REU Site in Sustainable Urban Environments

这个为期三年的REU网站计划在“可持续城市环境”（SUE）在辛辛那提大学（UC）将集中在技术研究获得清洁水，可再生能源，碳封存方法，并改善城市基础设施。为REU网站选择的研究项目是由美国国家工程院（NAE）提出的四个工程大挑战所激发的。 这个为期八周的夏季REU网站计划的目标是为本科生提供研究培训，研讨会和讲习班，以利用现代技术进行和传播跨学科研究。该计划旨在鼓励有才华的本科生通过接触研究来进入研究生院。 学生将被安排在团队中，并由教师和博士生指导研究项目。他们将参加一系列研讨会，培训他们进行研究，并参加互动讲习班，提供研究技能，以传播他们的调查结果。每个团队将每两周进行一次报告和进度报告，并在项目结束时提交一份技术论文、海报和幻灯片。将鼓励参与者参与共同撰写的演讲和出版物，为他们在SUE新兴领域的研究领域做出重大贡献。 学生还将参加协调的社会和学术活动，包括：1）全校范围的欢迎野餐; 2）为期一周的年度本科生研究海报论坛（URPF），其中包括海报展示，颁奖宴会，贵宾讲座，？人？s选择奖，？和GRE准备会议;和3）电子期刊的论文传播研究与加州大学本科生作为共同作者。最后，参与者的前和后调查以及评委的评估将用于进行形成性和总结性评估。REU Site计划将向来自不同工程背景的本科生介绍工程和科学。这种动手跨学科实验室/计算机模拟研究经验预计将有助于招聘和留住工程或科学课程的学生。所选的研究项目还展示了工程师如何为整个社会解决问题，这将吸引那些倾向于选择能够提高生活质量的职业道路的女性和少数民族。 该计划将鼓励有才华的本科生进入研究生院，让他们接触研究。由于招募的参与者中有50%是少数民族和妇女，该项目将增加参与研究的代表性不足的研究生人数。

This three year REU Site program in "Sustainable Urban Environments" (SUE) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) will focus on techniques to study Access to Clean Water, Renewable Energy Sources, Carbon-Sequestration Methods, and Improved Urban Infrastructure. The research projects selected for the REU Site are motivated by four of the Grand Challenges for Engineering produced by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The goal of this eight-week summer REU Site program is to provide undergraduate students with research training and seminars and workshops on the use of modern technology in conducting and disseminating cross-disciplinary research. The program intends to encourage talented undergraduates to enroll in graduate school by exposing them to research. Students will be placed in teams and guided on a research project by faculty member(s) and a doctoral student. They will participate in a seminar series to train them to conduct research and participate in interactive workshops to provide the research skills to disseminate their findings. Each team will make biweekly presentations and progress reports, and at the end of the program present a technical paper, poster and power-point presentation. The participants will be encouraged to engage in co-authored presentations and publications that make significant contributions to their field of research in the new emerging areas of SUE. Students will also participate in coordinated social and scholastic activities including: 1) a university-wide welcome picnic; 2) a week-long annual Undergraduate Research Poster Forum (URPF), which includes poster presentations, an awards banquet, a distinguished guest lecture, ?People?s Choice Awards, ? and GRE preparation session; and 3) e-journal of papers to disseminate research with UC undergraduate students as co-authors. Finally, pre- and post-surveys by participants and evaluations by judges will be used to conduct the formative and summative assessments.The REU Site program will introduce undergraduates from diverse engineering backgrounds to engineering and science. This hands-on interdisciplinary laboratory/computer simulation research experience is expected to help in recruiting and retaining students in engineering or science programs. The research projects selected also show how engineers solve problems for society at large, which will be appealing to women and minorities who tend to choose pathways leading to careers that improve quality of life generally. The program will encourage talented undergraduates to enroll in graduate school by exposing them to research. Since 50% of the participants recruited will be minorities and women, the project will increase the number of underrepresented graduate students involved in research.