REU Site in Automotive Manufacturing Systems

jorge F. valenzuela该奖项为奥本大学的一个为期三年的REU站点提供支持。该项目每年将招收10名本科生，为期三年，为期8周。REU网站将专注于与制造系统相关的汽车研究，如运营管理、计算机模拟、职业安全、人体工程学、质量控制、调度、可靠性和供应链管理。这些地区对东南地区，尤其是阿拉巴马州的汽车行业的生存至关重要。该计划将包括关于研究方法、安全实验室实践、研究伦理、知识产权和商业化技术的研讨会。为了提高实践研究经验，各种专业发展活动已纳入该计划。其中包括：1)简历和求职信写作研讨会；2)求职；3)访谈技巧；4)口头报告，5)撰写技术报告。该计划的目标是：a)让合格的学生接触到不同的工程研究经验，并为他们未来的工程职业生涯做好准备；B)激励合格的工科本科生进行研究，解决涉及技术、人员和资本的具有挑战性的问题。该REU基地计划将确保为东南部不断增长的汽车行业提供训练有素的工程师，并将鼓励该地区进一步发展该行业，该地区在经济和教育方面一直处于劣势。招聘工作将以人数不足的少数民族、妇女和残疾人为对象。该奖项由刺激竞争性研究实验计划（EHR/EPSCoR）共同资助。

EEC-0648112Jorge F. ValenzuelaThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at Auburn University. The program will engage 10 undergraduate students each year for three years in an 8-week summer program. The REU site will focus on automotive research related to manufacturing systems such as operations management, computer simulation, occupational safety, ergonomics, quality control, scheduling, reliability, and supply chain management. These areas are critical for the survival of the automotive industry in the Southeast, particularly in Alabama. The program will include seminars on research methods, safe laboratory practices, research ethics, intellectual property, and commercialization techniques. To enhance the hands-on research experience, a variety of professional development activities have been incorporated in the program. These include: 1) workshops on resume and cover letter writing; 2) job searching; 3) interviewing techniques; 4) oral presentations, and 5) technical report writing. The objectives of the program are to: a) expose qualified students to diverse engineering research experience and prepare them for future engineering careers; and B) motivate qualified undergraduate engineering students to conduct research and to solve challenging problems that involve technology, people, and capital.This REU site program will ensure a supply of well trained engineers in the growing automotive industry in the Southeast and will encourage further development of this industry within the region, which has historically been economically and educationally disadvantaged. Recruitment efforts will be targeted to underrepresented minorities, women and persons with disabilities.This award is co-funded by the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EHR/EPSCoR).