REU Site: Integrating Research in Sustainable Energy and the Environment across Disciplines (IR-SEED)

REU 网站：可持续能源和环境跨学科研究整合 (IR-SEED)

• 批准号: 1757812
• 负责人: Hua Li
• 金额: $ 35.32万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University-Kingsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-15 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757812&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Integrating; Research; Sustainable

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) seeks to provide impactful summer research opportunities and experiences to underrepresented students in the emerging fields of sustainable energy and environment. This will enable them to understand their own levels of aptitude and interest in a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and give them the tools to prepare for the next stage in education and career development. The intellectual merit of this REU Site lies in constructing a new and critically needed pipeline for the next generation of sustainable energy researchers, equipped to address the broad theme of sustainable energy research and social and environmental issues, which is a theme of local significance and global implications. The research, educational, and career mentorship provided by the program is envisioned to stimulate the students to look at their academic work in a new light and to provide a spark for possible careers in academic research or industrial innovation. Participating students will tackle various research topics by working collaboratively with other participants, interact with faculty mentors and Ph.D. students from different engineering departments, and develop a holistic perspective of sustainable energy and environment research. The site is designed to guide students to work both independently and collaboratively, with each team consisting of two undergraduate students. Each student will be required to write a conference paper style report of their research for publication and deliver an oral and poster presentation of their summer research projects in the final competition at the end of 10-week program. The REU site fits within an initiative in the College of Engineering at TAMUK to involve undergraduate students in research and boost the participation of US citizens (especially Hispanic and female students) in graduate research. The REU site builds on a vision of grooming aspiring researchers from underrepresented groups to embrace the challenge of energy research and developing future leaders who proactively contribute to the nation's energy self-reliance agenda.This REU Site is designed to develop and implement a model environment for multidisciplinary collaborative efforts where research and education are tightly integrated around the different facets of sustainable energy and environment research. Ten students from various engineering and science departments will be recruited through a nationwide search with special emphasis on Hispanic and female students. It features a 10-week interdisciplinary team approach to mentoring students on different research projects. The proposed sustainable energy research consists of three major research areas: 1) Energy Harvesting, 2) Energy Utilization, and 3) Energy Policy, Environmental and Social Impacts. The specific objectives are: 1) providing research opportunities in the different aspects of energy research to undergraduate students, especially Hispanic and women; 2) increasing the number of underrepresented students who participate in graduate education; and 3) building collaborative links among faculty and students from different engineering departments at TAMUK. Through participation in cutting-edge research with faculty mentors working at the forefront of their respective disciplines, students will engage in complex scientific studies on sustainable energy and environment research topics. The program is structured to teach students how to formulate research questions and develop/modify research plans with the guidance of their research mentors. In addition to the hands-on collaborative research experience, technical and social activities will be incorporated into the program to provide students with a solid foundation in analytical, writing, and presentation skills, helping to enhance the interaction between REU students and faculty mentors. The students will also gain experience with reporting and discussing their research results in multiple settings.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本科生的研究经验（REU）网站在得克萨斯州A M大学金斯维尔（TAMUK）旨在提供有影响力的夏季研究机会和经验，在可持续能源和环境的新兴领域代表性不足的学生。这将使他们能够了解自己在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）职业生涯中的能力和兴趣水平，并为他们提供工具，为下一阶段的教育和职业发展做好准备。这个REU网站的智力价值在于为下一代可持续能源研究人员构建一个新的和迫切需要的管道，以解决可持续能源研究和社会与环境问题的广泛主题，这是一个具有本地意义和全球影响的主题。该计划提供的研究，教育和职业指导旨在激励学生以新的眼光看待他们的学术工作，并为学术研究或工业创新的可能职业提供火花。参与的学生将通过与其他参与者合作，与教师导师和博士互动，解决各种研究课题。来自不同工程系的学生，并发展可持续能源和环境研究的整体视角。该网站旨在指导学生独立和协作工作，每个团队由两名本科生组成。每个学生将被要求写一份会议论文风格的报告，他们的研究出版，并提供口头和海报介绍他们的夏季研究项目在最后的竞争在10周的计划结束。REU网站符合TAMUK工程学院的一项倡议，旨在让本科生参与研究，并促进美国公民（特别是西班牙裔和女性学生）参与研究生研究。REU网站建立在培养来自代表性不足的群体的有抱负的研究人员的愿景之上，以迎接能源研究的挑战，并培养未来的领导者，他们积极为国家的能源自我发展做出贡献。这个REU网站旨在为多学科合作努力开发和实施一个模型环境，其中研究和教育围绕可持续能源和环境的不同方面紧密结合research.来自各个工程和科学系的10名学生将通过全国范围的搜索招募，特别强调西班牙裔和女学生。它采用为期10周的跨学科团队方法，指导学生进行不同的研究项目。拟议的可持续能源研究包括三个主要研究领域：1）能源收集，2）能源利用，3）能源政策，环境和社会影响。具体目标是：1）为本科生，特别是西班牙裔和女性提供能源研究不同方面的研究机会; 2）增加参加研究生教育的代表性不足的学生人数; 3）在TAMUK不同工程部门的教师和学生之间建立协作联系。通过与在各自学科前沿工作的教师导师一起参与前沿研究，学生将从事有关可持续能源和环境研究课题的复杂科学研究。该计划的结构是教学生如何制定研究问题，并制定/修改研究计划与他们的研究导师的指导。除了动手协作研究经验，技术和社会活动将被纳入该计划，为学生提供分析，写作和演讲技巧的坚实基础，有助于加强REU学生和教师导师之间的互动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Effect of Spatial and Temporal Resolution Data on Design and Power Capture of a Heaving Point Absorber

• DOI: 10.3390/su12229532
• 发表时间: 2020-11
• 期刊: Sustainability
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Tunde Aderinto;Hua Li

The differences between individual project and team project settings in an interdisciplinary REU site

跨学科 REU 站点中个人项目和团队项目设置之间的差异

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--35302
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: ASEE Annual Conference 2020
• 作者: Li, Hua;Jin, Kai
• 通讯作者: Jin, Kai

A layout optimization method based on wave wake preprocessing concept for wave-wind hybrid energy farms

• DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114469
• 发表时间: 2021-09
• 期刊: Energy Conversion and Management
• 影响因子: 10.4
• 作者: Francisco Haces-Fernandez;Hua Li;David Ramirez

Conceptual Design and Simulation of a Self-Adjustable Heaving Point Absorber Based Wave Energy Converter

• DOI: 10.3390/en13081997
• 发表时间: 2020-04
• 期刊: Energies
• 影响因子: 3.2
• 作者: Tunde Aderinto;Hua Li

Analysis of Wave Energy Behavior and Its Underlying Reasons in the Gulf of Mexico Based on Computer Animation and Energy Events Concept

基于计算机动画和能源​​事件概念的墨西哥湾波浪能行为及其根本原因分析

• DOI: 10.3390/su14084687
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Sustainability
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Haces-Fernandez, Francisco;Li, Hua;Ramirez, David
• 通讯作者: Ramirez, David