REU Site: Intelligent Energetic Systems Engineering (INTENSE) REU

为期三年的更新 REU 站点：新墨西哥矿业技术学院（NMIMT，新墨西哥理工学院）的智能能量系统工程 (INTENSE) 每年将吸引 8 名本科生参与与机器人、智能材料、炸药、火箭推进剂、无人机和冲击物理学相关的独特研究。仍然明显需要更多具有研究经验的美国公民来填补全国各地的科学和工程职位，特别是国防部 (DOD)、能源部 (DOE) 和国家航空航天局 (NASA) 综合体及相关工业基地。参与该 REU 网站的学生将培养技能和研究经验，以满足这些招聘需求。 在夏季研究期间，每位学生参与者将在 NMIMT 教师的指导下完成一个个人研究项目，培养他们的技能、知识并接触科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学科。学生们将研究智能系统和高能系统的跨学科工程和科学，包括探索气动无人机设计和控制以及增材制造火箭推进剂开发的具体项目。参与者将通过参观桑迪亚国家实验室和白沙导弹靶场，了解 NMIMT 的尖端研究设施以及著名的国家设施。学生将从本科研究机会有限的机构中招募，特别是在美国西南部地区。 INTENSE REU 将重点从 STEM 职业中代表性不足的群体（包括西班牙裔、美洲原住民和退伍军人群体）进行招聘，以支持 NMIMT 的西班牙裔服务机构地位。为期三年的更新 REU 站点：新墨西哥矿业技术学院（NMIMT，新墨西哥理工学院）的智能能量系统工程 (INTENSE) 每年将吸引 8 名本科生参与与机器人、智能材料、炸药、火箭推进剂、无人机和冲击物理学相关的独特研究。 INTENSE REU 的目标和影响是提高对 STEM 研究和研究生学习的兴趣，增加智能和能量系统的技术知识，扩大参与者的“工程工具箱”，增加接触 STEM 职业机会，增加少数族裔和代表性不足人群的 STEM 机会，并与学生群体和教师导师建立长期的社会和指导关系和机会。每年夏天，八名学生将参加为期十周的项目，与教师和研究生导师一起在实验室进行研究。全国极少数大学教授爆炸物、推进、冲击物理和高速冲击等能量系统主题，而 NMIMT 是该领域公认的国家领导者。 INTENSE REU 参与者将接触到正在进行的独特研究，这些研究是通过一系列联邦资助机制进行的，包括与联邦资助的研究和开发中心 (FFRDC) 的合作。参与者将通过实践研究和一系列小组工具箱开发活动来扩大他们的工程“工具箱”，涵盖的主题包括：图书馆资源、实验规划和数据分析、研究生院申请、创业工程和技术交流。 REU 参与者将通过社交、小组和辅导活动建立同伴和导师关系，从而加强终身学习。他们将通过每年夏末在 NMIMT 举行的技术海报会议向社区展示他们的研究成果。对教师和研究生的导师培训将改善关系，提高研究效率，并与 REU 学生建立长期联系。有针对性的招募将吸引来自代表性不足群体的学生参与 STEM 研究，目的是增加 STEM 领域的持久性并扩大国家劳动力的多样性。该网站由国防部与国家科学基金会 REU 计划合作支持。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。

The three-year renewal REU Site: Intelligent Energetic Systems Engineering (INTENSE) at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT, New Mexico Tech) will engage 8 undergraduate students each year in unique research related to robotics, smart materials, explosives, rocket propellants, drones, and shock physics. A distinct need persists for more U.S. citizens with research experience to fill science and engineering positions across the country, particularly for the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) complexes and associated industrial bases. Students involved in this REU site will develop skills and research experiences to potentially fill these hiring needs. During the summer research experience each student participant will complete an individual research project with mentorship from NMIMT faculty, building their skills, knowledge, and exposure to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The students will investigate the interdisciplinary engineering and science of intelligent systems and energetic systems, including specific projects to explore aerodynamic drone design and control, and development of additively manufactured rocket propellants. Participants will be exposed to cutting edge research facilities at NMIMT and at prominent national facilities through tours of Sandia National Laboratories and White Sands Missile Range. Students will be recruited from institutions with limited undergraduate research opportunities, especially in the Southwestern U.S. region. The INTENSE REU will have focused recruitment from groups underrepresented in STEM careers including Hispanic, Native American, and Veteran populations, supporting NMIMT’s Hispanic Serving Institution status. The three-year renewal REU Site: Intelligent Energetic Systems Engineering (INTENSE) at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT, New Mexico Tech) will engage 8 undergraduate students each year in unique research related to robotics, smart materials, explosives, rocket propellants, drones, and shock physics. The INTENSE REU objectives and impacts are to increase interest in STEM research and graduate studies, increase technical knowledge of Intelligent and Energetic Systems, expand participants’ “Engineering Toolbox”, increase exposure to STEM career opportunities, enhance STEM opportunities for minority and under-represented populations, and develop long-term social and mentoring relationships and opportunities with student cohorts and faculty mentors. Each summer, eight students will participate in a ten-week program conducting research in laboratories with faculty and graduate student mentors. Energetic systems topics including explosives, propulsion, shock physics, and high-rate impacts are taught at extremely few universities nationally, with NMIMT being a recognized national leader in the field. INTENSE REU participants will be exposed to ongoing unique research that is being performed through a range of federal funding mechanisms, including collaboration with federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). Participants will broaden their engineering “toolbox” through hands-on research and a series of group Toolbox Development Activities covering topics including: library resources, experiment planning and data analysis, graduate school applications, entrepreneurial engineering, and technical communication. REU participants will build peer and mentor relationships through social, group, and mentoring activities which will enhance life-long learning. They will present their research to the community though a technical poster conference held at NMIMT at the end of each summer. Mentor training for faculty and graduate students will improve relationships, increase research effectiveness, and provide long-term connections with REU students. Targeted recruitment will engage students from underrepresented groups in STEM research with the goal of increasing persistence in STEM fields and expanding the diversity of the national workforce.This Site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the National Science Foundation REU program.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.