REU Site in Additive Manufacturing- Advances and Applications

该项目的更广泛意义：这个REU站点更新站点推进增材制造的应用，具有为跨学科项目提供机会的强大优势，这些项目最终导致优秀的应用工程研究活动。这些活动将帮助参与者培养终身学习的热情，并将鼓励创业精神和全球影响力，涉及将创造的有用的“有时可申请专利”的设备。MSOE-REU网站将继续为来自全国各地的几个第一代和传统上代表性不足的学生，特别是从第二层/非博士研究孵化器。授予学校。迄今为止，该计划已为161名学生提供了研究机会。 在完成学士学位的148名学生中，59%已经完成或正在攻读高级学位，其中有几名担任教师职务。最近的一个奖项为21名学生提供了服务，其中67%来自其他机构，38%来自少数民族和其他地区（14%来自非洲裔美国人），52%来自女性。 在完成学士学位的8人中，75%在研究生院。 对多样性的承诺，强大的辅导环境，该计划的跨学科性质，以及对参与者决定追求研究生学习的影响的既定记录将继续成为MSOE-REU的主要标志。 拟议网站的一个新功能是通过以下方式扩大参与者在多样性中的作用：1）在夏季校园内与教师和学生互动的过程中创建五个K-12学习模块; 2）在科学和工业研究理事会和约翰内斯堡大学的两名学生从事激光材料研究时，使所有参与者和顾问能够具有全球视野，项目描述：由美国国家科学基金会工程教育和中心部资助的MSOE为期三年的夏季REU更新网站，每年将为七名本科生提供机会，进行增材制造（AM）的进步（微，混合，基于激光的金属）和应用（生物纳米）的研究。新型和功能性AM应用和材料的范围正在迅速增长，该领域前所未有的技术进步正在影响我们的日常生活。 此外，AM应用程序，除了其独特的准确性，减少开发和交付时间和可靠性的特点，正在成为成本效益，因为材料的进步。国际部分，两名参与者在该计划的中间六周内在全球范围内进行材料科学研究，为所有参与者提供了新的动力，丰富了他们的经验，并带来了除了合作研究成果之外的全球视角。这两名参与者将是典型的MSOE大三学生，他们在校园里接触过AM，并完成了材料科学课程，为参加南非科学与工业研究理事会和约翰内斯堡大学的先进材料研究做好了充分的准备。 在校园内进行AM应用研究的五名参与者将从其他机构的申请人中选出;他们将从自己的研究项目中为K-12推广创建学习模块，并将与项目引路教师和学生进行互动。 将安排每两周一次的虚拟会议，以便所有与会者进行互动。这个为期十周的课程旨在吸引广泛的学生，通常50%是女性，25%是代表性不足的少数民族，60%以上来自其他机构。参与者将在一个强有力的指导环境中进行研究。学生将从一个完善的和运行良好的计划中获得丰富的职业经验，最终以最终论文，全国会议演讲和追求研究生学位的强烈愿望而告终。 NSF紧凑高效流体动力中心的另外两名参与者每年与这些学生一起工作，使团队成为一个具有出色协作研究互动的丰富群体。

BROADER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:This REU site renewal site advances applications of additive manufacturing has the powerful advantage of providing opportunities for interdisciplinary projects that culminate in excellent applied engineering research activities. The activities will help participants develop a passion for lifelong learning and will encourage entrepreneurship and global impact involving the useful "sometimes patentable" devices that will be created. The MSOE-REU Site will continue to be a research incubator for several first-generation and traditionally underrepresented students from all across the nation, especially from second tier/ non Ph.D. granting schools. To date, this program has provided 161 students with research opportunities. Of the 148 students who have completed their baccalaureate, 59% have completed or are pursuing advanced degrees, with several in faculty positions. The most recent award has served 21 students, of whom 67% are from other institutions, 38% minorities and others (14% African American), and 52% women. Of the 8 who have completed a baccalaureate, 75% are in graduate school. The commitment to diversity, strong mentoring environment, interdisciplinary nature of the program, and an established record of impact on participants' decisions to pursue graduate studies will continue to be major markers of the MSOE-REU. A new feature in the proposed site is to broaden the participants' role in diversity through 1) creation of five K-12 learning modules amidst interaction with teachers and students on campus during summer and 2) enablement of a global perspective among all participants and advisors while two students engage in laser-based materials research at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa during the middle six weeks of the 10-week REU program.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:This three-year summer REU renewal site at MSOE, funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers, will offer seven undergraduates annually opportunities to conduct research in advances (micro-, hybrid, laser-based metal) and applications (bio-nano) of additive manufacturing (AM). The range of new and functional AM applications and materials is growing rapidly and unprecedented technological advances in this field are affecting our daily lives. Also, the AM application, in addition to its unique features of accuracy, reduction in development and delivery time, and reliability, is becoming cost-effective because of the advancement of materials. The international component, with two participants conducting materials science research in a global setting during the middle six weeks of the program provides a new dynamic to all participants enriching their experience and bringing a global perspective besides the collaborative research accomplishments. These two participants will be typically MSOE juniors who have had exposure to AM on campus and have completed materials science course(s) with an adequate preparation to participate in advanced materials research at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa and the University of Johannesburg. The five participants conducting AM applications research on campus will be chosen among applicants from other institutions; they will create learning modules for K-12 outreach from their own research projects and will interact with Project Lead the Way teachers and students on the premises. Bi-weekly virtual meetings will be arranged for interaction among all participants. This ten-week program is geared to attract a broad mix of students, typically 50% women, 25% underrepresented minorities and more than 60% from other institutions. Participants will conduct research in a strongly mentored environment. Students will receive a career-enriching experience from a well-established and well-run program culminating in a final paper, a national conference presentation and a strong desire to pursue a graduate degree. Two additional participants under NSF Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power work alongside these students each year, making the team a rich cohort with excellent collaborative research interactions.