REU Site: Fluid Mechanics with Analysis using Computations and Experiments (FM-ACE)

这个为期三年的更新研究经验的本科生（REU）网站程序，流体力学与分析使用计算和实验（FM-ACE），在亚拉巴马塔斯卡卢萨大学，将从事和指导来自代表性不足的群体的本科生的多样化队列有限的访问研究设施在令人兴奋的和新兴领域与流体力学。流体力学领域在视觉上具有独特的吸引力，使其成为激励学生追求研究生学习的优秀研究领域。它在本质上也是多学科的，因为广泛的工程学科需要不同深度的流体力学知识。虽然流体力学的许多基本方面都得到了很好的理解，但它仍然是一个引人入胜的研究领域，创新和令人兴奋的发现正在积极发生;这在很大程度上是由于过去20年来实验和计算能力的技术进步，如高速成像，先进的激光诊断和强大的计算。该网站的一个主要目的是多样化和增加美国工程师的数量，他们接受研究生教育并进入工程工作队伍，以进行尖端研究，从而在公共和国防利益领域进行技术创新，从而促进我们国家的繁荣。亚拉巴马塔斯卡卢萨大学将在10个夏季周内接待10名本科生，他们将在与流体力学相关的令人兴奋的新兴领域进行研究，最终目标是在11月的美国物理学会流体动力学分部（APS DFD）会议上展示他们的研究。该计划的这一组成部分作为一个重要的后续机制，以进一步鼓励REU参与者进行研究生学习，并通过激励学生和导师获得高质量的研究成果，为网站的成功做出贡献。其他重要目标包括提供一个培养研究和技术交流技能的结构。该网站涉及流体力学的基础和应用研究，涉及一系列工程学科，以及在最先进的实验室环境中对本科生的培训。学生将有助于项目，其中包括，作为一个采样，粒子图像测速（PIV）的生物启发边界层控制机制，燃烧研究使用彩色纹影系统，和计算航空声学的调查。

This three year renewal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, Fluid Mechanics with Analysis using Computations and Experiments (FM-ACE), at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, will engage and mentor a diverse cohort of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups with limited access to research facilities in exciting and emerging areas related to fluid mechanics. The field of fluid mechanics is unique in its ability to be visually captivating, making it an excellent area of research for motivating students to pursue graduate study. It is also multidisciplinary in nature as a wide range of engineering disciplines require varying depths of knowledge in fluid mechanics. While many basic aspects of fluid mechanics are well understood, it is still an engaging field of study where innovation and exciting discoveries are actively taking place; this is greatly in part due to the technological advances in experimental and computational capabilities over the last 20 years such as high speed imaging, advanced laser diagnostics and powerful computing. A major aim of this site is to diversify and increase the number of American engineers who pursue a graduate education and enter the engineering work force to perform cutting edge research leading to technological innovation in areas of public and national defense interest, thereby furthering our country's prosperity. The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa will host 10 undergraduate students over 10 summer weeks in exciting and emerging areas related to fluid mechanics with an end goal of presenting their research the following November at the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD) conference. This component of the program acts as an important follow-through mechanism to further encourage REU participants to pursue graduate studies and contributes to the success of the site by motivating both the student and mentors to obtain quality research results. Other important objectives include providing a structure wherein research and technical communication skills are cultivated. This site involves basic and applied research in fluid mechanics across a range of engineering disciplines as well as the training of undergraduate students in state-of-the-art laboratory environments. Students will contribute to projects that include, as a sampling, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) investigations of bio-inspired boundary layer control mechanisms, combustion studies using a color schlieren system, and computational aeroacoustics.