Undergraduate Research Experiences in Agricultural and Food Engineering

爱荷华州立大学农业和生物系统工程系实施了一项REU计划，提供了农业和食品工程方面的重要研究经验。目标是：1)通过管理研究项目促进学生能力、自信和自尊的发展；2)通过研究报告提高学生的书面和口头沟通技能；3)通过让学生加入农业或食品工程工作研究小组，使他们对研究职业和研究生学习感兴趣。在选择了一个主题领域后，每个参与者将加入一个研究小组，并在教员的协助下定义一个研究问题。学生将在提案中定义问题，执行项目，并口头和书面报告结果。学生将改进报告，并在一项或多项本科生论文比赛中参赛。合适的论文将发表在被推荐的期刊上。

The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University has implemented a REU program providing significant research experiences in agricultural and food engineering. The objectives are: 1) promote student growth in competence, confidence, and self-esteem by managing a research project; 2) enhance student written and oral communication skills through research presentations; 3) interest students in research careers and graduate study by having them join working research groups in agricultural or food engineering. After selecting a topic area, each participant will join a research group and be assisted by faculty in defining a research problem. The student will define the problem in a proposal, carry out a project, and present results orally and in a written report. The student will refine the report and enter it in one or more undergraduate student paper competitions. Suitable papers will be published in refereed journals.