REU Site: Advanced Processing and Materials Characterization

非技术性概述：这是一个为期10周的暑期项目，主要目的是为北得克萨斯大学材料科学与工程专业的10名本科生提供研究和教育体验。该项目将涉及材料科学与工程、机械工程和物理学三个不同系的教师，重点是培养本科生设计、制造和测试各种材料。这些活动有可能通过为这些学生提供进行材料科学和工程研究的实际经验来影响他们。每年夏天，该网站将招募10名本科生参加这个由不同教职员工提供的指导计划。重点将是为少数群体、妇女、代表性不足的群体以及来自非博士学位授予和/或非研究密集型机构的学生提供研究机会。在这个项目的过程中，学生将在文献回顾、材料设计、动手实验室技能、解决问题、实验规划和设计以及撰写和提交技术论文方面培养科研人员特有的技能。该计划还将为学生提供有关研究生院的相关信息。这将包括帮助学生确定合适的计划，了解可用的资金来源，完成申请过程，并在完成研究生课程后认识到就业前景。技术概述：学生将学习的具体材料设计、准备和表征技术包括涂层工艺、电弧熔炼、拉丝、棒材和板材轧制、烧结、X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、聚焦离子束技术、拉曼光谱、俄歇电子能谱、磨损测试、机械测试、密度泛函理论和分子动力学。该计划的主要目标包括：(1)通过报告/论文、演示文稿和海报，以及通过参与特定项目的研究团队的工作，提高学生的沟通技能；(2)在教师导师的指导下，以及本科生、研究生、博士后研究员和其他研究同事的指导下，有效地进行研究；(3)培养学生提出科学问题的能力；(4)发展回答科学问题的分析和计算技能；(5)通过一系列研讨会，激励学生在材料科学、工程和相关的STEM领域追求职业生涯。以及(6)熟悉参与项目的每个小组成员的角色，以指导学生未来在这些角色中的表现。

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This is a 10-week summer program whose main objective is to provide a research and education experience to 10 undergraduate students in the broad area of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas. This program will involve faculty in three different departments, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics, with an emphasis on training undergraduate students in designing, fabricating, and testing a wide variety of materials. These activities have the potential to influence these students by providing them with real-life experience conducting research in materials science and engineering. Each summer, the Site will recruit 10 undergraduate students to be part of this mentoring program provided by a diverse group of faculty members. The focus will be on providing research opportunities for minorities, women, underrepresented groups, and students from non-PhD granting and/or non-research intensive institutions. During the course of this program, the students will develop skills characteristic of scientific researchers in literature review, materials design, hands-on laboratory skills, problem solving, experiment planning and design, and writing and presenting technical papers. The program will also provide students with relevant information regarding graduate school. This will include helping students to identify suitable programs, to understand the available financial resources, to complete the application process, and to recognize the job prospects after completion of a graduate program.TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The specific materials design, preparation, and characterization techniques that the students will learn include coating processes, arc melting, wire drawing, rod and plate rolling, sintering, X-Ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, focused ion beam techniques, Raman spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, wear testing, mechanical testing, density functional theory, and molecular dynamics. Major goals of this program include: (1) improviing students' communication skills through reports/papers, presentations, and posters and through working within the research team involved in their specific project, (2) performing research effectively under the supervision of a faculty mentor and from undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and other research colleagues, (3) developing students' ability to ask scientific questions, (4) developing analytical and computational skills to answer scientific questions, (5) inspiring students to pursue careers in materials science and engineering and related STEM fields through a series of workshops, and (6) gaining familiarity with the role of each group member who is involved in a project to guide students' future performance in these roles.