REU site in Mechanical Engineering: Energy and the Environment (ME3)

由明尼苏达大学（UMN）机械工程系主办的REU机械工程：能源与环境（ME3）将为本科生提供多元化的机会，从事以能源和环境为重点的工程研究，并提供雄心勃勃的代际指导和专业发展机会。由于该系的多学科领域，学生的研究项目集中在以下主题：空气质量，水质或能源生产，储存和传输。每个项目都有宝贵的社会效益和贡献，例如：通过材料开发清洁水，通过研究燃烧和燃气轮机减少空气污染，以及通过混合风力技术节省能源。这个为期10周的暑期研究项目将招收10名大学二年级和三年级的学生，重点从传统上代表性不足的工程人群中招募人员，包括女性、种族和少数民族、残疾人以及那些没有传统研究机会的大学的学生。环境监测三计划的目标是：提供与能源和环境相关的最先进的实验室和计算设施的实践研究经验，阐明研究之间的关系及其对日常生活的影响，让学生接触机械工程研究和主要研究型大学的学生生活，在REU学生，研究生和教师之间建立团队指导关系，并鼓励学生考虑在工程学院攻读研究生。该项目强调师徒关系，这不仅有利于REU的直接参与者，也有利于这些参与者在未来的职业生涯中成为导师。学生将回顾技术文献，使用计算机辅助设计软件，数学建模，制造和实验测试。研究和专业发展活动将帮助学生培养终身技能，包括批判性思维，团队合作和有效的沟通。REU学生还将通过每周进度报告定期向他们的研究团队提供项目更新。在夏季结束时，学生参加由UMN的公平和多样性办公室协调的校园范围内的REU研究研讨会。REU将每年对校友进行调查，以获得与他们的学术进步和专业道路相关的经验后影响。建立领英网络，与REU校友保持联系。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 REU Site in Mechanical Engineering: Energy and the Environment (ME3) hosted by the University of Minnesota (UMN) Department of Mechanical Engineering will provide a diverse cohort of undergraduate students opportunities to engage in engineering research with a focus on energy and the environment complimented by ambitious intergenerational mentoring and professional development opportunities. Due to the Department's multidisciplinary areas, student research projects are focused on these topics: air quality, water quality, or energy generation, storage, and transmission. Each project has valuable societal benefit and contributions, for example: clean water through materials development, reduced air pollution through studies of combustion and gas turbines, and energy savings through hybrid wind technology. The 10-week summer research program will host 10 college sophomores and juniors with a focus on recruiting from traditionally under-represented segments of the engineering population including women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and those from colleges without traditional research opportunities. The ME3 program objectives are to: offer hands-on research experience in state-of-the-art laboratory and computing facilities related to energy and the environment, articulate the relationship between research and how it impacts daily life, expose students to mechanical engineering research and student life at a major research university, establish a team mentoring relationship between REU students, graduate students, and faculty, and encourage students to consider graduate school in engineering. The program emphasis on mentoring can lead to a more diverse workforce, not just for the immediate REU participants, but the impact of those participants as future mentors in their own careers. Students will review technical literature, use computer-aided design software, mathematical modeling, fabrication, and experimental testing. The research and professional development activities will help students develop lifelong skills including critical thinking, teamwork, and effective communication. REU students will also give regular project updates to their research teams through weekly progress reports. At the end of the summer, students participate in a campus-wide REU Research Symposium coordinated by the UMN's Office for Equity and Diversity. REU alumni will be surveyed annually to obtain post-experience impact related to their academic progress and professional pathway. A LinkedIn network will be established to maintain contact with REU alumni.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.