REU Site: Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Sytems (POETS) REU

这个新的为期三年的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划，位于工程研究中心（ERC），电热系统的功率优化（POETS），在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校将提高知识和技能水平的多样化的本科生群体，通过授权，在移动的供电设备的热管理领域的实践和跨学科研究经验。 POETS REU网站位于四个机构-伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校，霍华德大学，斯坦福大学和阿肯色州大学，将培训和指导一组不同的本科生，包括学生从代表性不足的少数群体与多学科，系统的方法。该计划采取代际方法，REU学生将由更有经验的研究人员指导，他们将担任高中生的领导者和导师，获得经验，使他们更好地看到自己在迈向他们作为成功研究人员所需的专业知识的旅程。在完成夏季体验后，REU学生将POETS团队将努力发展长期关系，让学生了解出现的机会，从而实现巩固REU学生对研究生研究兴趣的目标。 每年夏天，10名学生将由四个POETS ERC机构主办，他们将及时解决阻碍许多移动的系统开发的关键问题-功率密度增加带来的热约束。 通过他们的项目，学生将能够很容易地看到不同学科和研究团队之间的联系和互动，因为他们从事自己的研究。 此外，REU学生将接受领导力，安全，道德，团队合作和外展等关键要素的培训。 他们的沟通能力，无论是书面和口头将开发，因为他们准备和介绍他们的研究成果，以及准备一个REU研究生奖学金申请草案。本网站的影响将是激发，授权和教育学生，并使/激励他们追求先进的学习和STEM职业。

This new three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Program, located within the Engineering Research Center (ERC), Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will enhance the knowledge and skill-level of a diverse cohort of undergraduate students with limited access to research opportunities through empowering, hands-on and interdisciplinary research experiences in the area of thermal management of heat in mobile powered devices. The POETS REU Site located within four institutions-the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Howard University, Stanford University and the University of Arkansas, will train and mentor a diverse set of undergraduate students, including students from underrepresented minority groups with a multidisciplinary, systems approach. The program takes an intergenerational approach where the REU students will be mentored by more experienced researchers and they will serve as leaders and mentors to high school students, gaining experiences so they better see themselves as on a journey toward the expertise they will need as successful researchers. After the completion of the summer experience the REU students will the POETS team will strive to develop a long-term relationship, keeping the students informed about opportunities that arise, thus addressing the goal of solidifying REU student interest in graduate research. Each summer, 10 students will be hosted by the four POETS ERC institutions where they will address the timely and critical problem impeding development of many mobile systems - the thermal constraints that arise from increased power densities. Through their projects the students will be able to readily see the connections and interactions between different disciplines and research teams as they engage in their own research. Additionally, the REU students will be trained in critical elements of leadership, safety, ethics, teamwork, and outreach. Their communication abilities, both written and oral will be developed as they prepare and present their research results as well as prepare a draft of an REU graduate fellowship application. The impact of this Site will be to excite, empower, and educate students, and to enable/inspire them to pursue advanced study and STEM careers.