REU Site: Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing

韦恩州立大学(WSU)的本科生研究体验(REU)网站专注于为来自两年制和四年制院校的地方和国家本科生，特别是未被充分代表的少数民族学生，提供具有挑战性的可持续制造领域的独特夏季研究经验。该REU网站位于密歇根东南部制造业社区，该社区最近被奥巴马政府选为全国制造业社区投资伙伴关系(IMCP)倡议下的首批12个制造业社区之一。该项目的目标是向本科生介绍可持续制造研究的前沿，并为学生提供攻读四年制和研究生课程的技能和途径，以便他们能够成为未来制造业中知识渊博、能力强大的工程师。该项目针对NSF国家重点领域的先进制造和可持续发展，旨在指导学生在来自西斯安那州立大学工程系的一群经验丰富的教师导师的共同监督下，参与跨学科的本科研究项目。这种专业知识的广度将使该网站能够解决先进制造业中具有挑战性的问题，同时提供对可持续发展的更广泛影响的深入了解。REU项目将在三年内为30名学生提供为期10周的暑期强化研究和专业发展/培训体验。研究项目将包括：1)纳米涂层和轻质材料和制造；2)储能材料、电池和转化装置；3)再制造和可持续性评估；4)化学-能源-水-关系。该计划将包括由教员研究导师指导的个人研究项目、研究技能研讨会、当地制造工厂参观、工程可持续发展基础系列讲座、讨论会和旨在培养对话技能的研究研讨会。这些活动将确保REU现场学生获得在未来可持续制造或其他STEM学术职业和活动中取得成功所需的技能。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Wayne State University (WSU) focuses on offering unique summer research experiences in the challenging field of sustainable manufacturing to local and national undergraduate students, especially underrepresented minorities, from two and four-year institutions. This REU Site resides in the Southeastern Michigan Manufacturing Community, which has recently been selected by the Obama Administration as one of the first 12 manufacturing communities under the national Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) inititative. The objective of this program is to introduce undergraduate students to the forefront of sustainable manufacturing research and to provide students with the skills and pathways to pursue four-year and graduate programs so they can become knowledgeable and capable engineers in the manufacturing industry of the future. The program addresses NSF national priority areas of advanced manufacturing and sustainability and is designed to guide students to participate in inter-disciplinary undergraduate research projects under the co-supervision of a group of well-accomplished faculty mentors from WSU Engineering Departments. This breadth in expertise will enable the Site to address challenging issue in advanced manufacturing while providing a deep understanding of the broader impacts of sustainability.The REU program will offer a 10-week intensive summer research and professional development/training experience, for a total of 30 students, over a three year period. Research projects will include: 1) nanocoating and lightweight materials and manufacturing, 2) energy storage materials, batteries, and inversion devices, 3)remanufacturing and sustainability assessment, and 4) chemical-energy-water-nexus. The program will include individual research projects with faculty research mentors, research skill seminars, local manufacturing plant visits, lecture series on the fundamentals of engineering sustainability, discussion sessions, and a research symposium intended to cultivate dialogue skills. These activities will ensure that REU Site students obtain the skills necessary to succeed in future sustainable manufacturing or other STEM academic careers and activities.