REU Site: Tomorrow's Nanomanufacturing: Engineering with Science (TNEWS)

阿肯色大学（UA）的微电子-光子学REU网站“明天的纳米制造：工程与科学”（TNEWS）将以发现为重点的研究与专业技能培训相结合，为新一代领导者做好准备，以加速纳米材料、设备和工艺的商业化制造。为了提供跨学科培训以及培养创新，团队合作和道德，科学和工程学科的教师与纳米制造行业的领导者合作，指导REU参与者在设计，计量，沟通和领导方面的经验框架内进行实验室发现。参与者将从亚利桑那大学的少数族裔机构合作伙伴和女性STEM学生社团中招募，以扩大STEM的参与，特别考虑第一代和经济困难的学生。参与者将在成功企业家的指导下，将发现转化为知识产权，从而产生同行评审的出版物、专利申请和纳米制造衍生产品。TNEWS REU校友之间的长期合作将促进他们在纳米制造领域的领导地位。UA的REU网站旨在提供(i)连接科学和工程的有益研究经验；（ii）培训使用与纳米制造相关的广泛适用的新兴技术；（iii）培养从理工科本科生中招募的REU参与者的专业技能，这些本科生在工程领域的代表性不足，特别是第一代和经济条件较差的学生。REU的参与者将开展以学生为中心的研究项目，主题从量子到纳米尺度材料的发现，到集成纳米架构的设备和系统。项目的目标是生物、传感器、能源和电磁技术，这些技术可以提供商业化的创新，从而产生同行评审的出版物、专利申请和纳米制造的衍生产品。REU的参与者将定期与他们直接研究实验室以外的教师和行业导师进行互动，以提高学生的研究和进步。这尤其有利于妇女和少数民族。TNEWS将使用一个经过测试的体验式学习框架对参与者进行创新、设计、计量、团队合作、沟通、道德和领导力方面的培训，该框架为最近的五个UA纳米技术衍生项目做出了贡献。将这些经验与队伍建设活动和有指导的学生分享相结合，将在未来培养一批新兴的领导者。掌握个人和社区价值观之间复杂互动的纳米制造劳动力，有效和负责任地将研究发现转化为可商业化的创新，创造显著的利益。与9个离散学习目标相关的结果将由项目评估员使用新的和经过验证的评估方法进行分析，以确保参与者的进步，并改进和发展TNEWS REU网站的管理。

The Microelectronics-Photonics REU site for Tomorrow's Nanomanufacturing: Engineering with Science (TNEWS)at the University of Arkansas (UA) merges discovery-focused research with professional skills training to prepare a rising generation of leaders to speed translation of nano-scale materials, devices and processes to commercial manufacturing. To provide trans-disciplinary training as well as cultivate innovation, teamwork, and ethics, faculty from science and engineering disciplines collaborate with industry leaders in nanomanufacturing to mentor REU participants in laboratory discoveries within a framework of experiences in design, metrology, communication, and leadership. Participants will be recruited from minority-serving institution partners of UA and societies for female STEM students to broaden participation in STEM, with special consideration given to first-generation and economically disadvantaged students. Participants will be mentored by successful entrepreneurs to transform discovery to intellectual property from which peer-reviewed publications, patent applications and nanomanufacturing spinouts can emerge. Long-term engagement among TNEWS REU alumni will be facilitated as they advance to leadership in nanomanufacturing.This REU Site at UA aims to provide (i) rewarding research experiences that bridge science and engineering; (ii) training to use broadly applicable emerging technologies relevant to nanomanufacturing; and (iii) development of professional skills to REU participants recruited from science and engineering undergraduates who are underrepresented in engineering, particularly first-generation and economically disadvantaged students. REU participants will conduct student-focused research projects on topics ranging from quantum to nanoscale materials discovery to devices and systems that integrate nanoarchitectures. Projects target biological, sensor, energy and electromagnetic technologies that offer commercializable innovations from which peer-reviewed publications, patent applications and nanomanufacturing spinouts can emerge. REU participants will interact regularly with faculty and industry mentors outside their immediate research laboratory to enhance student research and progress. This especially benefits women and minorities. TNEWS will train participants in innovation, design, metrology, teamwork, communication, ethics and leadership using a tested experiential learning framework that has contributed to five recent UA nanotech spin-offs. Integrating these experiences with cohort-building activities and mentored student sharing will nurture a cadre of emerging leaders in tomorrow?s nanomanufacturing workforce who grasp complex interactions between personal and community values to effectively and responsibly transform research discovery to commercializable innovations that create significant benefit. Outcomes relative to nine discrete learning objectives will be analyzed by a program evaluator using both novel and proven assessment methodologies to ensure participant progress and to refine and develop administration of the TNEWS REU site.