REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates in Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health, Homeland Security, and the Environment (I-MIRTHE REU)

该奖项为普林斯顿大学一个为期三年的REU站点提供支持。这个名为“面向健康、国土安全和环境的中红外技术本科生的跨学科研究经验（I-MIRTHE REU）”的REU网站每年将吸引15名本科生参加为期三年、为期9周的研究经验。I-MIRTHE REU项目是六所大学的联合伙伴关系；普林斯顿大学（PU）、纽约城市学院（CCNY）、约翰霍普金斯大学（JHU）、莱斯大学（Rice）、德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU）和马里兰大学巴尔的摩县（UMBC）。学生将参与跨学科的原创研究，包括材料和器件科学、纳米技术、传感基础、光电系统设计和制造、环境化学、气候研究、公共安全防护和医疗诊断等领域，所有这些都在中红外传感器系统的研究和验证的统一框架下。该项目将为学生提供顶级的研究经验：1)引导学生进行跨学科的独立原创研究，并具有明显的社会效益；2)让学生亲身体验多机构研究中心合作研究的价值，并教授有效沟通的手段；3)鼓励并使参与者与同行和教师导师形成持久的专业网络；4)促进学生群体的多样性；5)为那些在其他方面获得真正研究机会有限的学生提供了新的、可能改变职业生涯的经历。该项目将积极招募未被充分代表的少数族裔进入STEM领域，并为那些获得研究资源有限的学生提供机会，让他们有机会与该领域的领导者和最先进的设施一起进行原创研究。它将激励新一代工程专业人员进入并留在STEM领域，并进行开创性的研究和开发，以造福社会。这个REU网站的主要目标是培养一群有才华的本科生，培养他们对研究和奖学金的欣赏，更广泛的知识基础，更好地理解研究过程，并希望通过研究生研究和职业生涯为科学和工程的进步做出贡献。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。

EEC-0648721 Claire GmachlThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at Princeton University. This REU Site entitled "Interdisciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates in Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health, Homeland Security, and the Environment (I-MIRTHE REU)" will engage 15 undergraduate students each year for three years in a 9-week research experience. The I-MIRTHE REU program is a joint partnership of six universities; Princeton University (PU), City College New York (CCNY), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Rice University (Rice), Texas A&M University (TAMU) and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The students will participate in interdisciplinary, original research in fields as varied as materials and device science, nanotechnology, fundamentals of sensing, optoelectronic systems design and manufacturing, environmental chemistry, climate research, public safe guarding, and medical diagnostics, all under the unifying umbrella of mid-infrared sensor systems research and validation. The program will provide students with a top-level research experience that: 1) leads students to independent, original research that is interdisciplinary in nature and has clear societal benefits; 2) allows students to experience first-hand the value of collaborative research in multi-institution research centers, and teaches the means of effective communication; 3) encourages and enables the participants to form lasting professional networks with peers and faculty mentors; 4) fosters diversity in the student population; and 5) provides students who have otherwise limited access to genuine research opportunities with new and potentially career-changing experiences.The program will actively recruit underrepresented minorities into the STEM fields, and provide students with otherwise limited access to research resources with opportunities to conduct original research with the leaders in the field and at state-of-the-art facilities. It will inspire a new generation of engineering professionals to enter and remain in the STEM fields and conduct groundbreaking research and development to the benefit of society. The primary goal of this REU site is to nurture a diverse group of talented undergraduate students to develop an appreciation for research and scholarship, a broader base of knowledge, a better understanding of the research process, and a desire to contribute to advances in science and engineering through graduate research and professional careers.This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.