REU Site: Collaborative International Automotive and Autonomous Systems Engineering in Germany and the USA

REU 网站：德国和美国的国际汽车和自主系统工程合作

• 批准号: 1950861
• 负责人: Jan Bohn
• 金额: $ 51.23万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 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=1950861&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; International; Automotive

This program is a continuation of a successful international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Virginia Tech (VT) and Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (TUD) Germany. The unifying theme for this REU program is automotive and autonomous systems engineering. This topic provides an attractive and excellent area for learning about research because of its importance to everyday life and it often involves the broad integration of many fields, including mechanical engineering, mechatronics, computer science, and collaborative engineering. This program will leverage a strong, ongoing partnership between VT and TUD that includes joint research, team-teaching courses, BSME senior-year abroad programs, and dual-MSME degree programs, to provide the REU students with firsthand experience demonstrating the globalization of the engineering profession and the importance of collaborative engineering. The program will also provide US industry and government agencies with future employees that are internationally competitive, globally engaged, and comfortable with and experienced at operating overseas; and contribute data towards the development of a predictive model that best matches an individual student with the most effective mode of global exposure, for the benefit of future international REU programs.During this 10-week summer program diverse and talented cohorts of undergraduates, from institutions with limited or no research and international opportunities will be provided with the opportunity to practice global engineering research at either VT or TUD. This program will also enhance and broaden the interface of the transatlantic faculty and student collaborations as the mentoring research teams collaborate with their REU students engaged in joint transatlantic research projects. In addition to their research, and to facilitate a transatlantic cohort experience, the students participate in a weekly seminar series focusing on best research practices, ethics, cultural differences, and globalization. At the end of the summer, the students will present their work at a conference via live two-way video between the two REU locations. An emphasis will be placed on engaging the REU students and their home institution advisors, upon their return home, to increase (1) their co-authorship of publications resulting from their research activities, and (2) their pursuit of graduate studies.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.

该计划是在弗吉尼亚理工大学（VT）和达姆施塔特工业大学（TUD）德国成功的国际研究经验的延续。该REU计划的统一主题是汽车和自动系统工程。这个主题提供了一个有吸引力的和优秀的领域学习研究，因为它对日常生活的重要性，它往往涉及许多领域的广泛整合，包括机械工程，机电一体化，计算机科学和协同工程。该计划将利用VT和TUD之间强大的，持续的合作伙伴关系，包括联合研究，团队教学课程，BSME高年级海外课程和双MSME学位课程，为REU学生提供第一手经验，展示工程专业的全球化和协作工程的重要性。该计划还将为美国工业和政府机构提供具有国际竞争力，全球参与，适应和经验丰富的海外运营的未来员工;并为预测模型的开发贡献数据，该模型最好地将个别学生与最有效的全球接触模式相匹配，为了未来的国际REU项目的利益。在这个为期10周的暑期项目中，来自研究有限或没有研究和国际机会的机构的学生将有机会在VT或TUD进行全球工程研究。该计划还将加强和扩大跨大西洋教师和学生合作的界面，因为指导研究团队与他们的REU学生合作从事联合跨大西洋研究项目。除了他们的研究，并促进跨大西洋队列的经验，学生参加每周一次的研讨会系列侧重于最佳研究实践，道德，文化差异和全球化。在夏季结束时，学生们将通过两个REU地点之间的双向视频直播在会议上展示他们的作品。重点将放在吸引REU学生和他们的家乡机构顾问，在他们回国后，以增加（1）他们的共同作者的出版物产生的研究活动，（2）他们的追求研究生课程。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。