REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Micro/Nanoengineering

路易斯安那理工大学微/纳米工程学的这个为期三年的REU网站更新计划将专注于科学方法和工程设计过程，作为培养学生作为独立研究人员的框架。REU计划将在夏季每年与9名本科生合作10周，提供微/纳米工程的研究经验，对他们进行更正式的研究问题培训，并使他们了解与分析，解释和报告相关的问题。 学生的经验将在期刊文章风格的报告，正式的口头报告和NSF风格的研究提案中达到高潮，详细说明他们工作的下一阶段。这一建议的智力价值在于将完成的微/纳米工程研究。该领域正在进行的工作包括微悬臂梁传感器、微流体、碳纳米管、组织支架和药物输送方法的开发沿着以及材料-细胞相互作用和细胞对纳米结构的反应的研究。目标参与者将是工程或科学本科课程的学生。招生工作将针对妇女和少数民族学生参加该计划，特别是来自格兰布林州立大学、南方大学、草原视图A M、杰克逊州立大学、奥尔康州立大学、密西西比河谷州立大学、亚拉巴马A M大学、亚拉巴马州立大学、得克萨斯南方大学和得克萨斯女子大学以及该地区其他大学的代表性不足的学生，这些大学的学生实验室研究机会有限。学生的可交付成果将进行分析，以确定科学方法和工程设计过程框架对执行研究的能力的影响。

This three-year renewal REU Site program at Louisiana Tech University in Micro/Nanoengineering will focus on the Scientific Method and Engineering Design Process as frameworks for developing students as independent researchers. The REU program will work with 9 undergraduate students per year over a 10 week period in the summer to provide a research experience in micro/nano engineering, train them more formally on the research issues, and make them aware of issues related to analyzing, interpreting and reporting. The students' experience will culminate in a journal article-style report, a formal oral presentation, and an NSF-style research proposal detailing the next phase in their work. The intellectual merit of this proposal is in the micro/nano engineering research that will be accomplished. Ongoing work in this area includes development of microcantelever sensors, microfluidics, carbon nanotubes, tissue scaffolds, and drug-delivery methods along with investigation of material-cell interactions and cellular responses to nanostructures.The broader impact of the proposal is in the preparation of undergraduates for careers in research. The targeted participants will be students who are in undergraduate programs in Engineering, or the Sciences. Recruitment efforts will target women and minority students into the program, particularly underrepresented students from Grambling State University, Southern University, Prairie View A&M, Jackson State University, Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Texas Southern University and Texas Women's University and other universities in the region which have limited laboratory research opportunities for students. Student deliverables will be analyzed to determine the impact of the Scientific Method and Engineering Design Process frameworks on the ability to perform research.