REU Site: Wireless Communications for Rural and Remote Areas

蒙大拿州立大学（MSU）为期三年的REU研究项目将为十名本科生提供研究经验。 为期十周的暑期课程的目标是：1）让本科生接触现实世界，创新和跨学科的研究，重点是农村和偏远地区的无线通信; 2）鼓励本科生攻读研究生学位和工程职业; 3）培养研究技能，提高沟通和协作技能。 为了帮助本科生的成长，每个参与者都将与一位教师顾问和研究生研究导师配对。 在为期十周的课程中，学生将在MATLAB迷你课程，研讨会和研讨会的参与下进行个人研究项目。 他们还将有机会在预定的实地考察期间探索波兹曼地区，并与密歇根州立大学的工作人员和学生一起参加其他校园夏季本科课程的社交活动。 在十周结束时，每个REU学生将被要求提交一份关于他/她的研究的书面报告。 学生们还将在与密歇根州立大学校园内其他REU项目一起举行的校园联合海报研讨会上展示他们的项目成果。 在研讨会上，学生们将向数百名教职员工、研究人员、研究生、其他本科生、管理人员、行业赞助商和其他代表展示他们的成果。一些优秀的期末论文将被选择并提交给主要会议或主要期刊出版。这个REU网站的更广泛的影响来自于工程和科学领域代表性不足的少数民族本科生的参与。 招聘工作将侧重于美国印第安人学生、地区部落学院的学生、蒙大拿学院的学生和来自资源有限的其他农村地区的非密集学院的学生，以及女工程学生。REU计划还将与20-30名高中生接触，他们将通过蒙大拿州的学徒计划（MAP）在校园里进行研究。 这些学生来自蒙大拿州的七个美国印第安人保留地的高中，他们在密歇根州立大学的研究实验室工作了6个星期。 连接MAP和REU计划的目标是向美国印第安高中生展示他们可以从大学电气和计算机工程课程中获得什么，并向他们展示他们可以在这样的课程中做得很好，并鼓励他们继续接受大学教育。

This three year renewal REU site program at Montana State University (MSU)will provide research experiences for ten undergraduate students. The objectives of the ten week summer program are: 1) to expose undergraduate students to real-world, innovative and interdisciplinary research focused on wireless communications in rural and remote areas; 2) to encourage undergraduates to pursue graduate degrees and careers in engineering; and 3) to develop research skills and improve communication and collaborative skills. To assist in the growth of the undergraduate students each participant will be paired with both a faculty advisor and graduate student research mentor. During the ten week program, students will work on their individual research projects in conjunction with participation in the MATLAB mini-course, workshops and seminars. They will also have opportunities to explore the Bozeman region during scheduled field trips and to participate in social activities with MSU staff and students in the other campus summer undergraduate programs. At the end of the ten weeks, each REU student will be required to submit a written report on his/her research. Students will also present their project results at an on-campus joint poster symposium held in conjuction with other REU programs on the MSU campus. At the symposium students will showcase their results to a few hundred faculty members, research staff, graduate students, other undergraduates, administrator, industry sponsors and other representative. Some excellent final papers will be selected and submitted to major conferences or to major journals for publication.The broader impacts of this REU Site arise from the participation of undergraduate students who are underrepresented minorities in engineering and science. Recruitment efforts will focus on American Indian students, students from regional tribal colleges, and students from Montana colleges and non-intensive colleges from other rural areas with limited resources, as well as women engineering students. The REU program will also engage with the 20-30 high school students who will be on campus doing research through Montana's Apprenticeship Program (MAP). These students come from high schools on Montana's seven American Indian reservations, and they spend 6 weeks at MSU working in research labs. The goal in linking the MAP and the REU program is to show the American Indian high school students what they can expect from a college electrical and computer engineering course and to show them that they can do well in such a course and encourage them to pursue college education.