REU Site: Hard and Soft Materials in Nanoscience Technology Driven Energy Applications

智力价值这个为期三年的REU站点计划将由中佛罗里达大学的纳米科学技术中心(NSTC)主办。每年将有10名本科生参加为期10个暑期的研究和教育活动。该计划将包括以下内容：(1)工程能源、纳米技术基本原理的入门课程；(2)教师和行业领袖的研究研讨会；(3)对佛罗里达州中部众多行业的工业访问；(4)关于工程研究中的伦理问题的研讨会、讲习班和讨论会议；(4)促进跨学科研究的小组项目；(5)通过每周的讨论小组对学生的进展进行监测、评估和跟踪，以及(6)为学生在STEM领域寻求职业生涯做好准备。学员将在来自多学科项目的教师的指导下，学习制造和研究用于能源应用的新型功能纳米材料和设备。这项研究将包括实验工作和基于计算机的建模。这些学生将与UCF的技术孵化器合作，接受纳米材料的技术商业化培训，以实现技术。更广泛的影响这个REU网站项目将吸引来自材料、工程、光学和物理科学的教师。它将促进STEM教职员工和学生之间的校际关系，并有机会探索新的教学模式。这一经历将有助于学生在STEM领域规划他们的职业道路，并将为学生创造一个多元文化的丰富环境，使他们能够了解研究和教育环境中的跨文化动态。该计划将鼓励这些学生继续攻读科学和工程方面的研究生课程，并使用纳米焦点。这些本科生将获得技能，成为未来能源经济中基于纳米技术的材料和设备技术的开发和商业化的领导者，这对佛罗里达州中部地区以及美国支持其作为全球经济和技术领导者的地位具有战略重要性。该网站由国防部与NSF REU项目共同出资。

Intellectual MeritThis three year REU site program will be hosted by the NanoScience Technology Center (NSTC) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Ten undergraduate students will be engaged in research and education activities for 10 summer weeks each year. The program will include the following: (1) introductory coursework on the basic principles of engineering energy, nanotechnology; (2) research seminars by faculty and industry leaders; (3) industrial visits to the numerous industries in Central Florida; (4) seminars, workshops and discussion sessions on ethics in engineering research, group projects to foster interdisciplinary research; and (5) monitoring, evaluation, and tracking of the students' progress via weekly discussion groups and (6) preparation of students to pursue careers in STEM areas. Participants will learn to manufacture and study new functional nanomaterials and devices for energy applications under the guidance of faculty from multidisciplinary programs. The research will involve experimental work as well as computer based modeling. The students will be trained in technology commercialization of nanomaterials for enabling technology in collaboration with UCF's Technology Incubator. Broader ImpactsThis REU site program will engage faculty from Materials, Engineering, Optical and Physical sciences. It will foster intercollegial relationships between STEM faculty and students with an opportunity to investigate new teaching paradigms. This experience will aid students in formulating their career paths in STEM areas and will create a multicultural rich environment for the students to enable them to understand the intercultural dynamics in a research and educational setting. This program will encourage these students to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering with a nanofocus. These undergraduate students will gain the skill set to become leaders in the development and commercialization of nanotechnology-based materials and device technologies for the energy economy of tomorrow, which is of strategic importance to the Central Florida area as well as to the United States to support its position as a global economic and technological leader. "The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program."