Development of Interinstitutional REU Site

建立机构间REU站点。该计划将为10名选择的本科生提供机械工程和工程科学系的研究机会，包括机械，材料和生物工程学科领域。为该计划选择的具体研究课题是基础的，以及当前的工程兴趣，包括几个将与外部支持和合作进行。接收院校的五人教师团队将监督项目活动。研究项目包括金属-陶瓷系统的热相容性、液态金属-液态绝缘体界面的特性、大型柔性航天器的控制-结构相互作用、体单晶缺陷子结构的衍射研究。参加者将从主办机构内外招募，并特别注意吸引合格的少数民族、残疾人和女学生。机构间合作安排的目的是促进招募工作，允许几个参与者在正在进行的联合项目中工作，以获得研究经验，并通过将其利益传播到东道国以外，总体上增强REU方案的影响。通过集中的十周暑期参与，内部和外部学生对个别项目的配对以及精心策划的入学和参与后活动，将确保学生在项目活动中的有效参与。该项目将在参与者提交书面报告和口头报告项目结果后终止。

An interinstitutional REU site is established. The program will provide ten selected undergraduates research opportunities in the mechanical engineering and engineering science department encompassing the mechanical, materials and bioengineering subject areas. The specific research topics selected for the program are of fundamental, as well as, current engineering interest including several to be conducted with external support and collaborations. A five-member faculty team from the host institution will supervise the project activities. Research projects are thermal compatibility for metal- ceramic systems, properties of liquid metal-liquid insulator interfaces, control-structure interaction of large flexible spacecraft, and diffraction studies of defect substructures in bulk single crystals. Participants will be recruited from both inside and outside the host institution with special attention given to attracting qualified minority, handicapped and female students. The interinstitutional cooperative arrangement is intended to facilitate the recruiting effort, allow several participants to work in on-going joint projects to gain research experience and generally enhance the impact of the REU program by spreading its benefits beyond host site. Productive participation of the students in the project activities will be assured through a concentrated ten-week summer involvement, pairing of internal and external students on individual projects and carefully planned orientation and post participation activities. The program will terminate with written reports and oral presentations of the project results by the participants.