REU SITE: Summer Internships in Composites for Extreme Performance

该项目的广泛意义：由工程教育和中心分部支持的REU现场项目的目标是培养新一代多样化的研究人员，他们将设计新的复合材料。这些新材料将在极端环境中提供高性能，包括需要管理防火服装的高热负荷，并为防弹衣和警察保护提供抗冲击能力。学生实习生将与NCSU百年校区的个人研究导师配对，并将在校园内进行为期九周的暑期培训。实习生将参加每周一次的互动研究培训研讨会，并参加对北卡罗来纳州先进复合材料行业的两次实地考察。学生实习生将得到更好的培训，以便在研究交流方面具有竞争力，并拥有应对未来研究挑战所需的相关技能。通过与两所HBCU大学和最近的退伍军人合作，招聘学生实习生将专注于未被充分代表的少数族裔，通过与克雷文社区学院的合作，克雷文社区学院为大量退伍军人和现役军人提供服务。项目描述：这个REU网站项目的目标是由工程教育和中心司支持，培养新一代多样化的研究人员，他们将通过为他们提供研究和沟通工具来设计新的复合材料，从而取得成功。复合材料在更极端的环境中工作，包括需要管理防火服装的高热负荷，以及为防弹衣和警察保护提供抗冲击能力。该项目将让学生实习生接触到专门为极端环境量身定做的复合材料的设计，他们的专门制造、性能测试，以及通过纳米技术引入多功能的方法。为了招聘实习生，私人投资机构将与三所大学和一所社区学院合作，重点招聘代表性不足的群体，并向同行机构发布广泛的广告。

BROADER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:The goal of this REU Site project, supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, is to foster a new generation of diverse researchers who will engineer new composite materials. These new materials will provide high performance in extreme environments including the need to manage high thermal loads for fire resistant clothing and provide impact resistance for body armor and police protection. Student interns will be paired with individual research mentors on the NCSU Centennial Campus and will live on the campus for a nine-week summer training period. The interns will attend weekly interactive research training seminars and participate in two site visits to advanced composite industries in North Carolina. The student interns will be better trained to be competitive in research communication and have the relevant technical skills needed to meet future research challenges. Recruitment of the student interns will focus on underrepresented minorities through collaboration with two HBCU universities and recent veterans through collaboration with Craven Community College which serves a large number of veterans and active military.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:The goal of this REU Site project, supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers, is to foster a new generation of diverse researchers who will engineer new composite materials, by providing the research and communication tools for them to be successful. Composite materials are operating in more extreme environments including the need to manage high thermal loads for fire resistant clothing and provide impact resistance for body armor and police protection. The project will expose the student interns to the design of composite materials specifically tailored for extreme environments, their specialized fabrication, performance testing, and methods to introduce multi-functionality through nano-technology. To recruit the student interns, the PIs will collaborate with three universities and a community college for focused recruiting of underrepresented groups, along with broad advertising to peer institutions.