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)网站，在为期三年的时间里，为不同的本科生提供先进的微/纳米制造领域的研究经验。学生将参加以激动人心的动手研究项目为中心的高强度培训/研究项目，展示如何使用这种跨学科的微型化技术来创造各种能够影响当今能源、医疗保健、先进制造、安全和环境领域重大挑战的新型设备和系统。对微米/纳米制造的重视对国家具有重要的经济意义，而发展所需的劳动力对我们的国家保持其在这项技术方面的领先地位至关重要。像这样的本科课程对于在学生学术生涯的早期阶段向他们介绍微米/纳米制造这一迷人的领域至关重要，这样他们就可以在研究生学习和整个职业生涯中利用它。这一为期10周的暑期研究体验的目标是：1)为每个学生提供与微/纳米制造相关的个性化研究体验，教师和研究生导师；2)让所有学生通过设计、制造和测试太阳能电池的共同课堂体验，获得微/纳米制造领域的核心能力；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自信心；4)提供补充计划，以增强每个学生的学习和技能(如写作、工程设计、批判性思维、伦理)5)激发学生对相关科学和工程学科的研究生职业的兴趣，6)接触肯塔基州的本科生(特别是代表不足的群体)，以帮助提高该州在全国的教育排名，以及7)使为期10周的REU体验对学生有益，并可能对学生产生变革。这个REU现场项目将有助于提高人们对微/纳米制造的认识，以及它可能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.