REU Site: Applied Computing Research in Unmanned Aerial Systems

REU 网站：无人机系统中的应用计算研究

• 批准号: 2150351
• 负责人: Dulal Kar
• 金额: $ 40.64万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150351&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Applied; Computing; Research

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a Hispanic Serving Institution on the Texas Gulf Coast and a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved site for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), will continue to offer a ten-week summer research experience in UAS technology to ten undergraduate students per year. Students are selected through a nationwide recruitment process that encourages participation of students from groups underrepresented in computing. This unique research experience opens the door for undergraduate researchers to a wide range of applications of UAS to address problems of regional and national significance, such as coastal management, coastal ecology, human safety, precision agriculture, and security of UAS technology. The REU Site organizes many beneficial, transformative activities such as mentoring of participants by a team of experienced faculty, skill-building seminars and workshops, research presentations, graduate school preparation, and other professional development activities.The objective of the program is to provide participants unique research experiences in a stimulating environment that involves developing secure, autonomous UAS technology. Activities include research in applied computing for UAS-based applications as well as a series of skill-building training sessions designed to enhance group cohesiveness and to hone their technical writing, communication, and research skills. Primary research activities occur in the areas of autonomous UAS, security of UAS, and applications of unmanned systems in a variety of domains. The participants write and submit research papers on their work in local, regional, and national symposiums. Through the REU Site, the participants explore opportunities of UAS technology in commercial, civilian, and governmental applications, develop confidence and passion for research, become motivated in seeking advanced degrees, and be inspired in life-long learning in computing.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.

德克萨斯农工大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校是德克萨斯州墨西哥湾沿岸的拉美裔服务机构，也是美国联邦航空管理局 (FAA) 批准的无人机系统 (UAS) 基地，将继续每年为 10 名本科生提供为期 10 周的无人机技术夏季研究体验。学生是通过全国范围内的招聘流程选拔的，该流程鼓励计算机领域代表性不足的群体的学生参与。这种独特的研究经验为本科生研究人员打开了无人机系统广泛应用的大门，以解决具有区域和国家意义的问题，例如沿海管理、沿海生态、人类安全、精准农业和无人机技术安全。 REU 基地组织了许多有益的、变革性的活动，例如由经验丰富的教师团队对参与者进行指导、技能培养研讨会和讲习班、研究报告、研究生院准备以及其他专业发展活动。该计划的目标是在涉及开发安全、自主无人机技术的刺激环境中为参与者提供独特的研究体验。活动包括基于无人机的应用程序的应用计算研究，以及一系列旨在增强团队凝聚力并磨练技术写作、沟通和研究技能的技能建设培训课程。主要研究活动集中在自主无人机系统、无人机系统安全以及无人系统在各个领域的应用领域。参与者在地方、区域和国家研讨会上撰写并提交有关其工作的研究论文。通过 REU 网站，参与者探索 UAS 技术在商业、民用和政府应用中的机会，培养对研究的信心和热情，激发寻求高级学位的动力，并在计算领域的终身学习中受到启发。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。