Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans (IOU-NA)

技术概述：在工程教育和中心部门的大力支持下，西安大学的IOU-NA REU项目将在2014-2016年夏季为8名美国原住民STEM本科生提供为期10周的研究培训。他的研究方向是用于光通信的光子材料和器件，这将是未来互联网技术的基石。许多为互联网设备开发硬件的领先公司，如英特尔、思科、甲骨文、阿尔卡特-朗讯和富士通，都是中国的工业分支机构，它们对招收具有这些专业技能的学生非常感兴趣。在未来15年的时间里，要保持美国在信息技术领域的领先地位，就需要发展密集的集成光电系统，以扩展当前光纤网络核心的能力，同时保持与当今电子接入网相同的成本。此外，光子学在互联网数据中心和云计算基础设施中的全新应用已经出现。IOU-NA的学生将加入经验丰富的中国研究团队，研究改进的光纤，波导材料，短脉冲激光，纳米制造，硅光子学和非线性光子学，以及COS的团队，特别是在水文和环境科学领域。这种跨学科的方法将为REU参与者提供更全面的研究经验。入选该项目的研究项目有可能推动美国光学科学和环境科学领域的发展。IOU-NA计划通过提供一系列培训和研讨会，为学生提供在STEM职业和教育中取得成功的信息和策略，在交流研究项目的应用和动机方面的实践，鼓励他们在会议上发表和分享研究成果，鼓励他们在部落和城市社区内分享这些开发的技能，为学生应对现代工程的挑战做好准备。非技术总结：2012年，美国国家科学基金会报告称，在美国授予美国公民的近3500个工程博士学位中，不到。17个被印第安人占领。越来越明显的是，支持美国原住民从事STEM领域的巨大需求，与国家努力增加和改善对未被充分代表的少数民族的STEM教育是一致的。只有42%的印第安人接受过高等教育，其中只有13%的人获得了学士或更高的学位，因此，在本科STEM领域支持印第安人的项目是迫在眉睫的。西安大学的REU， IOU-NA计划是确保这些有独特障碍的学生获得获得STEM学士学位和研究生学位所需的信心和工具的重要一步。西安大学目前的REU项目是一个经过验证的、多学科、多机构的项目，为本科生提供研究经验，如果没有这个项目，他们将没有什么选择来获得本科经验。通过指导拥有美国原住民公民身份的学生或就读于美国印第安人学院或大学的本科生，为西安大学的REU增加对美国原住民的关注，符合这个国家的优先事项。西安大学的IOU-NA计划将增加代表性不足的少数民族成功毕业于高等教育STEM专业并从事STEM职业和研究生学习的机会。除了参与尖端研究外，IOU-NA学生还将参加研讨会和STEM美国原住民演讲者系列活动。这是ian为简化美国原住民青年的STEM管道而开发的几个教育项目之一。

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:With the committed support from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, CIAN's IOU-NA REU program will provide research training for 8 Native American STEM undergraduate students, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2014-2016. CIAN's research addresses photonic materials and devices for optical communication that will be the cornerstone of future Internet technologies. Many leading companies that develop hardware for Internet equipment such as Intel, Cisco, Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent, and Fujitsu are CIAN industrial affiliates with a keen interest to recruit students with these specialized skills. Over a fifteen year horizon, keeping the U.S. as a leader in information technology will require developing dense, integrated optoelectronic systems that extend the capabilities of the current fiber network core while retaining the same cost as today's electronic access network. In addition, entirely new applications for photonics with internet data centers and within the infrastructure of cloud computing are already emerging. IOU-NA students will join experienced CIAN research teams working on improved fiber optics, waveguide materials, short-pulsed lasers, nanofabrication, silicon photonics, and nonlinear photonics, as well as teams in the COS, specifically in the area of Hydrology and Environmental Sciences. This interdisciplinary approach will provide REU participants with a more rounded research experience. The research projects selected for this program have the potential to advance the fields of optical sciences and environmental sciences across the United States. The IOU-NA program prepares students for the challenges of modern engineering by providing a series of trainings and workshops that deliver information and strategies for success in STEM careers and education, practice in communicating the application and motivation of their research projects, and encouraging ambition to publish and share research at conferences, encouraging them to share these developed skill sets within their tribal and urban communities.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:In 2012, NSF reported that of the nearly 3500 engineering doctorate degrees awarded to U.S. citizens in the United States, fewer than .17 went to Native Americans. It has become increasingly evident that there is an enormous need to support Native Americans pursuing STEM fields, and is aligned with national endeavors to increase and improve STEM education for underrepresented minorities. With only 42% of Native Americans pursuing any form of higher education and only 13% of that number attaining a bachelor's degree or higher, the need for programs to support Native Americans in undergraduate STEM fields is immediate. CIAN's REU, IOU-NA program is an essential step ensuring these students with unique obstacles gain the confidence and tools needed to graduate with STEM bachelor's degrees and pursue graduate degrees. CIAN's current REU program is a proven, multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional program that provides research experiences to undergraduate students, who, without this program, would have minimal alternatives for undergraduate experiences. Adding a Native American focus to CIAN's REU by mentoring 8 students who are either Native American by citizenship or undergraduate students attending an American Indian serving college or university is in line with the priorities of this nation. CIAN's IOU-NA program will increase opportunities for underrepresented minorities to successfully graduate with higher education STEM majors and pursue STEM careers and graduate studies. In addition to participation in cutting-edge research, IOU-NA students will participate in workshops and a STEM Native American speakers series This IOU-NA is one of several education programs that CIAN has developed in an effort to streamline the STEM pipeline for Native American youth.