REU Site: Advancing California Community College Students Through Engineering Research

REU 网站：通过工程研究促进加州社区学院学生的发展

• 批准号: 1461157
• 负责人: Jeffrey Bokor
• 金额: $ 35.99万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-15 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1461157&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Advancing; California; Community

BROADER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:The federal government has forecasted that over the next decade the U.S. economy will need approximately one million more technical professionals than are being produced at the current rate. Increasing the retention of science and engineering majors from 40% to 50% alone would generate three-quarters of the targeted one million additional STEM degrees. The Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TTE REU) program of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) supports retention in STEM fields by offering hands-on research opportunities in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and robotics to increase the confidence and persistence of community college students in their pursuit of science and engineering education and ultimately technical careers. The program's three research areas have been chosen because they are economically-salient, offer many exciting research opportunities, and will resonate with community college students. The nine-week program brings 10 students per year from California Community Colleges (CCC), the largest community college system in the U.S., to UC Berkeley, where engineering faculty will host students in their world-class research laboratories and mentor them in their own research projects. TTE REU participants will also be trained in research protocol, laboratory safety, scientific ethics, and science communications. The program also provides students with transfer advising, and academic and professional development activities to better prepare them to complete a B.S. degree, pursue graduate studies, and succeed in a technical career.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:The Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TTE REU) program of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) aims to: 1) increase the number of community college students, particularly women and underrepresented minority students, who receive baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering; and 2) expand and diversify the pipeline of future graduate school students. To accomplish these objectives, the TTE REU program builds the research capacity of a diverse body of community college students through hands-on research in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and robotics and encourages them to continue their science and engineering studies and pursue STEM careers. Through generous support from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) of the National Science Foundation, REU Site award EEC-1461157, students from California Community Colleges (CCC), the largest community college system in the U.S., will engage in leading-edge research, hosted and advised by the engineering faculty at UC Berkeley. The TTE REU program is integrated with the Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science an NSF Science and Technology Center based at UC Berkeley. The program enables its CCC students to participate in: 1) nanotechnology research on novel nanomaterials, innovative device concepts, and improving device performance in electronics, optoelectronics and sensors; 2) biotechnology research that advances the underlying science and enhances the research tools for advanced biofuels and bio-based chemicals production; and 3) robotics research on how robots can adapt to their environment and human-in-the-loop systems such as autonomous vehicles and tele-healthcare monitoring that integrate sensing, actuation, and control. In collaboration with UC Berkeley's Transfer Alliance Project, the TTE REU program provides academic advising and enrichment programs that prepare community colleges students to be competitive transfer applicants to 4-year colleges. The individualized academic and transfer advising continues for one academic year following the completion of the TTE REU.

该项目的更广泛意义：联邦政府预测，在未来十年，美国经济将需要比目前速度多出约100万名技术专业人员。仅将科学和工程专业的保留率从40%提高到50%，就将产生目标100万个额外STEM学位的四分之三。加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）的本科生转卓越研究经验（TTE REU）计划通过提供纳米技术，生物技术和机器人技术的实践研究机会来支持STEM领域的保留，以增加社区大学生在追求科学和工程教育以及最终技术职业的信心和坚持。该计划的三个研究领域被选中，因为它们具有经济意义，提供了许多令人兴奋的研究机会，并将与社区大学生产生共鸣。这个为期九周的项目每年从美国最大的社区学院系统加州社区学院（CCC）招收10名学生，到加州大学伯克利分校，工程学院将在他们的世界级研究实验室接待学生，并指导他们自己的研究项目。TTE REU参与者还将接受研究协议，实验室安全，科学道德和科学传播方面的培训。该计划还为学生提供转学咨询，学术和专业发展活动，以更好地为他们完成学士学位做好准备。项目描述：加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）的本科生转卓越研究经历（TTE REU）项目旨在：1）增加社区学院学生的数量，特别是女性和代表性不足的少数民族学生，他们获得科学和工程学士学位; 2）扩大未来研究生的管道并使其多样化。为了实现这些目标，TTE REU计划通过在纳米技术，生物技术和机器人技术方面的实践研究，建立了社区大学学生多样化的研究能力，并鼓励他们继续他们的科学和工程研究，并追求STEM事业。通过国家科学基金会工程教育和中心（EEC）部门的慷慨支持，REU Site award EEC-1461157，来自美国最大的社区学院系统加州社区学院（CCC）的学生，将从事前沿研究，由加州大学伯克利分校的工程学院主办和建议。TTE REU计划与位于加州大学伯克利分校的NSF科学技术中心节能电子科学中心相结合。该计划使其CCC学生能够参与：1）关于新型纳米材料，创新器件概念的纳米技术研究，并提高电子，光电子和传感器的器件性能; 2）生物技术研究，推进基础科学并增强先进生物燃料和生物基化学品生产的研究工具;以及3）机器人技术研究，研究机器人如何适应环境和人在回路系统，如自动驾驶汽车和集成传感、驱动和控制的远程医疗监控。与加州大学伯克利分校的转移联盟项目合作，TTE REU计划提供学术咨询和充实计划，使社区学院的学生成为有竞争力的4年制大学转学申请人。个性化的学术和转移咨询将在TTE REU完成后持续一个学年。