REU Site: Automotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship (AERIM) Program at Oakland University

这个为期三年的REU现场项目将吸引10名本科生在每年夏季的10周内进行有意义和及时的研究，重点是对美国能源消耗，气候变化问题和相关国家安全问题有直接影响的汽车和能源相关问题。重点将放在旨在提高内燃机、汽车制造工艺、汽车材料、替代推进系统以及润滑和磨损效率的技术上。此外，另一个重点领域将是研究旨在提高一般齿轮箱和风力涡轮机齿轮箱的可靠性。该REU网站计划的主要特点包括：1)一个独特的三层指导计划，涉及教师，行业导师和毕业生；2)来自几家汽车和零部件制造商（通用汽车、克莱斯勒、斯凯孚美国）和具有丰富行业经验的个人的坚定承诺，为学生提供指导，并获得实验室和工业设施；3)通过协调的专业活动，如行业和实验室参观，研讨会，与行业专业人士互动，口头报告和参加和/或在会议上展示研究成果的机会，学习，网络和同伴支持机会。建议的活动有何更广泛的影响？为了促进女性和少数族裔在工程领域的参与，这个REU项目将从代表性不足的群体中招收至少四名学生，并特别注重招收女性学生。还将努力增加少数族裔学生的申请人数，并将做出具体努力，从密歇根州东南部以及全国范围内的传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）招收少数族裔学生。研究和推广成果将在会议上和通过同行评议的期刊文章传播。此外，有关项目活动的信息将放在网上，供整个社区使用。“这个REU站点是由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助的。”

This three year REU Site program will engage 10 undergraduate students for 10 summer weeks each year in meaning and timely research focused on automotive and energy-related problems that have a direct impact on U.S. energy consumption, climate change issues and related national security issues. A special emphasis will be placed on technologies that aim to improve efficiencies of internal combustion engines, automotive manufacturing processes, automotive materials, alternative propulsion systems and lubrication and wear. In addition, another focus area will be on research that aims to improve the reliability of gearboxes in general and wind turbine gearboxes in general. Key features of this REU Site program include: 1) a unique three-tier mentorship program, that involves faculty, industrial mentors and graduates; 2) a strong commitment from several automotive and component manufacturers (General Motors, Chrysler, SKF USA) and individuals with extensive industrial experience to provide mentorship to the students and access to laboratory and industrial facilities; and 3) learning, networking and peer support opportunities through coordinated professional activities such as, industry and lab tours, seminars, interactions with professionals from industry, oral presentations and the opportunity to attend and/or present research findings at a conference. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity? In order to promote the participation of women and minorities in engineering, this REU program will recruit at least four of the ten students from underrepresented groups, with a particular focus on recruiting women into the program. Efforts will also be made to increase the number of minority student applicants and specific efforts will be made to recruit minority students from southeastern Michigan, as well as from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) nationwide. Research and outreach results will be disseminated at conferences and through peer-reviewed journal articles. Also, information about the program activities will be placed online and made available to the entire community."This REU site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program."