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

技术总结：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，将鼓励本科生攻读STEM学科的研究生学位，通过对学生进行具有创业精神的先进材料培训，以显示攻读STEM学位的潜在回报，无论是智力上还是经济上。选择了八个涉及纳米材料加工和应用以及多尺度多功能复合材料的项目，使学生掌握碳纳米管（CNTs）的合成和表征及其在制造工艺中的应用。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全面，创新和独立的思维。研讨会将提供基础知识，以协助他们的研究，包括研究方法和伦理、健康与安全、工程数据分析、实验设计和使用统计软件包。FSU商学院吉姆·莫兰研究所（Jim Moran Institute）举办的技术创业与商业化创业部分研讨会，将让学生了解研究创新和研究生研究学位与商业环境的相关性。这将在企业家竞赛中达到高潮，学生们将展示他们将研究成果推向市场的策略。更广泛的影响：在10周的时间里，REU项目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接受更好的实践经验教育，将他们的创新从实验室推向市场。非技术总结：在工程教育和中心部门的大力支持下，FAMU-FSU工程学院、高性能材料研究所和FSU商学院吉姆莫兰研究所的研究人员和商业领袖建立了一个为期10周的机会，鼓励本科生，特别是女性和少数族裔，攻读科学、技术、工程或数学学科，通过对学生进行具有创业精神的高级材料培训，向他们展示追求这些技术要求高的学位在智力和经济上的潜在回报。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。通过多样化的培训，实验室经验，与政府和行业的商业领袖和研究人员的互动，进入STEM领域的参与者以及后来的美国劳动力将获得更好的实践经验，以获得新的发现，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.