REU Site: Research Experience for Student Veterans in Advanced Manufacturing and EntrePreneurship (REVAMP)

在技术的格鲁吉亚研究所的先进制造业和企业家精神（REVAMP）计划的学生退伍军人的三年更新研究经验将继续培养本科生的基本原则（1）先进制造科学和技术的多样化队列;和（2）在制造科学的基本发现到创新的商业产品的过渡。这个增强的REU计划将专注于培训退伍军人和代表性不足的少数民族学生，每年将吸引10名本科生，他们将在几个关键领域进行动手基础制造研究，包括增材制造，生物/细胞制造，复合材料/纳米复合材料制造，人工智能和机器人在制造中的应用。REVAMP REU网站专注于制造业的关键国家需求，更具体地说，先进的制造业研究和技术，这将在美国制造业继续成为世界领导者方面发挥关键作用。 通过利用格鲁吉亚技术制造研究所（GTMI）的世界一流的设施，多样化的技术专业知识和鼓舞人心的跨学科研究环境，REU活动将为学生提供机会，以提高上述至关重要的先进制造技术主题领域的知识。研究方法的培训，科学制造研究的表现，制造设施的图尔斯之旅，以及GTMI教师提供的技术研讨会的完成将显着扩大每个学生的制造知识基础，为他们未来的职业生涯做好准备先进制造。研究经验将通过创业培训得到加强，包括专门的客户发现体验式学习，专注于循证创业基础的研讨会，以及由GT企业创新研究所（EI 2）提供的创业公司领导人提出的案例研究。通过创业培训，学生还将有一个变革性的机会，发展关键的领导技能，将基础研究发现转变为商业上可行的创新。由格鲁吉亚技术研究所（GTRI）提供的NSF I-Corps South计划和资深教师指导机会将被纳入此更新REVAMP REU网站计划。 这个REU网站的一个独特之处是它专注于退伍军人和代表性不足的少数民族学生的培训。为了实现这一目标，GTMI将把招聘工作的目标放在全国顶尖的大学/学院，以招收退伍军人和几个HBCU和女性入学率高的机构。这个REU网站将联合收割机先进的制造业研究培训与创业的原则相结合，鼓励学生成为创新的领导者。这将有助于填补美国基础研究和技术商业化之间的空白。预计该网站将成为一种新的教育模式，用于教育退伍军人和世纪工程师的STEM和创业精神，可以被全国其他学院和大学复制。此外，REU网站将支持和鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数民族在制造业相关的STEM领域的积极参与。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。

The three year renewal Research Experience for Student Veterans in Advanced Manufacturing and EntrePreneurship (REVAMP) program at Georgia Institute of Technology will continue to train a diverse cohort of undergraduate students in the fundamental principles of (1) advanced manufacturing science and technology; and (2) the transition of basic discoveries in manufacturing science into innovative commercial products. This enhanced REU program will focus on training of veterans and underrepresented minority students and annually will engage 10 undergraduate students who will perform hands-on fundamental manufacturing research in several critical areas including additive manufacturing, bio-/cell-manufacturing, composites/nanocomposites manufacturing, applications of AI and robotics in manufacturing. The REVAMP REU site focuses on the critical national need of manufacturing, and more specifically, advanced manufacturing research and technology, which will play a crucial role in positioning the U.S. manufacturing sector as a continued world leader. By leveraging the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)'s world-class facilities, diverse technical expertise, and inspiring interdisciplinary research environment, the REU activities will give students the opportunity to improve knowledge in the critically important advanced manufacturing technology topic areas noted above. Training in research methodology, performance of scientific manufacturing research, tours of manufacturing facilities, and completion of technical seminars provided by GTMI faculty will significantly expand each student's manufacturing knowledge base, preparing them for future careers in advanced manufacturing. The research experience will be enhanced by entrepreneurship training including specialized customer discovery experiential learning, seminars focused on the fundamentals of evidenced-based entrepreneurship, and case studies presented by startup company leaders offered by the GT Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2). Through entrepreneurship training, students will also have a transformative opportunity to develop critical leadership skills for transitioning basic research discoveries into commercially-viable innovations. NSF I-Corps South programs and veteran-faculty mentorship opportunities provided by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) will be incorporated into this renewal REVAMP REU site program. A unique feature of this REU site is its focus on training of veterans and underrepresented minority students. To accomplish this goal, GTMI will target its recruiting efforts on the top universities/colleges in the nation for veteran enrollment and several HBCU's and institutions with high female enrollment. This REU site will combine advanced manufacturing research training with the principles of entrepreneurship, encouraging students to become leaders in innovation. This will help to fill the current void between fundamental research and technology commercialization in the U.S. It is expected that the site will serve as a new educational model for educating veterans and 21st century engineers in STEM and entrepreneurship that can be replicated by other colleges and universities throughout the nation. In addition, the REU site will support and encourage strong participation by women and underrepresented minorities in manufacturing-related STEM fields.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.