IRES Track I: Collaborative Research: Interdisciplinary Research in Korea on Applied Smart Systems (IRiKA) for Undergraduate Students

韩国应用智能系统跨学科研究项目（IRiKA）每年将为5名美国本科生提供在韩国顶尖大学进行为期8周的研究的机会，这些大学拥有最先进的研究设施：首尔国立大学、韩国科学技术院和梨花女子大学。在这个为期3年的项目中，将有15名学生参加。将招收来自代表性不足群体的学生。IRiKA的统一研究主题是智能系统与传感器，新兴电子，材料和工艺开发的子主题。除了实验室工作和每周的队列研究会议外，IRiKA学生还将访问韩国政府研究机构和三星、LG、现代等全球科技行业的领导者。IRiKA的特色是：1)将美国参与者聚集在一起的群组体验；2)为美国学生和韩国导师量身定制的专业发展项目；3)在美国和韩国开展后续合作项目，以促进持续的全球指导网络。学生将获得形成性的研究技能，并学习智能系统如何将制造业、医疗保健、能源、安全和安保、运输和物流的跨学科技术解决方案结合在一起。IRiKA的国际化方面将帮助学生认识到他们在全球科学界的地位。参加者回国后将在本国机构展示他们的研究成果，并将被鼓励在同行评议的期刊上发表论文或出席会议，以便更广泛地传播。面向本科生的韩国应用智能系统跨学科研究（IRiKA）将让学生参与跨学科研究，帮助他们培养全球合作视角，并激励他们从事STEM研究。将努力吸引在STEM领域代表性不足和/或STEM研究机会有限的学生。IRiKA采用脚手架式的指导方法，培养学生从相对依赖的状态成长为独立的状态，因为他们的能力保证。智能系统包括传感、驱动、无线连接和机器学习。个别学生将在韩国进行的8周研究项目的例子包括：开发用于健康监测和空气质量监测的空气悬浮粒子传感系统；开发微型和微型发电系统，使自主传感器系统成为可能；开发由微流体通道和还原氧化石墨烯生物传感器组成的轻便、灵活的即时护理设备。返回美国后，学生将能够在佛罗里达大学NSF I/UCRC多功能集成系统技术（MIST）中心和路易斯安那州立大学可穿戴传感器系统等领域参与后续项目。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Interdisciplinary Research in Korea on Applied smart systems (IRiKA) for Undergraduate Students will provide a cohort of five US undergraduate students per year with the opportunity to conduct research for 8 weeks at Korea's top-ranked universities with state-of-the-art research facilities: Seoul National University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Ewha Womans University. Over the lifetime of this 3-year project, 15 students will participate. Students from underrepresented groups will be recruited. The unifying research theme of IRiKA is smart systems with the subtopics of sensors, emerging electronics, and materials and process development. In addition to lab work and weekly cohort research meetings, IRiKA students will visit Korea's government research institutions and global leaders in the tech industry such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai. The distinctive features of IRiKA are: 1) A cohort experience bringing the US participants together; 2) Vetted and structured professional development program tailored for both US students and Korean mentors; and 3) Availability of follow-on collaborative projects in US and Korea to facilitate a sustained global network of mentorship. Students will gain formative research skills and learn how smart systems brings together interdisciplinary technological solutions for manufacturing, healthcare, energy, safety and security, transportation, and logistics. The international aspect of the IRiKA will help students recognize their place in the global scientific community. The participants will present their work at their home institutions upon their return and will be incentivized to publish in a peer-reviewed journal or present at a conference for broader dissemination. Interdisciplinary Research in Korea on Applied smart systems (IRiKA) for Undergraduate Students will engage students in interdisciplinary research, help them develop a global perspective on collaboration, and motivate them to pursue a career in STEM research. Efforts will be made to attract students underrepresented in STEM and/or with limited STEM research opportunities. IRiKA takes a scaffolded mentorship approach that fosters students' growth from a relatively dependent status to as independent a status as their competence warrants. Smart systems incorporate sensing, actuation, wireless connectivity, and machine learning. Examples of research projects that individual students will conduct during 8 weeks in Korea include: Development of an air-borne particle sensing system for health monitoring and air quality monitoring; Development of miniature and micro power generation systems to enable autonomous sensor systems; and Development of a light-weight, flexible point-of-care device consisting of microfluidic channels and reduced graphene oxide-based biosensors. Upon return to the US, students will be able to engage in follow-on projects in areas such as convergent IoT systems at University of Florida's NSF I/UCRC Multi-functional Integrated Systems Technology (MIST) center and wearable sensor systems at Louisiana State University.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.