REU Site: Solving Societal Grand Challenges with Electrical and Computer Engineering

这个为期三年的REU网站：利用特拉华大学的电气和计算机工程解决社会重大挑战，每年将与10名学生合作。传统上，由电气和计算机工程(欧洲经委会)领导的研究突破的社会影响一直独立于该学科(例如，无线通信、集成电路、互联网和智能手机)。这一格局正在迅速变化，学科研究取得了突破，与更广泛的全球挑战保持一致。该网站将提供一系列研究项目，涵盖广泛的欧洲经委会分学科，同时直接与国家工程院(NAE)大挑战定义的更广泛的影响领域保持一致。这一方法将为学生参与者提供背景，展示欧洲经委会在改善生活方面的联系和影响，增加他们学习的动力，并有助于扩大欧洲经委会的基础和对不同人群的吸引力。此次招聘将针对来自研究机会有限的机构的多样化和有才华的本科生群体，重点是以本科项目为主的地方机构、社区学院和HBCU。这些伙伴关系将为来自科学和工程领域代表性不足群体的学生提供新的机会，以追求工程和职业道路。特拉华大学这个为期三年的REU网站：用电气和计算机工程(欧洲经委会)解决社会重大挑战将每年培养10名本科生，研究从计算机工程到纳米电子学，再到信号处理和机器学习等欧洲教育领域的明确科学问题。每个项目都将突出一个具有社会相关影响的关键研究问题。研究领域的具体重点包括提高用于医学成像和网络安全的机器学习技术的能力，促进用于神经科学和网络攻击检测的信号处理技术，探索用于太阳能和热能转换的新半导体设备，以及开发用于科学计算和网络安全教育的新工具。这些项目将采用主动学习，学生将接受关于科学文献搜索、科学过程和有效的科学交流策略的具体培训。该计划将允许本科生在研究、科学探索方面获得宝贵的经验，并发展技术和方法技能，以在STEM研究生研究或未来职业道路上取得成功。该项目由国家科学基金会(NSF)、工程教育和中心部(EEC)和能源部(DOE)、国家能源技术实验室(NETL)联合资助。该奖项反映了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 three-year REU Site: Solving Societal Grand Challenges with Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Delaware will work with ten students per year. Traditionally, the societal impact of research breakthroughs led by electrical and computer engineering (ECE) have been self-contained within the discipline (for example, wireless communications, integrated circuits, the Internet, and smartphones). This landscape is rapidly changing, with disciplinary research breakthroughs that align with broader global challenges. The Site will offer a set of research projects that span the broad range of ECE subdisciplines, while directly aligning with broader impact areas defined by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges. This approach will provide context for student participants, showcase the connection and impact of ECE on improving lives, increase motivation for their studies, and help to broaden the base and appeal of ECE to a diverse population. The recruitment will target a diverse and talented cohort of undergraduates from institutions with limited research opportunities, with emphasis on local institutions with predominantly undergraduate programs, community colleges, and HBCUs. These partnerships will provide new opportunities for students from underrepresented groups in science and engineering to pursue engineering and career pathways.This three-year REU Site: Solving Societal Grand Challenges with Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Delaware will will develop a cohort of 10 undergraduate students annually to research defined scientific questions in the field of ECE, ranging from computer engineering to nanoelectronics to signal processing and machine learning. Each project will feature a critical research question with societally relevant impacts. Specific foci for research areas include the ability to advance machine learning techniques for medical imaging and cybersecurity, advance signal processing techniques for neuroscience and detection of cyber-attacks, explore new semiconductor devices for solar and thermal energy conversion, and develop new tools for scientific computation and cybersecurity education. The projects will employ active learning, where students will receive specific training on scientific literature searches, scientific processes, and effective science communicating strategies. The program will allow the undergraduate students to gain valuable experience in research, scientific inquiry, and to develop technical and methodological skills to succeed in graduate STEM studies or future career paths.This project is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) and the Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).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.