REU Site: Additive Manufacturing

密苏里科技大学（Missouri University of Science and Technology）为期三年的REU Site项目专注于增材制造（AM）领域。每年有8名来自密苏里大学以外的美国大学的本科生将加入密苏里大学的团队，从事令人兴奋的跨学科AM研究。也将有一名本科生在学年期间参加。对这一项目的投资将有助于美国在这一关键制造技术上保持竞争优势。为了满足增材制造的跨学科性质，拟议的项目将由机械和航空航天工程系、制造工程系、材料科学与工程系、信息科学与技术系以及密苏里理工大学校园的智能系统中心和航空航天制造技术中心共同努力。这个REU网站计划的目标是：1)向本科生介绍AM的各个方面；2)为学生提供具有个人挑战性的增材制造研究项目，包括分析，计算机辅助设计和分析，以及在最先进的研究实验室中的动手组件；3)将个人研究项目整合到一个跨学科的、基于团队的环境中，研究成果将用于制造3D组件；4)吸引有才华的本科生，特别是代表性不足的学生，在AM进行研究，并激励他们攻读研究生课程；5)提供课外活动，使学生接触到其他令人兴奋的研究领域和尖端技术。这个REU现场项目包括以下部分：1)一个为期十周的增材制造研究暑期项目，将分析研究、计算机辅助设计和分析与实验室实践经验相结合；2)一系列具有挑战性的个人研究项目，利用机械工程、制造工程和材料科学与工程的技能，解决增材制造中的关键问题；3)在跨学科，团队为基础的环境中整合个人项目，制造功能3D组件；4)本科生师徒关系体系，包括师生网络；5)每周圆桌讨论，行业和教师专家讨论新兴技术，道德，研究生入学机会等主题；6)为本科生提供一个学习各种媒体有效沟通、团队合作、项目管理和领导技能的环境。该REU网站项目面向机械工程、制造工程和材料科学与工程领域的大三或大四本科生。我们将特别关注代表性不足的学生，以确保项目的多样性。这个REU项目将鼓励本科生继续研究生教育。

This three-year REU Site program at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is focused in the area of Additive Manufacturing (AM). Each year eight undergraduate students from U.S. universities outside of Missouri S&T will join the Missouri S&T team to engage in exciting, interdisciplinary AM research. There will also be one undergraduate student who will participate during the academic year. Investment in this program will help the United States maintain a competitive advantage in this critical manufacturing technology. To meet the interdisciplinary nature of AM, the proposed program will be a joint effort of the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, and Information Science and Technology, as well as the Intelligent Systems Center and the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies on the Missouri S&T campus.The goals of this REU Site program are to: 1) introduce undergraduate students to all aspects of AM; 2) provide students with individual challenging research projects in AM that include analytical, computer aided design and analysis, and hands-on components in state-of-the-art research laboratories; 3) integrate individual research projects into an interdisciplinary, team based environment where research results will be used to fabricate 3D components; 4) attract talented undergraduate students, particularly underrepresented students, to conduct research in AM and motivate them to pursue graduate studies; and 5) provide extracurricular activities to expose the students to other exciting areas of research and cutting-edge technologies.This REU Site program includes the following components: 1) a ten week summer program on AM research that combines analytical studies and computer aided design and analysis with a hands-on laboratory experience; 2) a set of challenging individual research projects utilizing the skills of mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, and materials science and engineering, to address critical issues in AM; 3) integrated individual projects in an interdisciplinary, team-based environment to fabricate functional 3D components; 4) a mentoring system for the undergraduate students that includes a network of students and faculty; 5) weekly roundtable discussions where industry and faculty experts discuss topics such as emerging technologies, ethics, graduate school opportunities, etc.; and 6)an environment where the undergraduate students learn effective communication in a variety of media, teamwork, project management, and leadership skills.This REU Site program will target undergraduates in their junior or senior year in the fields of mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, and materials science and engineering. Particular attention will be paid to underrepresented students in order to ensure program diversity. This REU program will encourage undergraduates to pursue graduate education.