REU Site: Micro and Nano Device Engineering (MANDE)

该合同为德克萨斯理工大学（TTU）一个为期三年的REU站点提供支持。REU Site计划的重点是微机电系统（MEMS），这是一类广泛的微制造设备，正在许多技术领域取得重要进展。MEMS是投影显示系统、汽车安全气囊系统、喷墨打印机、生物医学和化学传感器的组成部分。MEMS是通往纳米世界的桥梁，通常包括纳米元件和纳米级特性。MEMS也是一个肥沃的领域，融合了最先进的技术，并承认，创造性的，开箱即用的思维。该计划的目标是为本科生提供为TTU和安吉洛州立大学（ASU）的微器件和材料研究做出贡献所需的知识和培训，为他们提供竞争工业实习职位所需的技术背景，并增加美国学生继续读研并在重要技术领域找到成功职业的人数。该项目将通过促进本科研究的好处，加强与德克萨斯州研究能力有限的四年制大学的联系，并将增加攻读工程和科学研究生院的学生数量，如果美国要保持全球竞争力，这一点很重要。加强这些联系将使首席研究员通过有效地传达该领域的兴奋和提供有趣和相关的研究项目，继续招募不同群体的学生。

EEC-0648761Tim DallasThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at Texas Tech University (TTU). The REU Site program focuses on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) which are a broad class of microfabricated devices that are making important inroads into many technology areas. MEMS are integral parts of projection display systems, automotive airbag systems, ink-jet printers, and biomedical and chemical sensors. MEMS are a bridge to the nano-world and frequently include nano-enabled components and nanoscale features. MEMS are also a fertile area that incorporates state-of-the-art technologies and recognizes, creative, outside the box thinking. The objectives of this program are to provide undergraduate students with the knowledge and training needed to make a contribution to microdevice and materials research at TTU and Angelo State University (ASU), to give them technical background needed to compete for industrial internship positions, and to increase the number of US students who will continue on to graduate school and find successful careers in important technology areas.The program will strengthen bridges to four-year colleges in Texas with limited research capabilities by promoting the benefits of undergraduate research and it will increase the number of students going to graduate school in engineering and the sciences, which is important, if the US is to remain competitive globally. Strengthening these ties will allow the principal investigator to continue to recruit a diverse group of students by effectively communicating the excitement of the field and offering interesting and relevant research projects.