IRES: U.S.-India Research Program to Promote Improved Quality of Life thru Innovative Applications of Engineering Technologies.

0966561Chetan SankarAuburn大学这项名为“通过工程技术的创新应用提高生活质量的美国-印度研究计划”的国际学生研究经验（IRES）奖为15名奥本大学的学生提供了一个独特的机会，在印度马德拉斯理工学院（IITM）和印度莫哈里先进计算发展中心（CDAC）进行机械工程研究。US PI Chetan Sankar是一名远程通信技术专家，他将与印度国家研发实验室、远程医疗先驱cdc - mohali主任J.S. Bhatia合作。非洲大学的美国副校长P.K. Raju将与印度理工学院的A. Ramachandraiah和K. Balasubramanian教授合作，他们都是各自大学声学或无损检测实验室的主任。在三个奖励年度中，每年有五名研究生和本科生将利用这些学术/研究机构的综合优势进行全面的国际研究经验。这个IRES项目的统一研究主题是应用三种工程技术来提高生活质量。通过使用1)热、视觉和声学舒适度测量技术，学生团队将设计更舒适、更节能的生活空间，从而提高生活质量；2)使用无损检测技术，学生将开发产品，帮助评估道路和桥梁的结构完整性，从而提高公路基础设施的质量；3)使用无线技术。学生团队将开发新产品，使通过远程医疗应用提供高质量的医疗服务成为可能，从而提高医疗质量。这个项目的智力价值在于，奥本大学的学生将与印度的学生和研究人员团队进行深入的研究和合作。非盟学生将与经验丰富的研究人员和行业专家合作，帮助他们在论文和案例研究中记录他们的研究，这些研究将发表在期刊上并在会议上展示。至于更广泛的影响，学生将建立个人联系，建立新的国际网络，并对全球研发问题有更深入的了解，所有这些都可能对他们继续对国际合作研究产生持久的影响。学生团队开发的解决方案最终将被整合到产品、流程和模型中，直接造福社会。本项目中开展的案例研究将被纳入非盟课程，并将扩大国际经验的影响，包括没有机会直接参与IRES的学生。

0966561Chetan SankarAuburn University This International Research Experience for Students (IRES) award entitled U.S.-India Research Program to Promote Improved Quality of Life thru Innovative Applications of Engineering Technologies provides fifteen Auburn University students a unique opportunity to conduct mechanical engineering research at the premier Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) and the Center for the Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)- Mohali, India. US PI Chetan Sankar,AU is an expert in tele-communications technologies and will work jointly with J.S. Bhatia, Director of CDAC-Mohali, a national R&D laboratory and pioneer of telemedicine in India. US coPI P.K. Raju, AU will partner with Professors A. Ramachandraiah and K. Balasubramanian of IITM, all of whom are Directors of either the acoustics or non-destructive testing labs at their respective universities. For each of the three award years, five graduate and undergraduate students will avail themselves of the combined strengths of these academic/research institutions for a comprehensive international research experience. The unifying research theme for this IRES project is the application of three engineering technologies to improve the quality of life. By using 1)thermal, visual, and acoustic comfort measurement technologies, student teams will design more comfortable and energy efficient living spaces, thereby improving the quality of living, 2) using non-destructive testing technologies, students will develop products to help evaluate the structural integrity of roads and bridges, thereby improving the quality of highway infrastructure, and 3) using wireless technologies, student teams will develop new products that will make possible the delivery of high quality healthcare through telemedicine applications, thereby improving the quality of health. The intellectual merit of this project is that Auburn University students will have an intensive research and collaborative experience with teams of students and researchers in India. The AU students will work with experienced researchers and industry experts to help them document their research in papers and case studies that will be published in journals and presented at conferences. As for broader impacts, the students will develop personal contacts, new international networks, and deeper insights on global R&D issues, all of which could have a lasting impact on their continued interest in international collaborative research. It is also expected that solutions developed by student teams will eventually be integrated into products, processes and models that will directly benefit society. Case studies developed in this project will be integrated into the AU curriculum and will broaden the impact of the international experience to include students that did not have the opportunity to directly participate in IRES.