REU Site: Observing Our World with Light and Sound

本科生研究体验(REU)网站项目由蒙大拿州立大学(MSU)电气与计算机工程(European)系主办，聚焦于“用光和声观察我们的世界”这一中心主题，为来自研究机会有限或没有研究机会的机构的不同和有才华的本科生提供最先进的跨学科研究经验，跨越这一主题的应用，以及使能技术的开发。欧洲经委会部门的各种活动为各种背景和兴趣提供了研究机会。此外，研究体验将打开学生的眼睛，让他们了解研究的性质，它在理解我们的世界中的作用，以及我们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的学科是如何结合在一起解决重要问题的。这个REU网站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，在高度合作的环境中与教师导师和其他学生合作。该方案的重点是发展参与者的技术技能和批判性思维能力，以及他们接触到实质性的、具有代表性的研究活动，旨在为各种应用开发和利用基于电磁和声音的观测工具和技术。此外，研究还将包括一些支持新型传感器开发的技术，如微电子机械系统(MEMS)、激光和光子学、纳米技术、先进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发展参与者的技术交流能力，并加强他们对进行工程研究的伦理和社会背景的了解。通过将工业研究人员纳入系列研讨会并包括访问当地公司，将突出工业合作伙伴。在这些合作中取得的发现将通过出版物和演示文稿传达给更广泛的科学界。

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.