REU Site in Additive Manufacturing- Advances and Applications

项目更广泛的意义：这个REU站点更新站点推进增材制造的应用具有强大的优势，为跨学科项目提供了机会，最终形成了优秀的应用工程研究活动。这些活动将帮助参与者培养终身学习的热情，并将鼓励企业家精神和全球影响力，包括将创造的有用的“有时可申请专利的”设备。MSOE-REU网站将继续为来自全国各地的第一代和传统上代表性不足的学生提供研究孵化器，特别是来自二线/非博士学位授予学校的学生。迄今为止，该项目已为161名学生提供了研究机会。在完成学士学位的148名学生中，59%的人已经完成或正在攻读高级学位，其中有几人担任教职。最近一次获奖的学生有21名，其中67%来自其他院校，38%来自少数族裔和其他族裔（14%是非裔美国人），52%是女性。在完成学士学位的8人中，75%在读研。对多样性的承诺、强大的指导环境、项目的跨学科性质，以及对参与者决定攻读研究生的影响的既定记录，将继续成为MSOE-REU的主要标志。该项目的一个新特点是通过以下方式拓宽参与者的角色多样性：1)在夏季期间创建5个K-12学习模块，与校园内的老师和学生互动；2)在为期10周的REU项目的中间六周，两名学生在科学与工业研究委员会和南非约翰内斯堡大学从事激光材料研究，从而使所有参与者和顾问具备全球视角。项目描述：MSOE的这个为期三年的夏季REU更新站点由美国国家科学基金会工程教育和中心部资助，每年将为7名本科生提供进行增材制造（AM）的进展（微，混合，激光金属）和应用（生物纳米）研究的机会。新型和功能性增材制造应用和材料的范围正在迅速增长，该领域前所未有的技术进步正在影响我们的日常生活。此外，由于材料的进步，AM应用除了具有准确性，缩短开发和交付时间以及可靠性等独特功能外，还变得具有成本效益。国际部分，在项目的中间六周，两名参与者在全球范围内进行材料科学研究，为所有参与者提供了一个新的动态，丰富他们的经验，除了合作研究成果之外，还带来了全球视角。这两名参与者将是典型的MSOE大三学生，他们在校园里接触过AM，并完成了材料科学课程，为参加南非科学与工业研究委员会和约翰内斯堡大学的先进材料研究做了充分的准备。5名在校内进行增材制造应用研究的参与者将从其他院校的申请者中选出；他们将根据自己的研究项目为K-12课程创建学习模块，并将在现场与“项目引领之路”的老师和学生互动。每两周一次的虚拟会议将安排所有参与者之间的互动。这个为期十周的项目旨在吸引广泛的学生，通常是50%的女性，25%的少数族裔和超过60%的其他机构的学生。参与者将在一个强有力的指导环境中进行研究。学生将从一个完善和运行良好的项目中获得丰富的职业经验，最终完成一篇论文，在全国会议上发表演讲，并有强烈的愿望去攻读研究生学位。美国国家科学基金会紧凑和高效流体动力中心的另外两名参与者每年与这些学生一起工作，使该团队成为一个丰富的群体，具有出色的合作研究互动。

BROADER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:This REU site renewal site advances applications of additive manufacturing has the powerful advantage of providing opportunities for interdisciplinary projects that culminate in excellent applied engineering research activities. The activities will help participants develop a passion for lifelong learning and will encourage entrepreneurship and global impact involving the useful "sometimes patentable" devices that will be created. The MSOE-REU Site will continue to be a research incubator for several first-generation and traditionally underrepresented students from all across the nation, especially from second tier/ non Ph.D. granting schools. To date, this program has provided 161 students with research opportunities. Of the 148 students who have completed their baccalaureate, 59% have completed or are pursuing advanced degrees, with several in faculty positions. The most recent award has served 21 students, of whom 67% are from other institutions, 38% minorities and others (14% African American), and 52% women. Of the 8 who have completed a baccalaureate, 75% are in graduate school. The commitment to diversity, strong mentoring environment, interdisciplinary nature of the program, and an established record of impact on participants' decisions to pursue graduate studies will continue to be major markers of the MSOE-REU. A new feature in the proposed site is to broaden the participants' role in diversity through 1) creation of five K-12 learning modules amidst interaction with teachers and students on campus during summer and 2) enablement of a global perspective among all participants and advisors while two students engage in laser-based materials research at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa during the middle six weeks of the 10-week REU program.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:This three-year summer REU renewal site at MSOE, funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers, will offer seven undergraduates annually opportunities to conduct research in advances (micro-, hybrid, laser-based metal) and applications (bio-nano) of additive manufacturing (AM). The range of new and functional AM applications and materials is growing rapidly and unprecedented technological advances in this field are affecting our daily lives. Also, the AM application, in addition to its unique features of accuracy, reduction in development and delivery time, and reliability, is becoming cost-effective because of the advancement of materials. The international component, with two participants conducting materials science research in a global setting during the middle six weeks of the program provides a new dynamic to all participants enriching their experience and bringing a global perspective besides the collaborative research accomplishments. These two participants will be typically MSOE juniors who have had exposure to AM on campus and have completed materials science course(s) with an adequate preparation to participate in advanced materials research at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa and the University of Johannesburg. The five participants conducting AM applications research on campus will be chosen among applicants from other institutions; they will create learning modules for K-12 outreach from their own research projects and will interact with Project Lead the Way teachers and students on the premises. Bi-weekly virtual meetings will be arranged for interaction among all participants. This ten-week program is geared to attract a broad mix of students, typically 50% women, 25% underrepresented minorities and more than 60% from other institutions. Participants will conduct research in a strongly mentored environment. Students will receive a career-enriching experience from a well-established and well-run program culminating in a final paper, a national conference presentation and a strong desire to pursue a graduate degree. Two additional participants under NSF Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power work alongside these students each year, making the team a rich cohort with excellent collaborative research interactions.