REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Sensors and Applications

这项由德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校(UTA)电气工程系(EE)颁发的为期三年的奖项，每年将吸引12名学生参加为期9周的传感器及应用领域本科生暑期研究体验(REU)项目。该计划将在EE内部实施，以加强现有的支持本科生参与研究的努力，但将包括工程学院(COE)内的其他组成部分，特别是纳米技术研究和教学设施(NanoFab)。将纳入的一些研究项目跨越了COE、生物工程和数学系的部门界限，提供了额外的跨学科经验。学生在进行特定研究项目的同时，将在其研究小组内参加每两周一次的会议，以评估和促进进展。与参与的教职员工及其团队、REU管理层(包括REU助理)和本科生举行每两周一次的全体会议，旨在促进REU交付阶段的改进，对专业和技术发展非常重要。REU参与者的演讲将包括：1)向管理小组和研究团队做期中口头报告，提供他们项目工作的最新情况，描述他们的责任，并提出他们希望在项目结束时实现的目标；2)最后一次报告，重点介绍个人成就及其在团队中的作用，以及他们的成就如何与更广泛的研究范围相适应；3)最后一份技术报告，重点介绍研究结果和完成整体研究工作的过程。除了研究之外，学生还将参加旨在利用环境健康与安全办公室材料设计的教育研讨会。研究生院、英语系和大学生准备(SOAR)计划。REU的学生将进行实地考察，帮助他们在日常生活中了解传感器技术研究的成果。选择的地点将是学生感兴趣的，也是为了与这个REU项目的总主题产生共鸣。例如，最近完工的达拉斯牛仔体育场，距离EE部门约一英里，是一个传感器的世界。数以千计的传感器控制穹顶的运动，管理空气质量、光线、声音和世界上最大的室内液晶电视。此外，参加者亦会参观一个或多个本地大型工业，例如贝尔直升机公司、洛克希德马丁公司、德州仪器公司和爱立信公司。参加者将体验到从事研究工作的挑战和满足感，并鼓励他们攻读理工科的高级学位。该计划将增加妇女、代表不足的少数族裔和9/11退伍军人对研究活动的参与。首席调查员将特别寻求和鼓励德克萨斯州及其邻近州研究能力有限的两年和四年制机构的参与。该项目的多样性加强了研究能力，提高了跨种族、性别和社会经济领域的能力，也有助于为潜力可能未得到充分发挥的有才华的学生提供榜样。

This three year award at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) will engage twelve students per year for a nine-week summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Sensors and Applications. The program will be implemented within EE to augment existing efforts to support undergraduate student involvement in research, but will include other components within the College of Engineering (COE), in particular the Nanotechnology Research and Teaching Facility (NanoFab). Some of the research projects to be included cut across departmental boundaries within COE, with Bioengineering and with the mathematics department, providing an additional component of interdisciplinary experience.While students work on their particular research projects, they will participate in bi-weekly meetings within their research group to assess and facilitate progress. Bi-weekly general meetings with participating faculty members and their teams, REU management (including the REU assistants) and undergraduate students are designed to promote enhancements in the REU delivery phase, and are important for professional and technical development. Presentations by the REU participants will include: 1)a midterm oral presentation, to the management group and research teams, will provide updates on their project work, delineate their responsibilities, and present goals that the would like to achieve by the end of program,2) a final presentation focused on individual accomplishments as well as their role on the team and how their accomplishment fits within the larger scope of the research, and 3)a final technical report focused on the outcomes of the research and the process by which the overall research work was done.In addition to the research, students will participate in educational workshops designed to take advantage of materials from the Environmental Health and Safety Office, Graduate School, Department of English, and University College Student Obtaining Readiness (SOAR) programs. The REU students will go on field trips that will help them see the outcome of sensor technology research in daily life. Sites are selected that will be of interest for students, and also to resonate with the general theme of this REU program. For example, the recently completed Dallas Cowboys stadium, located about one mile from the EE department, is a world of sensors. Thousands of sensors control movement of the dome and manage the air quality, light, sound, and the largest indoor LCDTV in the world. There will also be tours to one or more of the large local industries, such as Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, and Ericsson.The participants will experience the challenges and satisfaction of doing research, and will be encouraged to pursue advanced degrees in science and engineering. The program will increase the participation in research activities by women, underrepresented minorities and 9/11 GI-Bill veterans. The Principal Investigator will especially seek and encourage participation from two and four year institutions with limited research capabilities in Texas and its neighboring states. Diversity of the program strengthens research capability and increases competence across ethnic, gender and socioeconomic lines, and also helps to provide role models for talented students whose potentials may not be fully utilized.