Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU): Aerospace and Engineering Mechanics

REU项目涉及至少8名当前航空航天和工程力学专业的本科工程专业学生。这些学生将主要从该地区的其他大学招募，并根据他们的学术成就选择参加该计划。具体的研究项目从计算流体力学、生物力学、实验流体与推进、大空间结构、材料力学、火箭发动机诊断、制导与控制等领域中选择。在提议的项目中，参加项目的学生通常在大三和大四之间度过一个夏天。学生在夏季的活动将包括：(1)参与研究，有明确的主题熟悉期，密集的研究和项目报告。这项活动为学生、教师和在读研究生之间的互动提供了主要的机会。(2)参加每周REU会议。这些会议将保证REU学生之间的联系，也将提供与其他地区教师的联系。它们也为展示项目成果和研究总结提供了一个自然的论坛。(3)参加当地的专业会议。(4)参观私人和政府研究机构。REU项目将由一名教师协调员管理。协调员将组织学生招募工作，管理学生选拔和分配的过程，协调参与者的每周会议，并安排参观研究设施。

A REU program is to involve at least eight undergraduate engineering students in current aerospace and engineering mechanics. These students will be recruited primarily from other universities in the region and selected for the program on basis of their academic achievements. Specific research projects are chosen from the areas of computational fluid mechanics, biomechanics, experimental fluids and propulsion, large space structures, material mechanics, rocket engine diagnostics, and guidance and control. In the proposed program, student participants in the program spend one summer usually between their junior and senior year. Student activities during the summer will include: (1) Participation in research with defined periods of topic familiarization, intense research and project reporting. This activity provides the primary opportunity for interaction between the students, the faculty, and current graduate student. (2) Attendance at weekly REU meetings. These meetings will guarantee contact among the REU students and will also provide contact with faculty from other areas. They also provide a natural forum for the presentation of project results and summaries of research. (3) Attendance at local professional meetings. (4) Visits to private and government research facilities. The REU program will be administered by a faculty coordinator. The coordinator will organize the student recruiting efforts, manage the process of student selection and assignment, coordinate weekly meetings of participants, and arrange visits to research facilities.