IGERT: New Mathematical Tools for Next Generation Materials

IGERT：下一代材料的新数学工具

• 批准号: 0549487
• 负责人: Joseph Ross, Jr.
• 金额: $ 281.73万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0549487&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; New; Mathematical; Tools; Next

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional program for graduate training in next generation computational and analytical tools for materials science. This program will be based at Texas A&M University, in partnership with Prairie View A&M University, Texas State University, and six other academic institutions. One of the major goals will be to supply doctoral students with analytical tools and instill in them the broad-based understanding that will be needed for future advances in materials design. Research themes include design of new materials by incorporating nanometer-scale components and combining different functional properties, and development of new ways to analyze the large-scale behavior of such materials by incorporating knowledge of their atomic- and nanometer-scale properties. The program draws upon a group of cutting-edge materials researchers and experts in mathematics and computational methodology at Texas A&M and the partner institutions. The training program will include a multi-disciplinary curriculum, cohort-based learning with co-location of students, and activities aimed at improving communications and awareness of social and diversity issues. Rotations between research groups in the first year will provide a jumpstart for students training. The partnership between principal institutions will allow interested and qualified Masters students to participate in collaborative research and selected IGERT activities and is a key component of the recruitment plan to attract a highly diverse group of well-qualified students. A mentoring committee will track the students and help tailor students IGERT experience to their career plans. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

这项综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持建立一个多学科的多机构计划，用于用于材料科学的下一代计算和分析工具的研究生培训。该计划将与德克萨斯州立大学的Prairie View A＆M大学和其他六家学术机构合作，位于德克萨斯A＆M大学。主要目标之一是为博士生提供分析工具，并向他们灌输基于广泛的理解，这是材料设计未来进步所需的。研究主题包括通过结合纳米尺度组件并结合不同功能特性的设计新材料的设计，以及开发新方法来分析此类材料的大规模行为，通过结合其原子和纳米尺度性能的知识。该计划借鉴了德克萨斯州A＆M和合作伙伴机构的数学和计算方法论的一系列尖端材料研究人员和专家。该培训计划将包括多学科课程，基于队列的学习与学生共同授权，以及旨在改善沟通和认识社会和多样性问题的活动。第一年研究小组之间的轮换将为学生培训提供一个临近。主要机构之间的合作伙伴关系将使感兴趣和合格的硕士学生能够参加合作研究并选择IGERT活动，并且是招聘计划的关键组成部分，以吸引一群高度多样化的合格学生。指导委员会将跟踪学生并帮助量身定制学生的职业计划。 IGERT是一项旨在应对美国博士学位的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，所选学科的深刻知识以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过在肥沃的环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训的新模型来促进研究生教育的文化变革，以超越传统学科界限的合作研究。