REU Site: Wearable and Emerging technologies - Facilitating research Opportunities and Creating pathways for Underrepresented Students (WE-FOCUS) at FIU

可穿戴设备系统是智能互联的物联网（IoT）设备，它集成了数字健康和用户友好的可穿戴设备。随着可穿戴市场的指数级增长（预计到2020年将达到340亿美元），这些领域的教育和培训变得至关重要。可穿戴设备的多学科交叉研究涵盖了纳米技术、先进材料工程、微电子、传感器、接口和通信等领域；并形成了影响许多工程领域的基石，从国防到医疗保健。例如，由先进的纳米技术和通信技术驱动的可穿戴传感器正在促进对患者自然环境中重要参数的跟踪。在接下来的十年里，由纳米可穿戴传感器产生的环境参数与个人健康参数的相关性将导致医疗保健领域的新范式，并将使患者、医生、科学家和工程师能够预测、管理和治疗慢性病。佛罗里达国际大学（FIU）的REU网站：可穿戴和新兴技术-促进研究机会并为代表性不足的学生创造途径（WE-FOCUS）旨在为学生提供早期接触尖端研究活动的机会，使他们准备好适应他们将生活和工作的新技术环境。它将帮助学生通过他们在这些新兴技术领域的科学家、工程师和领导者的职业生涯，为国家的持续发展做好准备，并促进美国STEM劳动力的文化多样性。这一愿景直接支持了NSF 2018-2022年的战略目标，即早期投资于下一代研究人员的发展，以提高国家应对当前和未来挑战的能力。FOCUS解决了未来几十年关键技术领域对熟练劳动力日益增长的需求。通过这个项目，国际金融学院将从文化和种族/民族多样化的人群中招收有学术才能的学生，同时特别强调吸引女性参与者。学生将沉浸在可穿戴传感器和系统领域的研究体验中，并由教师、博士后和研究生提供分层指导，以确保他们坚持参与该项目。此外，还将组织专业发展研讨会、讲习班和实地考察，以提高学者对STEM职业的兴趣。在完成暑期研究项目后，将在整个学年提供重点建议，以确保学生在高级工程课程中取得成功。学生反馈和项目评估结果将用于确定最佳实践，以提高工程学科的研究经验。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Wearables systems are smart, connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices which integrate digital health and user-friendly wearables. With the exponential increase in the wearable market growth (predicted to be $34 B by 2020), education and training in these areas becomes crucial. The multi and interdisciplinary research in wearables spans the areas of nanotechnology, advanced materials engineering, microelectronics, sensors, interfaces, and communications; and forms the cornerstone to impact many engineering sectors, ranging from defense to healthcare. As an example, wearable sensors powered by advances in nanotechnology and communications are facilitating the tracking of vital parameters in the patients' natural environment. Over the next decade, the correlation of environmental parameters with individual health parameters generated by nano-enabled wearable sensors will lead to a new paradigm in healthcare and will enable patients, doctors, scientists and engineers to predict, manage and treat chronic disease. The REU Site: Wearable and Emerging technologies - Facilitating research Opportunities and Creating pathways for Underrepresented Students (WE-FOCUS) at Florida International University (FIU) aims to provide students an early exposure to the cutting-edge research activities to prepare them to adapt to new technological environments they will live and work in. It will help prepare students to successfully serve in the nation's continuing development through their careers as scientists, engineers, and leaders in these emerging technologies, and advance the cultural diversity in the American STEM workforce. This vision directly supports NSF's 2018-2022 strategic goal of early investment in the development of the next generation of researchers to advance the capability of the Nation to meet current and future challenges. FOCUS addresses the growing need for a skilled workforce in the areas of critical technology needs in the coming decades. Through this program, FIU will recruit academically talented students from culturally and racial/ethnically diverse populations along with placing a special emphasis on attracting women participants to the program. Students will be immersed in a research experience in the field of wearable sensors and systems integrated with and facilitated by tiered mentoring offered by faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to ensure their persistence in the program. Additionally, professional development seminars, workshops, and field trips will be organized to enhance scholars' interest in STEM careers. Upon completion of their summer research project, focused advising will be provided throughout the academic year to ensure the success of students in advance level engineering courses. Student feedback and program evaluation results will be used to identify the best practices to improve research experience in engineering disciplines.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.