REU Site: Nanotechnology and Materials Systems

戴维斯，欧洲经济共同体-0453578：这个关于纳米技术和材料系统站点的REU奖每年支持12名工程和理科学生，为期三年，在德克萨斯州农工大学进行为期10周的夏季研究体验，大学站，德克萨斯州。REU网站提供专注于纳米科学和纳米技术、材料科学和工程系统的项目。选择的项目跨越了从纳米到宏观系统的物理尺度。这个纳米技术和材料系统REU网站的主要目标是提供一个示范计划，以增加美国理工科学生进入研究生学习并从事研究和学术生涯的人数。REU网站通过四(4)个协调的部分追求这一目标：1)在令人兴奋的纳米技术和材料的科学和工程领域具有挑战性的研究经验；2)与高级教员和研究人员、管理人员、研究生榜样和其他本科生的同龄人建立密切的个人指导关系；3)接触涉及纳米技术和材料研究的地区大学、行业和政府机构的研究社区，以进一步培养人们对研究职业和研究生学习的兴趣；以及4)关于研究生院的信息，包括关于GRE准备、申请程序和资助研究生教育的研讨会。此外，该计划还赞助每周到工业和政府机构进行教育实地考察，如NASA约翰逊航天中心(德克萨斯州休斯顿)、洛克希德-马丁公司(德克萨斯州沃斯堡)和Zyvex公司(德克萨斯州理查森)。这些实地考察为REU学生在实验室中体验的广泛的多学科纳米技术和材料研究提供了一些真实世界的背景。此外，REU-Site的学生还参加了一年一度的地区性研究会议，内容涉及功能化纳米材料、多功能材料系统、生物材料和设备、多尺度建模、新颖设计概念和智能系统等多学科领域。参与招生非常重视从少数群体服务机构招收学生。这一建议的智力价值在于，涉及新材料和材料系统的高级研究内容，这些材料和材料系统跨越从纳米和微米到中尺度和宏观系统的物理尺度，并说明在工程系统设计中需要考虑纳米级。这个REU网站的更广泛影响来自女性本科生和代表性不足的少数族裔的参与。这些学生参与了应用于航空航天技术的纳米技术和材料系统的令人兴奋的研究，增加了他们考虑研究生学习的可能性，并拓宽了我们的技术人力基础。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。

Abstract for Davis, EEC-0453578: This REU award for a Site on Nanotechnology and Materials Systems supports 12 engineering and science students each year for three years in a 10-week summer research experience at the Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station, TX. The REU Site offers projects with foci on nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science, and engineering systems. Projects are selected to span the physical scales from nano through macroscopic systems. The primary goal of this REU Site in Nanotechnology and Materials Systems is to present a model program for increasing the number of U.S. science and engineering students entering graduate studies and pursuing research and academic careers. The REU Site pursues this goal through four (4) coordinated components: 1) A challenging research experience in exciting science and engineering fields of nanotechnology and materials; 2) A close and personal mentoring relationships with by senior faculty and researchers, administrators, graduate student role models and peer groups of other undergraduate students; 3) Exposure to the research communities at regional universities, industries and government agencies involved in nanotechnology and materials research to further foster interest in research careers and graduate studies; and 4) Information on graduate school including seminars on GRE preparation, application procedures, and funding a graduate education. Additionally, the program sponsors weekly educational field trips to industrial and governmental agencies such as NASA Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX), Lockheed-Martin Corporation (Fort Worth, TX) and Zyvex Corporation (Richardson, TX). These field trips provide some real-world context to the broad multidisciplinary nanotechnology and materials research the REU students experience in the laboratory. Also, the REU-Site students participate in an annual regional research conference on the multidisciplinary areas of functionalized nanomaterials, multifunctional materials systems, biomaterials and devices, multiscale modeling, novel design concepts, and intelligent systems. Participant recruiting places a strong emphasis on recruiting students from minority-serving institutions. The Intellectual Merit of this proposal lies in the advanced research content concerning novel materials and materials systems that span the physical scales from nanometers and microns to mesoscale and macroscopic systems and in illustrations of the need to consider the nano-level in engineering-system design. The Broader Impacts of this REU Site arise from the participation of undergraduate students who are women and underrepresented minorities. The involvement of these students in exciting research in nanotechnology and materials systems as applied to aerospace technologies enhanced the likelihood that they will consider post-graduate study and broaden the base of our technical manpower.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.