REU Site: Advanced Technologies for HYpersonic, Propulsive, Energetic, and Reusable Platforms (HYPER)

中佛罗里达大学（UCF）的本科生研究体验（REU）站点：高超音速、推进、能量和可重复使用平台（HYPER）的先进技术，解决了下一代运输和能源生产模式的挑战。只有通过多学科研究，才能实现先进太空旅行和能源生产的规划平台。这个REU网站将在3年内积极招募大约33名学生，并与UCF的主要教师和研究生合作。这些团队将共同推进克服限制高超音速飞行的技术障碍所需的基础知识。候选REU学生将根据他们的兴趣和技能与个人研究项目相匹配。由于他们的大部分时间从事前沿研究，REU的学生也将受益于以研究为导向的研讨会，专业发展研讨会，软件培训和发射台设施参观。HYPER有几个目标；最重要的是，让学生为博士水平的研究和研究型就业做好准备。HYPER将培养和联合多学科兴趣，研究应用于高超声速、空间、推进和能源的先进结构和系统。例如，运载火箭中的部件要经受复杂的极端环境，其中流固相互作用是关键考虑因素。此外，必须更好地理解先进制造，以提高组件性能和减轻重量。必须创建用于系统数字版本建模的框架，以便更准确地预测整体性能。参与者将获得有关当代挑战的实践研究培训，例如：(1)利用高价值部件的先进制造技术，(2)集成应力-应变演变的原位监测，(3)开发改进内部冷却和传热效率的新方法，(4)通过先进的转子动态控制来减轻颤振等。11个模块精心设计，以吸引学生的博士水平的主题；这些研究课题依赖于跨越学科和技术的方法（例如，实验和模拟）。因此，HYPER将在为这些领域的研究事业准备年轻工程师和科学家队伍方面发挥关键作用。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Advanced Technologies for Hypersonic, Propulsive, Energetic and Reusable Platforms (HYPER) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) addresses challenges in next-generation modes of transportation and energy generation. Realizing planned platforms for advanced space travel and energy production can only be achieved through multidisciplinary research. This REU site will actively recruit and partner a diverse group of approximately 33 students over 3 years with leading faculty and graduate students at UCF. Together, these teams will advance the fundamental knowledge needed to overcome technical barriers limiting hypersonic flight. Candidate REU students will be matched with individual research projects based on their interests and skills. With the majority of their time engaged in cutting-edge research, REU students will also benefit from research-oriented seminars, professional development workshops, software training, and launch pad facility tours. HYPER has several goals; most importantly, to prepare students for PhD-level research and research-oriented employment.HYPER will cultivate and unite multidisciplinary interests to study advanced structures and systems with application to hypersonics, space, propulsion, and energy. For example, components in launch vehicles are subjected to combined extreme environments where fluid-structure interactions are key considerations. Also, advanced manufacturing must be better understood to improve component performance and reduce weight. Frameworks for modeling digital versions of systems must be created to predict overall performance more accurately. Participants will gain hands-on research training in contemporary challenges such as: (1) utilizing advanced manufacturing techniques for high-value components, (2) integrating in situ monitoring of stress- strain evolution, (3) developing novel methods for improved internal cooling and heat transfer effectiveness, (4) mitigating flutter through advanced rotor dynamic control, etc. Eleven modules are crafted to engage students in PhD-level topics; these research topics rely on approaches that cut across disciplines and techniques (e.g., experiments and simulations). As a result, HYPER will play a key role in preparing a workforce of young engineers and scientists for research careers in these areas.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.