EMSW21-MCTP Attracting, Motivating and Preparing Mathemtics students in the Southwest by building an energetic community

EMSW21-MCTP 通过建立一个充满活力的社区来吸引、激励和培养西南地区的数学学生

• 批准号: 0739417
• 负责人: Maria Pereyra
• 金额: $ 75.73万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-06-15 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0739417&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EMSW21; MCTP; Attracting; Motivating; Preparing

Over the three years 2008-2011 the National Science Foundation is funding an MCTP Program (Mentoring through Critical Transition Points) at the University of New Mexico (UNM). The program, led by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UNM, will build an energetic opportunity to learn important ideas in pure, applied, and computational mathematics, to explore and participate in research projects in these areas, and, through contact with graduate students, to explore and prepare for possible graduate studies. They will get encouragement and insight into a career in the mathematical sciences, while participating in a supportive social network. Simultaneously, the program will foster graduate student success by strengthening their knowledge as well as their teaching and communication skills. First, we will hold a five-week intensive summer workshop during which the participants will learn about topics in Mathematical Modeling, Algebraic structures, Fourier Analysis and Wavelets, and Fluid Dynamics. One week is devoted to each topic in morning lectures and afternoon laboratories, with the support of graduate students. Since an important component of the workshop is to build a supportive student community we also plan activities and a week-long break with organized trips in our beautiful state, such as a camping trip and visits to Los Alamos National Laboratories, and Santa Fe. While the workshop is open to anyone interested, an average of 18 undergraduate students throughout the state and neighboring states will be able to participate each year with full funding, including transportation, accommodation and a stipend. The program will also pay 2-4 graduate students that will assist with the laboratories and help mentor the students. Secondly, during the academic year following the workshop, 6-8 advanced UNM undergraduate participants will undertake research projects that will lead to an honors thesis. The students will work in groups of two with a faculty member of the department. They will spend most of the fall semester learning the necessary project-specific background, and then spend the spring working on their project. In the following summer they will complete their research, write a thesis, and possibly prepare a corresponding paper for publication. They will present their work at undergraduate student conferences and in some cases in professional journals. The students will be funded by the grant throughout the year. Thirdly, incoming graduate students will be invited to attend the Summer program before beginning their studies at UNM. Two of them, who will be fully funded by the grant for one year, will help mentor the undergraduates throughout the year and will help train the graduate assistants in the following summer's workshop. They will also have leading roles in a general program designed to prepare our graduate students for their qualifying examinations and to be effective teachers. This program builds on an existing teacher-training program, a summer study program, and other activities meant to strengthen the graduate community and help them succeed.Our long-term goal is to produce a thriving, self sustaining, supportive atmosphere of creative enquiry in the Southwest, where all students interested in mathematics, pure or applied, feel welcome and have the opportunity to expand their intellectual horizons and maximize their professional potential. The NSF funded MCTP grant that makes this program possible is headed by Professor Cristina Pereyra, with Professors Jens Lorenz, Michael Nakamaye and Monika Nitsche as co-investigators. The students funded must be U.S. citizens or residents and underrepresented groups are specially encouraged to apply.

在2008 - 2011年的三年中，国家科学基金会正在新墨西哥大学（UNM）的MCTP计划（通过关键过渡点进行指导）。 该计划由UNM数学和统计局领导，将建立一个充满活力的机会，以学习纯，应用和计算数学的重要思想，探索和参与这些领域的研究项目，并通过与研究生接触，探索并准备可能的研究生研究。 他们将在参与支持性社交网络的同时，会鼓励并洞悉数学科学的职业。 同时，该计划将通过增强知识以及他们的教学和沟通技巧来促进研究生的成功。 首先，我们将举办一个为期五周的夏季研讨会，在此期间，参与者将了解数学建模，代数结构，傅立叶分析和小波以及流体动力学的主题。 在研究生的支持下，一个星期在早上讲座和下午实验室中致力于每个主题。 由于研讨会的重要组成部分是建立一个支持性的学生社区，因此我们还计划活动和为期一周的休息时间，在我们美丽的州有组织的旅行，例如露营旅行和访问Los Alamos National Laboratories和Santa Fe。 虽然研讨会向任何感兴趣的人开放，但全州和邻国的平均有18名本科生，每年都可以通过全额资金参加，包括交通，住宿和津贴。 该计划还将向2-4名研究生支付，以帮助实验室并帮助学生指导学生。 其次，在研讨会之后的学年中，6-8个高级UNM本科参与者将开展研究项目，这将导致荣誉论文。 学生将与两名教职员工一起工作。 他们将在整个秋季学期的大部分时间里学习必要的特定项目背景，然后将春季花在他们的项目上。 在第二个夏天，他们将完成研究，撰写论文，并可能准备一份相应的发表论文。 他们将在本科生会议上以及在某些情况下在专业期刊上介绍自己的作品。 学生将全年由赠款资助。 第三，将邀请即将上任的研究生参加夏季计划，然后才能在UNM开始学习。 其中两个将由赠款充分资助一年，将有助于全年指导本科生，并将在下个夏天的研讨会上培训研究生助理。 他们还将在一项通用计划中担任领导角色，旨在为我们的研究生准备合格的考试并成为有效的教师。 该计划以现有的教师培训计划，夏季学习计划以及其他旨在加强研究生界并帮助他们成功的活动为基础。我们的长期目标是在西南部产生一种蓬勃发展，自我维持，支持的创造性探究氛围，在那里所有对数学，纯洁或应用的学生感兴趣的学生都可以纯洁，欢迎您，并有机会扩大他们的知识地平和最大程度的潜力。 NSF资助的MCTP赠款使该计划成为可能，由Cristina Pereyrra教授领导，Jens Lorenz教授，Michael Nakamaye和Monika Nitsche担任共同投资者。 资助的学生必须是美国公民或居民，特别鼓励代表性不足的团体申请。