REU Site: Sensor Science and Engineering

Vetelino， EEC-0452021摘要：该REU奖用于传感器科学与工程网站，每年支持9名工程和理科生在缅因大学进行为期10周的夏季研究体验，为期三年。学生进行研究，提高他们在工程、化学、物理和/或生物学方面的知识。参与者与缅因州的11名研究人员合作，并受益于专业的传感器科学和工程研究设施，如地表科学与技术实验室和国家地理信息与分析中心。这些学生被当作初级同事对待，到暑期活动结束时，他们至少达到了典型的一年级研究生的水平。REU参与者与教师研究导师、研究生、博士后、技术人员、访问科学家以及初中和高中教师进行互动。这样的互动有助于学生培养强大的沟通技巧和跨学科工作的能力，以满足越来越多的专业环境的需求。REU参与者完成正式课程，INT 398，本科生研究参与，和ECE 465，传感器介绍，在类似于国家或国际会议的背景下进行演讲，并分享他们在初中或高中的研究经验。智力优势：对传感器科学和工程研究以及跨学科问题解决的关注是新颖的，并有助于该计划的智力优势。这种关注建立在缅因大学的大量研究优势上，这些优势导致了美国国家科学基金会资助的传感器科学和工程领域的GK-12 （K-12教育研究生教学研究员）和RET（教师研究经验）项目。这个项目利用了过去成功的本科培训活动，在学生招募和选择、分配给教师导师、研究监督和后续工作方面的效率。更广泛的影响：本科生利用新知识来解决影响社会的现实研究问题。这个REU网站专门招收妇女和少数民族，并为来自非博士学位授予机构的学生提供研究经验。11名高级研究人员中有3名是女性，她们特别有资格指导女学生。该网站通过将来自不同学科的教师和学生聚集在传感器科学和工程的知识保护伞下，增强了国家的研究和教育基础设施。该项目活动还确保多用户设施成为大量理工科学生的研究和指导场所。具体的研究成果通过校园演讲和更广泛地通过专业期刊和专题讨论会传播，加强科学和技术的理解。REU参与者通过与RET参与者和GK-12研究员在校园研究任务中的互动，与初高中学生和教师分享他们的研究经验。社会将受益于这些本科生，因为他们的研究经历，选择继续读研或在技术和科学上具有挑战性的职业中脱颖而出，如国土安全、食品安全、交通、通信和医学等领域。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作提供支持。

Abstract for Vetelino, EEC-0452021: This REU award for a Site on Sensors Science and Engineering supports 9 engineering and science students each year for three years in a 10-week summer research experience at the University of Maine. Students conduct research advancing their knowledge of engineering, chemistry, physics, and/or biology. The participants work with eleven UMaine researchers and benefit from access to specialized sensor science and engineering research facilities such as the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology and National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. The students are treated as junior colleagues and by the end of the summer function at least at the level of typical first-year graduate students. REU participants interact with faculty research mentors, graduate students, post-docs, technicians, visiting scientists, and middle- and high-school teachers. Such interactions help the students develop strong communication skills and the ability to work across disciplines as required in a growing number of professional environments. REU participants complete formal courses, INT 398, Undergraduate Research Participation, and ECE 465, Introduction to Sensors, make a presentation within a context similar to a national or international conference, and share results from their research experience at a middle or high school. Intellectual merit: The focus on sensor science and engineering research and interdisciplinary problem-solving is novel and contributes to the program's intellectual merit. This focus builds on substantial research strengths at UMaine that have led to NSF-funded GK-12 (Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education) and RET (Research Experiences for Teachers) programs in sensor science and engineering. This program capitalizes upon past success with undergraduate training activities and efficiency in student recruitment and selection, assignment to faculty mentors, research supervision, and follow-up. Broader Impacts: Undergraduates utilize new knowledge to solve real-life research problems that impact society. This REU site specifically recruits women and minorities and provides research experiences for students from non-PhD-granting institutions. Three of the 11 senior research personnel are women who are especially well qualified to mentor female students. The site enhances the Nation's infrastructure for research and education by bringing together faculty and students from diverse disciplines under the intellectual umbrella of sensor science and engineering. The program activities also ensure that multi-user facilities are sites of research and mentoring for significant numbers of science and engineering students. Specific research results are disseminated through campus presentations and more broadly through professional journals and symposia, enhancing scientific and technological understanding. Based on their interaction with RET participants and GK-12 fellows during their on-campus researchassignments, REU participants share their research experiences with middle and high school students and teachers. Society will benefit as these undergraduates, as a result of their research experiences, choose to continue in graduate school or to excel in technologically and scientifically challenging careers that advance such areas as homeland security, food safety, transportation, communications, and medicine.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.