REU Site: Research and Education in Multiscale Sensing and Imaging

爱荷华州立大学的本科生研究体验(REU)SITE项目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、多学科的研究经验，涉及传感、驱动和成像领域。从NAE重大挑战中可以明显看出，需要先进的传感和成像技术来加强我们国家的健康、国土、食品和能源安全，这一点从未像现在这样迫切。传感和成像技术的研究具有明显的社会影响，吸引了广泛的学生群体。此外，这项研究的多学科性质，将工程概念与科学中的概念相结合，将有助于吸引来自所有工程和非工程学科的学生。这个专注于传感和成像研究的REU网站将利用教职员工共同的研究兴趣和协同互动来帮助增加研究生入学人数。学生体验将从依赖状态演变为独立状态，并将使他们能够获得终身技能，这些技能将影响他们对科学和工程以及对社会的贡献。这一更新REU站点计划的主要目标是在与教职员工和其他学生合作的高度合作环境中，为每个本科生参与者提供为期十周的科学严谨、智力要求高的研究体验。该计划的重点是发展参与者的技术技能和批判性思维能力，以及他们接触到与传感器、执行器和智能材料的设计和制造有关的实质性、代表性研究调查；最先进的成像和诊断系统以及传感器/设备设计和可靠性的数据驱动方法。项目主题包括微流控装置、生物制剂的纳米机械传感器、纳米能量成像、生物假体、纳米材料合成和可植入传感器的可靠性。该计划还将包括每周一次的研讨会系列；短期课程；交流研讨会；与中学教师的互动；为补充研究活动而组织的社会和文化活动；REU研究研讨会，以提供对学生工作和杰出成就的反馈；以及将由ISU的生物伦理学计划开展的工程伦理影响培训。参与者还将被鼓励在参与该计划的一年内在地区和国家会议上提交一份技术论文/海报。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作提供支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at Iowa State University, offers state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary research experiences in the areas of sensing, actuation and imaging, to diverse and talented cohorts of undergraduates from institutions with limited or no research opportunities. The need for advanced sensing and imaging technologies to enhance our nation's health, homeland, food and energy security has never been more urgent as evident from the NAE Grand Challenges. Research in sensing and imaging technologies has an obvious societal impact that appeals to a broad demographic of students. In addition, the multidisciplinary nature of the research, which merges engineering concepts with those in the sciences will help attract students from all engineering and non-engineering disciplines. This REU Site with a focus on sensing and imaging research will take advantage of shared research interests and synergistic interactions of the faculty to help increase graduate enrollment. The student experience will evolve from dependent to independent status and will enable them to acquire life-long skills that will impact their contributions to science and engineering and to society.The primary goal of this renewal REU Site program is to provide each undergraduate participant with a ten-week scientifically rigorous, intellectually demanding, research experience within a highly collegial environment of collaboration with faculty 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 investigations related to design and manufacturing of sensors, actuators and smart materials; state-of-the-art imaging and diagnostic systems and data driven approaches to sensor/device design and reliability. Project topics include microfluidic devices, nanomechanical sensors for biological agents; nanoenergetics imaging, bioprosthetics, nanomaterials synthesis, and reliability of implantable sensors. The program will also include weekly seminar series; short courses; communication workshops; interactions with middle school teachers; organized social and cultural events designed to complement the research activities; a REU Research Symposium to provide feedback on student work and exceptional achievement; and training in ethical implications of engineering that will be conducted by ISU's Bioethics program. Participants will also be encouraged to present a technical paper/poster at regional and national conferences within one year of participating in this program.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.