REU Site: Research Experience in Utah for Sustainable Materials Engineering (ReUSE)

REU 网站：犹他州可持续材料工程（再利用）的研究经验

基本信息

批准号：
1950589
负责人：
Taylor Sparks
金额：
$ 37.29万
依托单位：
University of Utah
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：
2020-03-01 至 2024-02-29
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950589&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Research Experience Utah

项目摘要

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: This new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site has the goal of training metallurgy and materials science and engineering undergraduates in sustainable engineering. This is accomplished through education in sustainability fundamentals followed by deeply embedded learning experiences alongside faculty mentors in Materials Science & Engineering. Students are exposed to sustainability research in the areas of energy, resources, and water taking advantage of the unique geography in Utah. The participants are selected to maximize diversity with an emphasis on Latino, Pacific Islander, and refugee students since these match the high minority populations present in Salt Lake County. A high fraction of participants are contributing to scholarly products such as manuscripts or conference abstracts and presentations. Independent evaluation is being used to monitor continuously and improve effectiveness of this Site. Best practices, lessons learned, and positive outcomes are shared with the broader engineering education community through publications and presentations at the American Society for Engineering Education. TECHNICAL DETAILS: Each participant spends the summer embedded in a research group working with one of 10 participating faculty mentors. Projects involve the development of alternative materials, techniques, and processing routes to achieve more sustainable engineering outcomes in three key subareas: water, energy, and resources. The energy emphasis is placed on replacing critical, toxic, or expensive elements with more sustainable alternatives in order to enable renewable or low-carbon energy technologies. For water, the emphasis is on providing access to clean water through desalination, water purification, and modeling of potential toxins in water and soil. In terms of resources, the emphasis is made on recycling and reducing landfill mass by developing biodegradable packaging and capturing rare metals via recycling of e-waste. In addition to research activities, the participants are also involved in weekly scientific and career-development seminars. All participants present their scientific findings at a symposium at the end of each summer.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.

非技术描述：本科生（REU）网站的这种新研究经验的目标是培训冶金和材料科学和工程本科生在可持续工程中的本科生。这是通过可持续性基本教育来实现的，然后是材料科学与工程学的教师导师，深深嵌入了学习经验。利用犹他州独特的地理位置的能源，资源和水领域的可持续性研究。自从盐湖县少数民族与少数族裔人口相匹配以来，选择参与者以最大程度地提高多样性。很大一部分参与者为学术产品（例如手稿或会议摘要和演示文稿）做出了贡献。独立评估被用于连续监控并提高该站点的有效性。美国工程教育学会的出版物和演讲与更广泛的工程教育社区共享最佳实践，经验教训和积极成果。技术详细信息：每个参与者都在研究小组中度过一个夏天，与10位参与教师的导师之一一起工作。项目涉及开发替代材料，技术和加工途径，以在三个关键的亚地区实现更可持续的工程成果：水，能源和资源。能源重点是用更可持续的替代品代替关键，有毒或昂贵的元素，以实现可再生或低碳能量技术。对于水而言，重点是通过淡化，水纯化和对水和土壤中潜在毒素的建模提供清洁水的机会。在资源方面，重点是通过开发可生物降解的包装并通过电子废物的回收来捕获稀有金属，从而将重点放在回收和减少垃圾填埋场中。除了研究活动外，参与者还参与了每周的科学和职业发展研讨会。所有参与者在每个夏天结束时在研讨会上介绍了他们的科学发现。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。