REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Fluid Power

明尼苏达大学NSF工程研究中心（ERC）紧凑型和高效流体动力（CCEFP）的本科生研究经验（REU）站点将使不同群体的本科生接触到正在进行的液压和气动转型研究，希望他们成为未来的学术和行业领导者。CCEFP是一个由研究人员、教育工作者、学生和工业界组成的网络，共同致力于改变流体动力行业——如何研究、应用和研究。CCEFP研究项目分为三个重点，实现以下社会效益：创造新的流体动力技术，提高效率，将大大减少石油消耗、能源使用和污染；创造新的流体动力技术，提高效率，为数百万用户提供清洁、安静和安全的流体动力；新的流体动力技术的创造，随着紧凑性的提高，将在新一代人体规模的装置和设备中发挥其特性。明尼苏达大学是CCEFP ERC的领导机构。机构合作伙伴包括普渡大学、伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校、佐治亚理工学院、范德比尔特大学和密尔沃基工程学院。这个REU网站为本科生提供了在为期10周的暑期课程中从事流体动力研究的机会，涉及广泛的主题，包括：液压，气动，电源，摩擦学，风力发电，气动医疗设备，噪音-振动-粗糙度和流体。这个REU网站将利用CCEFP的独特能力，利用其广泛的研究项目菜单的力量和潜力，在合作大学设备齐全的实验室中开展这些项目的机会，以及其教师的专业知识。REU参与者的亮点包括：1)在教师和研究生导师的监督下，沉浸在CCEFP 16+研究项目和测试平台之一；2)获得最先进的流体动力研究设施；3)参加由学术界和行业专家主持的双周CCEFP关于流体动力研究和专业发展主题的网络广播；4)流体动力训练营在项目开始时，来自所有地点的REU学生将聚集在一个地方，进行流体动力的强化短期课程和CCEFP研究的介绍；5)受邀参加CCEFP流体动力创新与研究会议（FPIRC），这是北美首屈一指的流体动力技术会议；并与CCEFP会员支持者的行业领袖进行互动。该REU网站将专注于吸引来自没有重大研究机会的机构的学生，妇女，代表性不足的少数民族，残疾人和退伍军人参与CCEFP活动。这是CCEFP努力改变流体动力行业传统面貌的一种方式，以更好地反映美国的多样化构成。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Minnesota, NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) will expose a diverse group of undergraduate students to the transformational research underway in hydraulics and pneumatics in the hope that they will become the academic and industry leaders of the future. The CCEFP is a network of researchers, educators, students and industry working together to transform the fluid power industry--how it is researched applied and studied. CCEFP research projects are organized into three thrusts that achieve the following societal benefits: creation of new fluid power technology that, with improved efficiency, will significantly reduce petroleum consumption, energy use and pollution; creation of new fluid power technology that, with improved effectiveness, will make fluid power clean, quiet and safe for its millions of users; and creation of new fluid power technology that with improved compactness, will exploit its attributes in a new generation of human scale devices and equipment. The University of Minnesota is the lead institution of the CCEFP ERC. Institution partners include Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Georgia Institute of Technology, Vanderbilt University, and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.This REU Site offers opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in fluid power research during a 10-week summer program, on a wide range of topics including: hydraulics, pneumatics, power supplies, tribology, wind power, pneumatic medical devices, noise-vibration-harshness, and fluids. This REU Site will take advantage of CCEFP's unique ability to leverage the power and potential of its broad menu of research projects, the opportunities afforded to pursue these projects in well-equipped laboratories at partner universities, and the subject matter expertise of its faculty. Highlights for REU participants include: 1) immersion in one of CCEFP 16+ research projects and test beds under the supervision of faculty and graduate student mentors; 2)access to state-of-the-art fluid power research facilities; 3) participation in the bi-weekly CCEFP webcasts on fluid power research and professional development topics, led by academic and industry experts; 4)the Fluid Power Boot Camp at the outset of the program in which REU students from all sites will gather in one location for an intensive short course on fluid power and an introduction to CCEFP research; 5) an invitation and travel grant to attend CCEFP's Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference (FPIRC)--the premier fluid power technical conference in North America; and interaction with industry leaders from the CCEFP's member supporters. This REU Site will focus on engaging students from institutions without significant research opportunities, women, underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, and military veterans in CCEFP activities. This is one way the CCEFP strives to change the traditional face of the fluid power industry to better reflect the diverse composition of the United States.