The SPIRE program is designed to support students who are interested in STEM. More specifically, the program is designed to support students who are interested in research opportunities and internships in the following areas:
Engineering and Complex Systems - this includes research addressing electronics, fluid dynamics, materials, propulsion, and structural mechanics. This includes topics such as: Dynamic Materials and Interactions; GHz-THz Electronics and Materials Energy; Combustion and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics; Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows; High-Speed Aerodynamics; Aerospace Composite Materials; Multiscale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis; Space Propulsion and Power; and Agile Test Science for Test and Evaluation.
Information and Networks - this includes research addressing autonomy, space situational awareness, and cyber security, as well as foundational issues in mathematical, information and network oriented sciences. This includes topics such as: Computational Cognition and Machine Intelligence; Computational Mathematics; Dynamics and Control; Dynamic Data and Information Processing; Information Assurance and Cybersecurity; Optimization and Discrete Mathematics; Science of Information, Computation, Learning, and Fusion; Trust and Influence; Complex Networks; and Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
Physical Sciences - this includes research addressing 1) Quantum matter and devices; (2) plasma and high-energy-density physics; (3) optics, photonics, and electromagnetics; and (4) aerospace materials. This includes topics such as: Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments; Atomic and Molecular Physics; Electromagnetics Laser and Optical Physics; Optoelectronics and Photonics; Physics of Sensing; Plasma and Electro-Energetic Physics; Quantum Information Sciences; Space Science; Ultrashort Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions
Chemistry and Biological Sciences - this includes research addressing complex materials, microsystems and structures as well as systems of a biological natural by incorporating hierarchical design of mechanical and functional properties from the nanoscale through the mesoscale, This includes topics such as: Biophysics; Human Performance and Biosystems; Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems; Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry; Natural Materials and Systems; and Organic Materials Chemistry.
Read more about each of these four areas.