REU Site: Observing Our World with Light and Sound

这个本科生研究体验（REU）网站项目，由蒙大拿州立大学（MSU）电气和计算机工程系主办，专注于“用光和声音观察我们的世界”的中心主题，提供最先进的，跨学科的研究经验，涵盖了这一主题的应用，以及使能技术的发展。来自研究机会有限或没有研究机会的机构的多元化和有才华的本科生群体。欧洲经委会的各种活动为广泛的背景和兴趣提供了研究机会。此外，研究经验将打开学生的眼睛，研究的本质，它在理解我们的世界中的作用，以及我们所面临的问题的工程解决方案。研究工作的跨学科性质也将帮助学生了解不同学科如何结合起来解决重要问题。这个REU现场项目的主要目标是为每个本科生参与者提供为期十周的密集和身临其境的研究体验，在与教师导师和其他学生高度合作的环境中进行研究。该计划侧重于参与者的技术技能和批判性思维能力的发展，以及他们接触实质性的，有代表性的研究活动，旨在开发和利用电磁和基于声音的观测工具和技术，用于各种应用。此外，研究将包括一些支持技术，这些技术能够开发新型传感器，如微机电系统（MEMS），激光和光子学，纳米技术，先进的图像和信号处理以及可重构计算。它还将通过几个专业发展研讨会和讲习班强调参与者的技术沟通能力的发展，并加强他们对工程研究进行的伦理和社会背景的理解。工业合作伙伴将通过在研讨会系列中包括工业研究人员和参观当地公司来突出。在这些合作中取得的发现将通过出版物和报告传播给更广泛的科学界。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, hosted by the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at Montana State University (MSU), focusing on a central theme of "Observing Our World with Light and Sound", offers state-of-the-art, inter-disciplinary research experiences spanning the applications of this theme, as well as the development of enabling technologies, to diverse and talented cohorts of undergraduates from institutions with limited or no research opportunities. The ECE Department's diverse activities provide research opportunities catering to a wide spectrum of backgrounds and interests. Moreover, the research experience will open students' eyes to the nature of research, its role in understanding our world, and engineering solutions to the problems that we face. The interdisciplinary nature of the research efforts will also help the students to see how various academic disciplines come together to solve important problems. The primary objectives of this REU site program are to provide each undergraduate participant with a ten-week intensive and immersive, research experience within a highly collegial environment of collaboration with faculty mentors and other students. The program focuses on the development of the technical skills and critical-thinking abilities of the participants and on their exposure to substantive, representative research activities aimed at developing and utilizing electromagnetic and sound-based observational tools and techniques for a diverse range of applications. In addition research will include a number of supporting technologies which enable the development of novel sensors such as micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), lasers and photonics, nanotechnology, advanced image and signal processing, and reconfigurable computing. It will also emphasize development of the participants' technical communication abilities through several professional-development seminars and workshops and enhance their understanding of the ethical and societal context within which engineering research is performed. Industrial partners will be highlighted by including industrial researchers in the seminar series and including visits to local companies. The discoveries made during these collaborations will be communicated to the broader scientific community via publications and presentations.