REU Site: Unmanned Aerial Systems with Real-World Applications in Oklahoma

REU 网站：无人机系统在俄克拉荷马州的实际应用

• 批准号: 2150365
• 负责人: Wilson Merchan-Merchan
• 金额: $ 40.28万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 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: 2022-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150365&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Unmanned; Aerial; Systems

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are becoming a fast-growing field with a wide range of applications in industry, military, meteorology, business, and recreational use, to name just a few. Advanced UAS with the capacity to navigate in clustered and adverse environments are essential for future generations and are expected to have a critical impact in the U.S. economy. This REU Site aims to advance knowledge of UAS through a series of fundamental research topics that focus on design and application of UAS. Furthermore, this Site aims to develop a new generation of researchers and engineers who will become leaders in this rapidly growing field. To achieve this goal the REU site provides mentoring and training to student participants in a positive, engaging, and challenging learning environment where they will be able to develop the technical and soft skills needed to become successful engineers and researchers. To encourage a workforce filled with new and innovative ideas, they will recruit a diverse group of students and place a concerted effort on recruiting students from underrepresented groups in STEM. The REU site will provide a 10-week summer research experience for a diverse group of ten students each year, over a 3-year period, with a series of research activities. Students will actively participate in research with real world applications that focus on sensors for navigation and controls to accurately assess vehicle position, employ UAS to fight climate change by gas leak hunting and detection of particulate matter, developing deployable structures based on novel materials for UAS, testing drone battery performance in harsh conditions, and developing computational tools to identify the most vulnerable failure spots. The primary goals of this NSF REU Site are: (1) To advance knowledge of drone technology that could have an impact for further development of UAS for various applications including in harsh and adverse environments; (2) To help students expand their knowledge on drone technology and develop research skills and strategies to aid their success in an engineering field; and (3) To recruit and mentor students from underrepresented groups and first-generation college students in STEM education to increase their sense of belonging and identity in the greater university and academic community. The school of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma is in an excellent position to host this REU Site. This REU site will take advantage of unique existing natural open labs including the nearby Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field-Testing Station, the Choctaw Nation Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP) test site, and the Full-size Test Loop Station for methane detection.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.

无人机系统（UAS）正在成为一个快速发展的领域，在工业、军事、气象、商业和娱乐用途等方面有着广泛的应用。具有在集群和恶劣环境中导航能力的先进无人机系统对未来几代人至关重要，预计将对美国经济产生关键影响。这个REU网站旨在通过一系列专注于UAS设计和应用的基础研究课题来推进UAS的知识。此外，该网站旨在培养新一代的研究人员和工程师，他们将成为这一快速发展领域的领导者。为了实现这一目标，REU网站为学生参与者提供指导和培训，在积极，引人入胜和具有挑战性的学习环境中，他们将能够发展成为成功的工程师和研究人员所需的技术和软技能。为了鼓励充满新的和创新的想法的劳动力，他们将招募不同的学生群体，并在STEM中从代表性不足的群体中招募学生。REU网站将提供一个为期10周的夏季研究经验，每年为10名学生组成的多元化团体，在3年的时间内，与一系列的研究活动。学生将积极参与真实的世界应用的研究，这些应用专注于导航和控制传感器，以准确评估车辆位置，采用UAS通过气体泄漏狩猎和颗粒物检测来应对气候变化，开发基于UAS新型材料的可部署结构，测试无人机电池在恶劣条件下的性能，并开发计算工具以识别最脆弱的故障点。这个NSF REU网站的主要目标是：（1）推进无人机技术的知识，这可能会对UAS在各种应用中的进一步发展产生影响，包括在恶劣和不利的环境中;（2）帮助学生扩展他们对无人机技术的知识，并发展研究技能和策略，以帮助他们在工程领域取得成功;及（3）招募及指导来自弱势群体的学生及第一代大学生接受STEM教育，以增加他们对大学及学术界的归属感及认同感。俄克拉荷马州大学的航空航天和机械工程学院是举办这个REU网站的绝佳地点。这个REU站点将利用独特的现有自然开放实验室，包括附近的凯斯勒大气和生态现场测试站，乔托国家无人机系统集成试点计划（UASIPP）测试站点，和全-该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。