REU SITE: Research Experiences in Information Centric Engineering (ICE)

非技术摘要：信息技术 (IT) 实践持续革新全球工程实践。该 REU 项目旨在为本科生提供研究经验，鼓励他们从事面向 IT 的工程方法的研究职业。这一新兴的信息中心工程领域在众多工业应用中拥有巨大的潜力。随着这些做法变得越来越普遍，我们将更加需要揭露和鼓励我们国家的学生在这些重要领域追求研究生职业。工程和科学本科生应该通过参与此类以信息为中心的研究活动，为面向 IT 的 21 世纪做好准备。 参赛学生将从全国范围内的申请者中招募，重点招收身体有障碍的学生以及包括非裔美国人、西班牙裔、美洲原住民和女学生在内的少数族裔学生。我们计划与各个少数族裔工程组织和大学合作，以确定多元化的学生申请者群体。 学生还将有机会与微装配和医疗手术领域的行业合作伙伴互动。作为项目活动的一部分，将为参与者提供研讨会，概述研究生课程和职业，包括准备进入研究生院的考试。该创新项目的成果将通过在国家工程会议上组织的特别小组和论文会议来强调。该项目由 NSF 工程教育和中心部门资助。 技术摘要：本科生研究经验 (REU) 站点项目的总体目标是为新一代工程师和科学家提供新兴过程领域的信息中心工程和数字制造方面有意义的研究经验。为本科生提供的这些研究经验将鼓励他们进入这些前沿研究领域的研究生课程和研究职业。 该项目的研究活动包括数字制造方法的设计（包括基于虚拟现实的环境，用于研究微型设备组装领域的微夹持和组装）以及虚拟手术环境的设计，以帮助培训外科医生进行手术过程。由于我们的 REU 计划涉及 IT 和数字制造主题，因此这种重点被称为“信息中心工程”(ICE)。

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:Information Technology (IT) practices continue to revolutionize engineering practices worldwide. This REU project seeks to provide research experiences to undergraduate students to encourage them towards research careers in IT oriented approaches in engineering. This emerging field of Information Centric Engineering holds tremendous potential for numerous industrial applications. As these practices become more commonplace, there will be a greater need to expose and encourage students in our nation to pursue graduate careers in these areas of importance. Undergraduate engineering and science students should be prepared for the IT oriented 21st century by being involved in such Information centric research activities. The participating students will be recruited from a pool of applicants nationwide with an emphasis on recruiting students with physical challenges as well as minority students including African American, Hispanic, Native American and Women students. We plan to work with various minority engineering organizations and universities to identify a diverse pool of student applicants. Students will also be provided opportunities to interact with industry partners in the fields of micro assembly and medical surgery. As part of project activities, seminars will be offered to participants outlining graduate programs and careers including preparing for exams to enter graduate school. The outcomes of this innovative project will be highlighted through special panel and paper sessions organized at national engineering conferences. This project is funded by the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers.TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The overall goal of this Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site project is to provide meaningful research experiences in Information Centric Engineering and Digital Manufacturing in emerging process domains to a new generation of engineers and scientists. These research experiences provided to undergraduate students will encourage them towards graduate programs and research careers in these leading edge research areas. Research activities in this project including design of Digital Manufacturing approaches (including Virtual Reality based environments to study micro gripping and assembly in the domain of Micro devices assembly) as well as design of Virtual Surgical environments to help train surgeons in surgical processes. As our REU initiative deals with IT and Digital Manufacturing themes, this emphasis is termed as "Information Centric Engineering" (ICE).