Research Experience for Minority Undergraduates in Advanced Composite Piping Systems

9619503彭摘要这个项目的目标是：(1)通过提供更多的合作研究活动，提高少数族裔学生的技术和教育背景；(2)通过提供重要的信息和必要的培训，为少数族裔学生进入研究生院并取得成功提供必要的培训，从而增加他们进入研究生院的人数；以及(3)帮助少数族裔学生发展，以便在高水平的工程工作中找到工作。大三和大四的少数民族学生将参加这个项目。他们将从路易斯安那州立大学和南方大学招聘，路易斯安那州立大学是该州的旗舰机构，南方大学是美国最大的HBCU(历史上的黑人学院和大学)。每年被选中的16名学生将参加调查人员的几个复合管道研究项目，这些项目由不同的联邦和州机构以及行业资助，包括最近资助的NSF多数黑人/多数白人学院之间的联合教师任命计划，题为“发展苏州/路易斯安那州立大学复合管道系统的联合工程研究和教育计划”。目前的计划是支持路易斯安那州立大学/苏黎世大学的教员、研究助理、研究生、设备和用品，但缺乏足够的资源来支持本科生。这个REU项目，如果得到资助，将通过NSF联合教师聘任计划和其他研究资助，支持(少数)参与REU项目的本科生，从而最大限度地提高收益和影响。除了研究部分，每个参与者都将接受计划进入研究生院所需的专业咨询和指导，并特别注意招生和资金问题。参与者将参加每月举行的研讨会，讨论改善技术写作、少数族裔在研究生院的生存，以及工程学中的伦理问题。调查人员相信，该项目将成为一个成功的全国典范，展示一所历史上黑人和白人占多数的机构如何联合培养和帮助少数族裔学生发展工业和研究生所需的研究技能。***

9619503 Pang ABSTRACT The objectives of this project are to: (1) enhance the technical and educational backgrounds of minority students by offering more collaborative research activities; (2) increase the number of minorities entering graduate school by providing vital information and necessary training for their admission to, and success in, graduate school; and (3) assist minority students in their development towards obtaining employment in high level engineering jobs. Minority student sin their junior and senior years of study will participate in this project. They will be recruited from Louisiana State University, the state's flagship institution, and Southern University, the largest HBCU (Historically Black College and University) in the nation. The 16 selected student per year will participate in several composite piping research programs of the investigators, funded by various federal and state agencies as well as industry, including the newly funded NSF Joint Faculty Appointment Program between Majority Black/Majority White Institutes entitled "Development of SU/LSU Joint Engineering Research and Educational Program in Composite Piping Systems." Present programs are currently supporting faculty as LSU/SU, research associates, graduate students, equipment, and supplies, but without enough resources for supporting undergraduate students. This REU project, if funded, will support (minority) undergraduate students who participate in this REU project with the NSF Joint Faculty Appointment Program and other research grants, thereby maximizing the benefits and impact. Parallel with the research component, each participant will receive professional counseling and instruction necessary for planning to attend graduate school, with particular attention given to admissions and funding. Participants will attend monthly seminars dealing with improved technical writing, graduate school survival for minorities, and ethical issues in engineering. The investigators have confidence that t he program will be a successful national model of how a historically black and majority white institution can jointly develop and assist minority students in developing research skills needed for industry, as well as graduated school. ***