REU Site: Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans (IOU-NA)

这项由亚利桑那大学(UA)、工程研究中心(ERC)、综合接入网络中心(CIAN)主办的为期三年的本科生研究体验(REU)站点计划、本科生美国原住民集成光学(IOU-NA)项目将为主要来自研究机会有限机构的美国原住民学生提供研究经验和支持活动，重点是光学、光子学和环境科学。Cian的研究涉及光通信系统、光子子系统和器件以及光学材料，这些材料在未来将变得像电子技术一样普及。保持美国在信息技术领域的领先地位将需要开发高密度、集成的光电子系统，以扩展当前光纤网络核心的能力。为该计划选定的研究项目有可能推动美国各地的光学科学和环境科学领域的发展。IOU-NA的活动是基于留住STEM专业的美洲原住民学生并鼓励他们攻读科学和工程研究生的研究而专门制定的。美洲原住民迫切需要积极地看待科学技术对他们生活的影响，因为他们的土地往往位于自然资源之上或周围。该计划旨在提高REU参与者对光学和其他STEM概念对美国社区，特别是美国原住民社区的影响的认识，以便他们能够回到自己的家乡--机构和土地，成为他人的领导者和导师。亚利桑那大学将招收10名本科生参加为期10周的暑期项目，学生们将有机会加入研究团队，研究改进的光纤、波导材料、短脉冲激光和纳米制造等前沿课题。IOU-NA网站是一个多学科的REU，它将为参与者提供机会，与教师导师一起研究美国制造集成光子学研究所(AIM)和NSF综合接入网络工程研究中心(CIAN)正在进行的研究。研究活动将通过本科生研究机会联盟(UROC)得到补充，该联盟将提供专业发展和毕业生准备讲习班。该项目的招生计划针对的是美国原住民学生，他们可能在工程专业的研究生学习中面临巨大障碍。IOU-NA计划通过提供一系列培训活动和研讨会，为学生准备迎接现代工程的挑战，提供在STEM职业和教育领域取得成功的信息和战略，练习沟通他们研究项目的应用和动机，鼓励他们在会议上发表和分享研究成果的雄心，并鼓励学生在他们的部落和城市社区中分享这些发展起来的技能。该计划的预期影响是鼓励未被充分代表的早期学术生涯学生在教师导师的指导下扩大他们的研究能力，成为独立的研究人员，目标结果是他们追求STEM研究生学习。

This three year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Program, Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans (IOU-NA) hosted by the University of Arizona (UA), Engineering Research Center (ERC), Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) will provide a research experience and supporting activities focused on optics and photonics, as well as environmental sciences, to primarily Native American students from institutions with limited research opportunities. CIAN's research addresses optical communication systems, photonic subsystems and devices, and optical materials, which in the future will become as pervasive as electronic technology. Keeping the U.S. in an information technology leadership position will require developing high-density, integrated optoelectronic systems that extend the capabilities of the current fiber network core. The research projects selected for this program have the potential to advance the fields of optical sciences and environmental sciences across the United States. Activities in the IOU-NA have been specifically developed based on research for retaining Native American students in STEM majors, and encouraging them to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering. There is a critical need for Native Americans to positively view the impact science and technology have on their lives, as their land is often located on or surrounding natural resources. This program is specifically designed to increase REU participants' awareness of the impacts optics and other STEM concepts have on U.S. communities, particularly Native American communities, so that they can return to their home-institutions and lands as leaders and mentors to others. The University of Arizona will host 10 undergraduate students for a 10 week summer program which will provide students an opportunity to join research teams working on improved fiber optics, waveguide materials, short-pulsed lasers, and nanofabrication, among other cutting edge topics. The IOU-NA site is a multidisciplinary REU that will provide participants the opportunity to work with faculty mentors on research being conducted at the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM) and the NSF Engineering Research Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN). The research activities will be supplemented through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium (UROC) which will provide professional development and graduate preparation workshops. This program's recruitment plan addresses Native American students who likely face significant barriers to graduate studies in engineering. The IOU-NA program prepares students for the challenges of modern engineering by providing a series of training activities and workshops that deliver information and strategies for success in STEM careers and education, practice in communicating the application and motivation of their research projects, encouraging ambition to publish and share research at conferences, and encouraging students to share these developed skill sets within their tribal and urban communities. The intended impact of this program is to encourage underrepresented, early-academic career students to expand their research capabilities and become independent researchers under the guidance of a faculty mentor, with the targeted outcome being their pursuit of STEM graduate studies.