REU Site: Research Experiences in Microelectronics and Sensor Systems

这个本科生研究体验网站计划将支持田纳西大学的10名学生。一个不同的电气工程和计算机科学教员小组将指导学生进行为期10周的研究项目，研究微米和较小规模的设备和电子设备如何影响现代技术，并提供环境科学、物理、农业、太空探索和生物学方面的进展。学生将使用最先进的软件和仪器来发展理论，设计和实现微电子和传感器系统。除了独立的项目外，学生还将接触到由高级学位带来的潜在职业道路，并通过专业发展和指导提高他们在口头和书面沟通、研究策略、科学方法和批判性思维方面的能力。该方案旨在通过向传统上代表性不足的少数民族和聋人或重听人提供机会，改善工程行业的多样性，增加学生在研究生院的参与度。微电子和传感器系统中的REU站点解决了“如何有效地从测量信号中处理信息”的问题。在导师的指导下，学生将完成研究任务，以开发新的设备和电路架构，到新的计算架构和算法，这些架构和算法跨越计算机工程、量子计算、能源和电力、空间探索和生物技术等学术领域。学生将在微电子、研究方法、团队合作、交流和多学科研究方法的基本要素方面获得知识和经验。学生将接触到拥有国家实验室、学术界、工业界和知识产权等高级学位的潜在职业道路，并关注D/HH学生和代表性不足的少数族裔面临的挑战。REU对微电子和传感器系统的贡献将是无价的，并可能通过导致独特的微电子设计方法和独特的传感器系统解决方案和改进的通信方法来影响教师导师。REU将通过完成后的指导关系和同行队列关系对队列产生长期影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Program will support 10 students at the University of Tennessee. A diverse group of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty will mentor students in a 10 week research project which address the ways in which devices and electronics at the micrometer and smaller scale impact modern technology and provides advances in environmental science, physics, agriculture, space exploration, and biology. Students will use state of the art software and instrumentation to develop theories and design and implement microelectronics and sensor systems. In addition to independent projects, students will be exposed to potential career pathways enabled by advanced degrees and through professional development and mentorship improve their competency in oral and written communication, research strategies, the scientific method, and critical thinking. This program seeks to improve diversity in the engineering industry and increase student participation in graduate school by offering opportunities to traditionally underrepresented minorities and deaf or hard of hearing persons. The REU site in Microelectronics and Sensor Systems addresses the question of “how information can be efficiently processed from measured signals." Under the guidance of their faculty mentors students will perform research tasks towards developing new devices and circuit architectures to new computing architectures and algorithms that spans the academic fields of computer engineering, quantum computing, energy and power, space exploration, and biotechnology. Students will gain knowledge and experience in the basic essentials of microelectronics, research methodologies, working in teams, communication, and multidisciplinary research methods. Students will be exposed to potential career pathways with advanced degrees including national labs, academia, industry, and intellectual property with attention being paid to the challenges faced by D/HH students and underrepresented minorities. The REU contribution to Microelectronics and Sensor Systems will be invaluable and could impact faculty mentors by leading to unique microelectronics design approach and unique sensor system solutions and improved communication methodologies. The REU will have long term impact on the cohort through post-completion mentoring relationships and peer-peer cohort relationships.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.