REU Site - Summer Internships in Nanomaterials and Nanomechanics

在费耶特维尔的阿肯色大学（UA），这个为期三年的REU Site项目专注于纳米材料和纳米力学。提议的REU计划的目标是：1)每年招收10名纳米工程本科生；2)让学生自我评估自己对读研的兴趣；3)增加未来纳米材料和纳米力学专业人才的数量；4)使亚利桑那大学机械工程系成为并被公认为全国一流的本科和研究生课程。REU的参与者还将参加研讨会和讲习班，使他们接触到纳米工程和专业发展，强调研究和研究生学习。补充的社会活动包括参观区域研究和工业设施，与其他UA REU项目合作到当地感兴趣的地区进行团体郊游。研讨会和工作坊将由教师导师和专业从业者提供。研讨会主题包括：1)创业精神；2) nanoelectromechanics;3) nanobiomechanics;原子论的建模;还有微型和纳米卫星。举办以下六个工作坊：1)图书馆简介；2)高级图书馆专题；3)申请研究生院；4) GRE实践考试；5)表达能力和报告写作能力；6)研究和伦理。在项目的第二周，REU学生将参加一个小型研讨会，在那里他们将向教师、研究生、实习生和公众做5分钟的介绍，介绍他们研究的基本原理、目标和建议的方法。在项目结束时，学生们将以12分钟的会议形式向教师、研究生、实习生和公众展示他们的项目成果。最后，他们将被要求准备他们的研究结果的最终书面报告。建议的活动有何更广泛的影响？招生工作将针对来自研究活动有限的机构、少数民族机构、妇女、残疾人和其他UA项目的本科生。我们强烈鼓励参与者在与其研究相关的技术会议上展示他们的研究成果。

This three-year REU Site program at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UA) focuses on nanomaterials and nanomechanics. The objectives of the proposed REU program are: 1) to engage 10 undergraduate students each year in nanoscale engineering; 2) to allow students to self-assess their interest in graduate school; 3) to increase the number of future professionals in nanomaterials and nanomechanics; and 4) to enable the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UA to become and be recognized as a nationally top tier undergraduate and graduate program.REU participants will also be engaged in seminars and workshops to expose them to nanoscale engineering as well as professional development, emphasizing research and graduate studies. Complementary social activities include tours of regional research and industrial facilities, group outings to local areas of interest in collaboration with the other UA REU programs. The seminars and workshops will be delivered by faculty mentors and professional practitioners. Seminar topics include the following: 1) entrepreneurship; 2) nanoelectromechanics; 3) nanobiomechanics; atomistic modeling; and pico and nano satellites. The following six workshops will be held: 1) introduction to the library; 2) advanced library topics; 3) applying to graduate school; 4) GRE Practice Tests; 5) presentation skills and report writing; and 6) research and ethics. During week two of the program REU students will participate in a mini-symposium where they will make a 5 minute presentation on the rationale, objectives and proposed methodology for their research to faculty, graduate students, interns and the public. At the end of the program, the students will present their project results in a 12 minute conference style presentation to faculty, graduate students, interns and the public. Finally, they will be required to prepare a final written report of their research results.What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?Recruitment efforts will be targeted to undergraduate students from institutions with limited research activities, minority institutions, women, persons with disabilities and other UA programs. Participants will be strongly encouraged to present their research results at a technical conference related to their research.