REU Site: Engineering for Bouncing Back

自然和人为的压力和冲击，如卡特里娜飓风、桑迪飓风和玛丽亚飓风、反复出现的热浪和西部的干旱、密歇根州弗林特市饮用水的铅污染、密歇根州底特律市的经济困境以及密西西比河的洪水，都促使美国各地的社区在其备灾和规划活动中考虑复原力。迫切需要开展研究和教育，以推进对复原力的系统观点，具体而言，这种观点通过跨越已建成的基础设施系统、社会机构、新兴技术以及利益攸关方参与和社区能力建设的多种解决方案，将应对、恢复和缓解结合起来。为了满足这一需求，一个新的本科生研究计划“工程反弹”（EBB）将在这个REU网站开发-一个集成的研究人员和本科生从土木和建筑工程，化学，生物和环境工程，电气工程和计算机科学的主题弹性。REU网站建立在俄勒冈州州立大学正在进行的复原力领域的研究基础上，并为全国的本科生提供了令人兴奋的跨学科研究机会。技术研究项目加上一套REU活动将在这个REU网站提供，使研究和教育目标的实现，具体来说：（1）推进关于跨学科方法、工具和技术的科学，用于（a）提高已建基础设施系统的复原力，（B）提高生态系统和自然资源的复原力，（c）提高社区复原力的能力，以及（d）提高社区风险和复原力评估的能力，以及（2）提高学生运用系统思维技能解决复杂复原力研究问题的能力，并提高他们从事跨学科研究生研究的动力。每名本科生将成为研究团队的一员，研究团队由一名小学教师导师，教师合作者（来自多个社会技术学科）和研究生。除了研究项目，学生将参加队列建设活动，如，实地考察面临独特的弹性挑战的社区，和一个电影之夜专注于社区弹性的故事。专业发展将包括活动，如每周技能建设讲习班和小组，10页的项目报告，以及最后的EBB REU研讨会。申请将从四分之一学期的机构和相关项目的高度积极性，代表性不足和少数民族学生寻求。更广泛的EBB REU招聘工作将在全国会议上为来自代表性不足群体的本科工程专业学生进行。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

Natural and anthropogenic stresses and shocks, such as hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, and Maria, recurring heat waves, and droughts in the West, lead contamination in drinking water at Flint, Michigan, economic distress in Detroit Michigan, and floods in the Mississippi River, have triggered communities across the US to consider resiliency in their preparedness and planning activities. There is critical need for research and education that advances a systems view of resilience, specifically, one that incorporates response, recovery, and mitigation via multitude of solutions spanning the built infrastructure systems, social institutions, emerging technologies, and stakeholder engagement and capacity-building in communities. To meet this need, a novel undergraduate research program on "Engineering for Bouncing Back" (EBB) will be developed at this REU site - one that integrates researchers and undergraduate students from Civil and Construction Engineering, Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on the topic of resilience. The REU Site is built upon ongoing research in the field of Resiliency at Oregon State University, and offers exciting interdisciplinary research opportunities to undergraduates nationwide. Technical research projects coupled with a suite of REU activities will be offered at this REU site to enable the accomplishment of research and education goals, specifically: (1) Advance the science on interdisciplinary methods, tools, and technologies used towards (a) improving resiliency of built infrastructure systems, (b) improving resiliency of ecosystems and natural resources, (c) improving capacity for community resilience, and (d) improving capability for risk and resilience assessment in communities, and (2) Improvement of the ability of students to employ Systems Thinking skills in solving complex resiliency research problems, and increase their motivation to pursue interdisciplinary graduate research.Each undergraduate student will be part of a research team comprising of a primary faculty mentor, faculty collaborators (from multiple socio-technical disciplines), and graduate student. In addition to research projects, students will participate in cohort-building activities such as, field trips to communities facing unique resiliency challenges, and a movie night focused on community resilience stories. Professional development will be comprised of activities such as weekly skill-building workshops and panels, a 10-page project report, and the final EBB REU symposium. Applications will be sought from highly motivated underrepresented and minority students at quarter-term institutions and related programs. Broader EBB REU recruiting efforts will take place at national conferences for undergraduate engineering students from underrepresented groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.