An NSF REU Site in Micro/Nanostructures Engineering Research

摘要Li，U.加州-欧文，0453166 REU网站在加州大学欧文分校（UCI），“综合微/纳米暑期本科生研究经验（IMSURE）”主机16大三和大四本科生每年10周的夏季研究经验，在微和纳米系统。 该计划提供教师指导的一个显着范围内的研究课题，并提供动手原型和制造经验。 学生参与者是通过国家和地方的努力招募的，特别强调少数民族和社区学院的学生，他们将在夏季体验后进入一个四年制机构。 沿着大量设备齐全的院系研究实验室，学生将直接进入UCI的集成纳米系统研究设施（INRF），这是一个现代化的工业级设施，用于设计，建造和测试微机电（MEMS）系统，光电子，光纤和光子学，微流体和混合系统。 REU计划受益于致力于本科研究的现有校园文化，包括有针对性的计划，研讨会和会议，本科研究期刊的出版，以及招聘，数据共享和其他协调活动的外部合作者网络。 为了帮助学生获得成为独立研究人员的技能和信心，并做出更好的职业决策，该经验侧重于通过一系列的研究前讲座，实践项目，每周研讨会和研讨会，行业实地考察和社交活动与大量教师及其研究生进行密集和直接的接触。 该项目的智力价值来自本科生在纳米/MEMS研究和工程，基础和应用的多学科活动的显着广度和深度的曝光。 更广泛的影响包括与其他REU机构，社区学院和校园建立更强大，更复杂的合作联系，已知有不同的招生，并包括工业和安全为导向的应用程序之间的研究推力。 在支持计划的目标，并确保卓越的本科经验，教师和工作人员都在学生活动和程序评估从事，从招聘到经验后跟踪。评估计划是基于各种测量和参与者的反馈，以及教师指导和评估委员会的指导。 在学生的家乡机构的教师赞助商从事确定谁将从经验中受益最大的个人，并提供经验后的支持和指导，最终文件提交，会议出席，并持续的职业发展势头。

Abstract for Li, U. California-Irvine, 0453166 The REU site at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), "The Integrated Micro/Nano Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IMSURE)" hosts16 junior and senior undergraduates per year for a 10-week summer research experience in micro- and nanosystems. The program provides faculty mentoring on a significant range of research topics and offers hands-on prototyping and fabrication experience. Student participants are recruited through national and local efforts, with special emphasis on minority and community-college students who will be attending a four-year institution after the summer experience. Along with a large selection of well-equipped faculty-research laboratories, students will have direct access to UCI's Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF), a modern, industrial-grade facility for designing, constructing and testing micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) systems, opto-electronics, fiberoptics and photonics, microfluidics, and hybrid systems. The REU program benefits from an existing campus culture committed to undergraduate research that includes targeted programs, symposia and conferences, publication of an undergraduate-research journal, and a network of outside collaborators in recruitment, data sharing, and other coordinated activities. With a goal of helping students gain the skills and confidence to become independent researchers and make better career decisions, the experience focuses on intensive and direct contact with a large number of faculty and their graduate students through a series of pre-research lectures, hands-on projects, weekly seminars and workshops, an industry field trip, and social activities. The intellectual merit of the project derives from the exposure of the undergraduates to the significant breadth and depth of multidisciplinary activity in nano/MEMS research and engineering, both basic and applied. The broader impacts include building stronger and more sophisticated collaborative links with other REU institutions, community colleges, and campuses known to have diverse enrollment, and inclusion of industrial and security-oriented applications among the research thrusts. In support the program goals, and to ensure excellence in the undergraduate experience, the faculty and staff are engaged in both the student activities and in the program evaluation, from recruitment to post-experience tracking. The evaluation plan is based on various measurements and participant feedback as well as guidance from faculty Steering and Evaluation committees. Faculty sponsors at the student's home institutions are engaged to identify individuals who will benefit most from the experience and to provide post-experience support and mentorship for final-paper submission, conference attendance, and sustained career momentum.