Collaborative Research: IRES Track III: Bioinspired Autonomy in Natural Environments

合作研究：IRES Track III：自然环境中的仿生自治

• 批准号: 1954166
• 负责人: Teddy Ivanitzki
• 金额: $ 16.27万
• 依托单位: American Society For Engineering Education
• 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 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1954166&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; IRES; Track; III

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project develops and implements a new model for transdisciplinary, international education in the area of bio-inspired engineering, potentially adaptable to other fields. IRES scholars under this program study autonomous mobility in complex natural environments based on flying/gliding rainforest animals with the help of an interdisciplinary mentor network located in Korea, Singapore, and Brunei. Each year, 10 graduate students (i.e., 30 over the entire project period) are recruited through broad advertising and a pool of 10+ feeder universities to ensure the IRES program can be integrated into the scholars' thesis research. A 13-week IRES summer program starts with an orientation week at the VT campus followed by a modular sequence of a setup period with an engineering mentor at either Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) or the National University of Singapore (NUS), a biology immersion in Borneo at the University of Brunei (UBD), and finally a data analysis/engineering integration module at KAIST or NUS. The proposed program will aid the development of a U.S. workforce with engineers who have the transdisciplinary and intercultural skills to pull together expertise and natural resources from around the world to solve complex, transdisciplinary problems. Targeted minority recruitment and a detailed dissemination plan will ensure that the project has a wide impact on a diverse talent pool. This IRES program implements a novel paradigm to bring international research experiences in STEM in line with the need of solving transdisciplinary challenges through global collaboration and the trend towards personalized learning. To achieve this, the paradigm introduces the following key elements to international research experiences and combines them in a novel manner: (i) focus on research and research-related professional development experiences that are well integrated into the IRES scholars' thesis research , (ii) leveraging a combination of natural and academic resources in a variety of sociocultural settings, (iii) mentor network offering students the opportunity to work with multiple mentors selected according to their needs at the different program stages, (iv) modular customizable approach to paths and schedules for individualized research experiences, (v) pervasive use of a social media many-to-many communication model to ensure coherence within each student cohort and its scientific and social communities, and (vi) constant engagement of students and mentors with the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to accomplish the professional development goals. The ASEE PI will make sure that all involved faculty (U.S. and international) and students are aware of the professional development opportunities and challenges of the program and receive sound advice how to make best use of the provided opportunities and how to deal with the challenges. Through this project, achieving the scientific goal of autonomy in complex natural environments will have a transformative impact on societal challenges related to environmental monitoring and clean-up, precision agriculture and forestry, and novel forms of autonomous transportation.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.

这项针对学生（IRES）项目的国际研究经验开发并实施了一种新的模型，用于在生物启发的工程领域的跨学科，国际教育，可能适应其他领域。该计划下的IRES学者在复杂的自然环境中研究了基于飞行/滑行的雨林动物的自主行动能力，借助位于韩国，新加坡和文莱的跨学科导师网络。每年，通过广泛的广告和10多个喂食者大学招募了10名研究生（即在整个项目期间30个），以确保可以将IRES计划整合到学者的论文研究中。一项为期13周的IRES夏季计划从VT校园的定向周开始，然后是韩国科学技术高级研究所（KAIST）或新加坡国立大学（NUS）的工程导师的模块化序列，在Brunei（UBD）的婆罗洲（UBD）婆罗洲（UBD）的生物学浸入式（UBD），以及最终在Brunei（UBD）的生物学上，并在数据分析/Engemist Anegration Anegration Anegressering/Engemist Anegressering/Engemist Anement kaga。拟议的计划将有助于与具有跨学科和跨文化技能的工程师一起发展美国劳动力，从而将来自世界各地的专业知识和自然资源汇集在一起​​，以解决复杂的跨学科问题。有针对性的少数族裔招聘和详细的传播计划将确保该项目对多样化的人才库有广泛的影响。该IRES计划实施了一种新颖的范式，以通过全球协作和个性化学习的趋势来解决跨学科挑战的STEM的国际研究经验。 To achieve this, the paradigm introduces the following key elements to international research experiences and combines them in a novel manner: (i) focus on research and research-related professional development experiences that are well integrated into the IRES scholars' thesis research , (ii) leveraging a combination of natural and academic resources in a variety of sociocultural settings, (iii) mentor network offering students the opportunity to work with multiple mentors selected according to their needs at the different program （iv）阶段，（iv）模块化的可自定义方法，以实现个性化研究经验的路径和时间表，（v）广泛地使用社交媒体多对多的沟通模型，以确保每个学生队列及其科学和社会社区内的连贯性，以及（VI）（vi）学生和导师与学生和导师的持续参与到美国工程教育（Asee Eee教育（及以EEE）的专业发展目标）来实现专业发展目标。 ASEE PI将确保所有有关教师（美国和国际）以及学生都知道该计划的专业发展机会和挑战，并收到合理的建议，如何充分利用提供的机会以及如何应对挑战。通过该项目，在复杂的自然环境中实现自主权的科学目标将对与环境监测和清理，清理，精确农业和林业有关的社会挑战产生变革性的影响，以及自主运输的新型形式。该奖项反映了NSF的立法任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力评估和广泛的评估来评估的，并且值得通过评估。