心部门的重要支持下，来自FAMU-FSU工程学院，高性能材料研究所和FSU商学院Jim Moran研究所的研究人员和商界领袖已经建立了一个为期10周的机会，鼓励本科生，特别是女性和少数民族，攻读科学研究生学位，技术，工程或数学学科，通过培养学生在先进的材料与创业扭曲，以显示潜在的回报，无论是智力和经济，追求这些技术要求的程度。REU网站：通过研究创业和先进材料培训留住工程师将弥合材料工程创新与其市场潜力之间的差距。通过多功能培训，实验室经验，与商界领袖和政府和行业研究人员的互动，参与者进入STEM领域，后来进入美国劳动力市场将得到更好的教育，实践经验，使新的发现，并将他们的创新从实验室推向市场。

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:With the vital support of the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, the REU Site: Retaining Engineers through Research Entrepreneurship and Advanced-Materials Training will encourage undergraduate students to pursue graduate degrees in the STEM disciplines by training students in advanced materials with an entrepreneurial twist to show the potential rewards, both intellectually and financially, for pursuing STEM degrees. Eight projects involved in processing and applications of nanomaterials, and multiscale-multifunctional composite materials were selected to equip the students with knowledge in the synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their utilization in manufacturing processes.Intellectual Merit: Through lab experience and targeted seminars, the students will gain more versatile, innovative and independent thinking in both engineering and business. The seminars will provide fundamental knowledge to assist in their research and include topics in Research Methods and Ethics, Health & Safety, Engineering Data Analysis, Experimental Design and using statistical software packages. Entrepreneurial component seminars on Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization, presented by the FSU College of Business Jim Moran Institute, will provide an understanding of the relevance of research innovations and graduate research degrees to the business environment. This will culminate with the EngiPreneur Competition where students will present their strategy for bringing their research to the marketplace. Broader Impacts: Over 10-weeks, the REU program will bridge the gap between materials engineering innovations and their market potential. The participants entering into the STEM fields and later the U.S. workforce will be better educated with the practical experience to take their innovations from the lab to the marketplace.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:With the vital support of the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, researchers and business leaders from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, the High-Performance Materials Institute and the FSU College of Business Jim Moran Institute have established a 10-week opportunity to encourage undergraduate students, especially women and minorities, to pursue graduate degrees in the science, technology, engineering or math disciplines by training students in advanced materials with an entrepreneurial twist to show the potential rewards, both intellectually and financially, for pursuing these technically demanding degrees. The REU Site: Retaining Engineers through Research Entrepreneurship and Advanced-Materials Training will bridge the gap between materials engineering innovations and their market potential. Through the versatile training, lab experiences, interactions with business leaders and researchers from government and industry, the participants entering into the STEM fields and later the U.S. workforce will be better educated with the practical experience to make new discoveries and take their innovations from the lab to the marketplace.