REU Site: Aerospace Engineering Research Opportunities for Undergraduates (AERO-U)

REU 网站：本科生航空航天工程研究机会 (AERO-U)

• 批准号: 1560424
• 负责人: Jacques Richard
• 金额: $ 36.48万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 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: 2016-05-15 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560424&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Aerospace; Engineering; Research

This renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, Aerospace Engineering Research Opportunities for Undergraduates (AERO-U) at Texas A&M University (TAMU) has at its overarching goal to encourage undergraduate students, especially underrepresented minorities and women, to pursue careers as researchers in aerospace engineering. Projects span a number of aerospace related research topics and will include new projects on the design of a bio-mimetic morphing wing, cyclocopters, and uninhabited autonomous vehicles. Continuing research activities include projects on modeling and testing of electromagnetic field effects on hypersonic vehicle scramjet inlet, wing, stability and transition to turbulence and plasmas in propulsion and other fields (e.g. bio-medical, materials synthesis. Many of the research areas are critical to national goals for leadership in space exploration, future transportation needs, and homeland security. Over a three year period, this REU Site program will engage undergraduate students in a 10-week intensive, summer experience focused on conducting cutting-edge aerospace engineering research. The students will work on individualized projects, engage in community building activities with other REU students, TAMU undergraduates and graduate students, and TAMU faculty, receive professional development opportunities, receive tutoring concerning graduate school, and attend field trips which connect the research to real-world problems. Students to be recruited focus on underrepresented minorities and women nationwide and from the 18 universities in the TAMU Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and many are minority serving institutions. These include TAMU-Kingsville and TAMU-Corpus Christi, both Hispanic Serving institutions (HSI), and Prairie View A&M (PVAMU), an historically black college and university (HBCU). PVAMU and TAMU-Kingsville have established engineering programs, and other TEES institutions have emerging ones.

德克萨斯a&m大学（TAMU）的本科生研究经验（REU）网站项目的更新，航空航天工程本科生研究机会（AERO-U）的总体目标是鼓励本科生，特别是代表性不足的少数民族和女性，追求航空航天工程研究人员的职业生涯。项目涵盖了许多与航空航天相关的研究课题，包括仿生变形翼设计、直升机和无人驾驶汽车等新项目。持续的研究活动包括电磁场对高超声速飞行器超燃冲压发动机进气道、机翼、稳定性和向湍流过渡的影响的建模和测试项目，以及推进和其他领域（如生物医学、材料合成）中的等离子体。许多研究领域对于国家在太空探索、未来交通需求和国土安全方面的领导目标至关重要。在三年的时间里，这个REU网站计划将吸引本科生进行为期10周的密集的夏季体验，重点是进行尖端的航空航天工程研究。学生将从事个性化的项目，与其他REU学生，TAMU本科生和研究生以及TAMU教师一起参与社区建设活动，获得专业发展机会，接受有关研究生的辅导，并参加将研究与现实问题联系起来的实地考察。在TAMU工程实验站（TEES）的18所大学和许多少数民族服务机构中，招收的学生主要是全国代表性不足的少数民族和妇女。其中包括TAMU-Kingsville和TAMU-Corpus Christi，两者都是西班牙裔服务机构（HSI），以及Prairie View a&m (PVAMU)，一所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）。PVAMU和TAMU-Kingsville建立了工程专业，其他tee院校也有新兴的工程专业。