REU Site: Engineering Applications of Extreme Ultra-Violet (EUV) Laser Light

由科罗拉多州立大学极端紫外线工程研究中心(EUV ERC)主办的这一更新REU站点项目是来自该中心成员机构的不同研究工程师和科学家以及行业领导者之间的合作。这个REU网站的目标是为一群不同的本科生提供研究机会，他们所在的领域在技术和科学上具有挑战性，对工业来说正变得至关重要，其战略将加强行业参与，并将继续扩大该计划，以实现更广泛的参与。该中心在激光和光子学领域开展研究和培训工程师和科学家，特别关注EUV光的产生和应用。这种激光产生的较短波长的光正在纳米技术、材料、化学和生物等领域的科学领域开辟新的革命性机会。此外，通过大规模生产下一代计算机处理器和内存，它将产生巨大的经济影响。EUV ERC REU计划将为学生提供一个独特的机会，旨在了解EUV科学和技术，并参与与EUV相关的研究项目，这些项目在技术和科学上具有挑战性，并且具有高度跨学科的特点。中心的教师和研究实验室正在进行尖端研究，并与处于下一代技术前沿的产品的开发和商业化领先的行业建立了合作伙伴关系，这些产品包括制造所有未来手机和计算机的关键工具。在为期10周的暑期项目中，目的是增加学生与中心企业成员的互动，这些成员是EUV技术和应用的世界领先者，并让目前处于行业领先地位的中心毕业生参与进来。REU的学生将在EUV ERC实验室完成第一个夏天的研究，他们将可以选择在下一个夏天在行业实验室继续他们的研究，实习机会由行业资助。REU网站将通过与韦斯利·西姆斯教授(莫尔豪斯学院)和威利·罗克沃德教授(摩根州立大学)的合作进一步扩大参与，这两人都是历史上的黑人学院/大学(HBCU)，以及埃德温·福赫东教授(新墨西哥州大学)，后者是一家少数族裔服务机构。成功的REU给学生灌输了信心，让他们能够对自己未来的工程师和科学家职业做出明智的选择。它提高了他们在优秀研究生项目上的竞争力，并为学生在令人垂涎的行业职位上的职业机会做好准备。该计划将有助于培养劳动力，这是一个对国家经济至关重要的领域，对全球竞争力至关重要，在这个领域，工业正经历着非常严重的短缺。世界上几乎没有教育项目来培养精通EUV科学和技术的新一代工程师和科学家。这项拟议的计划将与业界密切合作，并将有助于填补这一空白。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This renewal REU Site program, hosted by the Extreme Ultraviolet Engineering Research Center (EUV ERC), at Colorado State University is a collaboration between a diverse group of research engineers and scientists from Center member institutions and industry leaders. The goals of this REU Site are to offer research opportunities to a group of diverse undergraduate students in a technically and scientifically challenging field that is becoming critical to industry, with a strategy that will strengthen industry involvement and will continue expanding the program to enable broader participation. The Center conducts research and trains engineers and scientists in the area of lasers and photonics, focusing in particular on the generation and application of EUV light. This laser-generated shorter wavelength light is opening new revolutionary opportunities in science in areas including nanotechnology, materials, chemistry and biology. Moreover, it will have an enormous economic impact by enabling the mass production of the next generations of computer processors and memory. The EUV ERC REU program will provide students with a unique opportunity designed to understand EUV science and technology and to become involved in EUV-related research projects that are technically and scientifically challenging, and highly interdisciplinary. The Center faculty and research labs are producing cutting-edge research and have partnerships with industries that are leaders in the development and commercialization of products that will be at the forefront of the next generation of technology, including critical tools for the fabrication of all future cell phones and computers.During a 10 week summer program the intent is to increase the student interactions with corporate members of the Center who are world leaders in EUV technologies and applications, and to involve the participation of Center graduates now in industry. REU students who will complete a first summer of research in a EUV ERC lab will have the option to continue their research the following summer in an industry lab, with internships funded by industry. The REU Site will further broaden participation by joining efforts with Prof. Wesley Sims (Morehouse College) and Prof. Willie Rockward (Morgan State Univ.), which are both Historically Black College/University (HBCU) and Prof. Professor Edwin Fohtung (New Mexico State Univ.), a minority serving institution. A successful REU instills confidence in students to make educated choices about their future careers as engineers and scientists. It enhances their competitiveness for strong graduate programs, and prepares students for career opportunities in coveted industry positions. The program will contribute to educating a workforce is a field of critical national economic importance for global competitiveness in which industry is experiencing a very significant shortage. Very few educational programs exist in the world to train a new generation of engineers and scientists proficient in EUV science and technology. The proposed program will be conducted in close partnership with industry and will contribute to fill this void.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.