Smart Structures Technologies (SST) is receiving considerable attention as the demands for high performance in structural systems is increasing in recent years. Although both the academic and industrial worlds are seeking ways to utilize SST, there is a significant gap between engineering science in academia and engineering practice in the industry. To bridge the gap and facilitate the research infusion, San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the University of South Carolina (UofSC) collaborate with industrial partners to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, which provides undergraduate students a unique opportunity to experience research in both academic and industrial settings through cooperative research projects. In this paper, the development of the program, the two years implementation, as well as the lesson-learned, are discussed.
Publications
2020
Jiang, Zhaoshuo, Juan M. Caicedo, and Robert Petrulis. 2020. “An NSF REU Site with Integrated Academia-Industry Research Experience–Development, Implementation and Lesson-learned”. ASEE Annual Conference Exposition Proceedings.
Jiang, Zhaoshuo, Juan M Caicedo, and Robert Petrulis. 2020. An NSF REU Site with Integrated Academia-Industry Research Experience. 2020 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Alzubaidi, Ahmed T, and Juan M Caicedo. 2020. Modeling human-structure interaction using control models when bobbing on a flexible structure. Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2. Springer.
2019
Franco, Jean Michel, Juan M Caicedo, Johannio Marulanda, Michael Sutton, and Peter Thomson. 2019. “RGB-D-DIC technique for low-cost 3D displacement fields measurements”. Engineering Structures 197: 109457.
Al-Tofan, Mohammed, Mohamed Elkholy, Sahad Khilqa, Juan Caicedo, and Hanif Chaudhry. 2019. “Use of lower harmonics of pressure oscillations for blockage detection in liquid pipelines”. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 145 (3): 04018090.
Khilqa, Sahad, Mohamed Elkholy, Mohammed Al-Tofan, Juan M Caicedo, and Hanif Chaudhry. 2019. “Uncertainty quantification for damping in transient pressure oscillations”. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 145 (9): 04019039.
Kilinc, Muslum, and Juan M Caicedo. 2019. “Finding plausible optimal solutions in engineering problems using an adaptive genetic algorithm”. Advances in Civil Engineering 2019.
Madarshahian, Ramin, Vafa Soltangharaei, Rafal Anay, Juan M Caicedo, and Paul Ziehl. 2019. “Hsu-Nielsen source acoustic emission data on a concrete block”. Data in Brief 23: 103813.
Madarshahian, Ramin, Paul Ziehl, and Juan M Caicedo. 2019. “Acoustic emission Bayesian source location: onset time challenge”. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 123: 483-95.
Alzubaidi, Ahmed T, and Juan M Caicedo. 2019. Modeling human-structure interaction using control models: external excitation. Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2. Springer.