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

应对当今挑战的跨学科微/纳米制造计划（IMPACT）

• 批准号: 1560235
• 负责人: Kevin Walsh
• 金额: $ 37.44万
• 依托单位: University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560235&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Interdisciplinary; Micro; nano; manufacturing; Program

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.

路易斯维尔大学的本科生研究经验（REU）网站在三年内为不同的本科生群体提供先进微/纳米制造领域的研究经验。学生将参加围绕令人兴奋的动手研究项目的密集培训/研究计划，这些项目展示了这种跨学科的小型化技术如何用于创建各种新型设备和系统，这些设备和系统能够影响当今能源，医疗保健，先进制造，安全和环境的重大挑战。对微/纳米制造的重视对国家具有经济重要性，发展所需的劳动力对我们国家保持其在这项技术中的领导地位至关重要。像这样的本科课程是至关重要的，需要在他们的学术生涯的早期阶段向学生介绍微/纳米制造的迷人领域，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周的夏季研究经验的目标是：1）为每个学生提供个性化的研究经验，与教师和研究生导师，与微/纳米制造相关，2）让所有学生通过共同的课堂体验获得微/纳米制造领域的核心竞争力，他们设计，制造和测试太阳能电池，3）通过参与研究，内部演示，每周科学会议和海报展示，培养每个学生的独立性和信心，4）提供补充计划，以提高每个学生的学习和技能（即关于写作、工程设计、批判性思维、伦理学的研讨会）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，并具有潜在的变革性。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的积极影响。