Interdisciplinary Micro/nano-manufacturing Program Addressing Challenges Today (IMPACT)

路易斯维尔大学的本科生研究经验（REU）站点，在三年的时间里，为不同的本科生提供先进微/纳米制造领域的研究经验。学生将参加一个以令人兴奋的实践研究项目为中心的强化培训/研究项目，这些项目将展示如何使用这种跨学科的小型化技术来创建各种各样的新型设备和系统，这些设备和系统能够影响当今能源，医疗保健，先进制造，安全和环境方面的重大挑战。强调微/纳米制造对国家的经济重要性，发展所需的劳动力对我们国家保持在该技术方面的领导地位至关重要。像这样的本科课程是非常必要的，可以在学生学术生涯的早期阶段向他们介绍迷人的微/纳米制造领域，这样他们就可以在研究生学习和整个职业生涯中利用它。这个为期10周的暑期研究经历的目标是：1)为每个学生提供与微/纳米制造相关的个性化研究体验，以及教师和研究生导师；2)通过设计、制造和测试太阳能电池的共同课堂体验，让所有学生获得微/纳米制造领域的核心竞争力；3)通过参与研究、内部演示、每周科学会议和海报演示，培养每个学生的独立性和信心；4)提供补充课程，以提高每个学生的学习和技能（即写作，工程设计，批判性思维，道德等方面的研讨会）5)激发学生对相关科学和工程学科研究生职业的兴趣6)接触肯塔基州的本科生（特别是代表性不足的群体），以帮助提高该州在教育方面的全国排名7)使为期10周的REU体验对学生来说是有益的，并有可能改变他们。这个REU网站计划将有助于提高人们对微/纳米制造的认识，以及它在今天和不久的将来对社会产生的积极影响。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Louisville, offers research experiences in the field of advanced micro/nano-manufacturing to a diverse cohort of undergraduate students, over a three year period. Students will participate in an intense training/research program centered around exciting hands-on research projects which demonstrate how this interdisciplinary miniaturization technology can be used to create a wide variety of novel devices and systems capable of impacting the grand challenges of today in energy, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, security and the environment. The emphasis on mico/nano-manuafacturing is of economic importance to the nation and developing the required workforce is vital to our nation retaining its leadership role in this technology. Undergraduate programs such as this are vitally needed to introduce students to the fascinating field of micro/nano-manufacturing at an early stage in their academic careers so they can leverage it in their graduate studies and throughout their professional careers. The objectives of this 10 week summer research experience are to: 1) Provide each student with a personalized research experience, with faculty and graduate student mentors, related to micro/nano-manufacturing, 2) Have all students obtain a core competence in the field of micro/nano-manufacturing through a common classroom experience where they design, fabricate and test solar cells, 3) Develop each student's independence and confidence through participation in research, in-house presentations, weekly scientific meetings and poster presentations, 4) Provide complementary programs to enhance each student's learning and skillset (i.e. seminars on writing, engineering design, critical thinking, ethics) 5)Stimulate the students' interests in graduate careers in related science and engineering disciplines, 6) Reach out to undergraduates (especially underrepresented groups) in Kentucky to help improve the state's national ranking in education, and 7) Make the 10-week REU experience rewarding and potentially transformative for the students. This REU Site program will help create greater awareness of micro/nano-manufacturing and the positive impact it can have on society today and in the near future.