REU Site: Collaborative Proposal: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Underground Infrastructure

REU 网站：合作提案：地下基础设施本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 1950492
• 负责人: Mehran Mazari
• 金额: $ 16.16万
• 依托单位: California State L A University Auxiliary Services Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950492&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Proposal; Research

This collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to Colorado School of Mines, located in Golden, CO, Lehigh University, located in Bethlehem, PA, and California State University, Los Angeles, located in Los Angeles, CA, focuses on Underground Infrastructure. Underground infrastructure refers to any physical infrastructure that is placed beneath the surface, including transportation, utilities, building foundations, and any other structures built underground. While the nation’s underground infrastructure is in critical state of disrepair, innovative design, construction methods, and materials with improved durability and longer service lives would lead directly to less frequent maintenance carried out at lower cost, enhanced resilience, and improved safety for the public. Through this multisite REU collaborative award, twelve undergraduate students will participate in a ten-week REU program each summer. This REU program targets qualified science and engineering students from diverse backgrounds and various regions of the US. By engaging students in cutting-edge research, a stimulating opportunity and an impactful program to educate and train future globally competitive researchers in the underground infrastructure area are created. The REU students will work collaboratively with their mentors to advance fundamental research and field applications, which in addition will help students find a permanent set of mentors to aid in the pursuit of their STEM careers. This REU program will result in an increase in the diversity of well-positioned students in the pipeline to graduate school in a STEM field.The objectives of this REU program are to (a) attract, engage, and educate undergraduate students from institutions that have limited research activities in underground construction and engineering research; (b) offer hands-on high-quality research experience in state-of-the-art laboratory and computing facilities in combination with a series of professional development activities; and (c) motivate undergraduate students to pursue and prepare themselves to succeed in advanced degrees in STEM, with an emphasis on women and minorities. The primary outcomes from the project are high-quality research and research capacity development (student training). The program offers hands-on high-quality research experience in state-of-the-art laboratory and computing facilities in combination with a series of professional development activities. The program strengthens the academic credentials and research skills of students through participation in mentored research projects that address underground infrastructure problems with real-world relevance.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.

这项为位于宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒大学的戈尔登市的科罗拉多州矿业学院的本科生（REU）网站奖，位于宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒，位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的加利福尼亚州立大学，重点介绍了位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的加利福尼亚州立大学。地下基础设施是指放置在地面下方的任何物理基础设施，包括运输，公用事业，建筑基础以及地下建造的任何其他结构。尽管该国的地下基础设施处于失修状态，创新设计，施工方法和具有提高耐用性和更长使用寿命的材料的临界状态将直接以较低的成本，增强的弹性和提高公众的安全性，从而直接导致频率较低的维护。通过这个多场地REU合作奖，每年夏天将参加十二名本科生参加十周的REU计划。该REU计划针对来自不同背景和美国各个地区的合格科学和工程专业的学生。通过吸引学生参与最先进的研究，刺激的机会和有影响力的计划，以教育和培训基础设施领域的未来全球竞争性研究人员。 REU学生将与导师合作，以推进基本的研究和现场应用程序，此外，这将帮助学生找到一组永久的导师，以帮助追求其STEM职业。该REU计划将导致在STEM领域的研究生院的拟合良好的学生的多样性增加。该REU计划的目标是（a）吸引，参与和教育来自地下建筑和工程研究中研究活动有限的机构的基础学生； （b）在最先进的实验室和计算设施中提供动手高质量的研究经验，并结合一系列专业发展活动； （c）动机的本科生追求和准备自己在STEM上取得高级学位，重点是妇女和少数民族。该项目的主要结果是高质量的研究和研究能力发展（学生培训）。该计划在最先进的实验室和计算设施中提供了动手的高质量研究经验，并结合了一系列专业发展活动。该计划通过参与改编的研究项目来增强学生的学术证书和研究技能，这些研究项目解决了基础设施问题，该项目具有现实世界中的相关性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准通过评估来进行评估。