REU Site: Extension of Knowledge to Small-Scale-Engineering: Integration, Interface and Interpretation (INT3)

EEC-0649076 Ranganathan Kumar该奖项为中央佛罗里达大学（UCF）为期三年的REU网站提供支持。该计划将为每年10名本科生提供小型工程领域的研究经验。该计划分为三个学习经验层，重点是从研究环境中获得的知识的整合，界面和解释（INT 3）方面。该计划的主要目标是：1）让学生接触跨学科的小规模工程研究; 2）为学生提供与教师互动并参加各种研讨会/讲习班的机会; 3）呈现一个不令人生畏或压倒性的研究环境，并鼓励来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生参与;和4）为学生准备研究生院和/或其他职业生涯。为学生提供的研讨会/讲习班将涵盖以下主题：1）图书馆和数据库搜索; 2）研究生院和职业准备; 3）进行有效的技术演示;和4）创业。此外，将邀请当地工业界的专家（如西门子西屋公司、洛克希德马丁公司、哈里斯公司、迪士尼公司）和UCF的教师专家就与小型工程有关的主题发表演讲。为了帮助发展沟通技能，参与者将被纳入教师研究小组，他们将参加定期小组会议，并就其个人项目的状态进行演示。与会者还将在最后一次会议上介绍他们的研究成果。.

EEC-0649076Ranganathan KumarThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This program will provide research experiences for 10 undergraduates per year in the area of small-scale engineering. The program is categorized into three layers of learning experiences that focus on integration, interface and interpretation (INT3) aspects of knowledge that will be obtained from the research environment. The primary objectives of the program are to: 1) expose the students to interdisciplinary small-scale-engineering research; 2) offer the students the opportunity to interact with faculty and attend various seminars/workshops; 3) present a research environment that is not intimidating or overwhelming and that encourages the involvement of students from underrepresented minority groups; and 4) prepare students for graduate school and/or other professional careers. The seminars/ workshops offered to the students will cover the following topics: 1) library and database searching; 2) graduate school and career preparation; 3) making effective technical presentations; and 4) entrepreneurship. Additionally, experts from local industry (e.g. Siemens Westinghouse, Lockheed Martin, Harris, Disney) and faculty experts from UCF will be invited to lecture on topics relevant to small-scale engineering. To aid in developing communications skills, the participants will be integrated into faculty research groups where they will participate in regular group meetings and make presentations on the status of their individual projects. The participants will also present results of their research at a final conference. .