Collaborative Research: Expanding Links with Industry through Collaborative Research and Education in Applied Mathematics

合作研究：通过应用数学合作研究和教育扩大与工业界的联系

• 批准号: 1261596
• 负责人: Linda Cummings
• 金额: $ 6.14万
• 依托单位: New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-04-01 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1261596&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Expanding; Links; Industry

The project is a collaborative program of research, education and training based on the Mathematical Problems in Industry (MPI) Workshop and the Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling (GSMM) Camp. These annual meetings, held during successive weeks in June, attract graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty from universities, and applied mathematicians, scientists and engineers from industry. This award funds the MPI and GSSM for the summer of 2013, 2014, and 2015. The MPI Workshop will be held in 2013 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA; in 2014 at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ; and in 2015 at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. The GSSM Camp will be held each year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. The focus of the MPI Workshop is a set of problems brought by contributing participants from industry. These problems span a wide range of areas of applications, often in fluid and solid mechanics but also in mathematical biology, data analysis, and mathematical finance, among others. Recent problems have included, for example, mathematical models for electromagnetic wave interactions with nanostructures, mathematical problems related to drawing of glass sheets, medical ultrasonic imaging, and automatic defect recognition in industrial inspection applications. The work on the problems is done in vertically integrated teams consisting of the representatives from industry, senior and junior faculty, postdocs and graduate students. The scientific objective of the activity generated by the Workshop and its intellectual merit is the study of mathematical problems of significant interest for industrial applications. The GSMM Camp is held during the week prior to the Workshop, and graduate students attending the Camp also attend the Workshop. The main objective of the Camp is graduate student education and training. At the Camp, graduate students work together in teams, with the guidance of invited faculty mentors, on interdisciplinary problems typically inspired by industrial applications. The problems are carefully chosen to promote a rich set of problem-solving skills, both analytical and numerical, and to provide a warm-up for the challenging problems considered at the Workshop. The two meetings complement each other and form a comprehensive program of interdisciplinary research, education and training that is unique amongst universities in the United States.The project is an ongoing effort organized by the principal investigators at RPI, WPI, NJIT and UD. The MPI Workshop has run annually for the past 27 years with the principal aim of promoting research and education in applied mathematics and of developing links between mathematicians at universities and scientists and engineers from industry for the mutual benefit of both sides. For the past 9 years, the research and educational activities of the Workshop have been enhanced by the introduction of the GSMM Camp. In addition to these established meetings, the project involves a number of new activities associated with the Workshop and Camp designed to further advance the research and educational objectives of the collaborative program. These activities include the introduction of a graduate student fellowship program, support for early-career mathematicians to attend the meetings, and the development of a graduate student exchange program in cooperation with the Oxford Center for Collaborative Applied Mathematics. Overall, the Workshop and Camp, and its associated activities, have a broad impact on the education and development of early-career mathematicians, and on the interdisciplinary research and educational activities of participating faculty. The Workshop also promotes collaborations with industry and has an impact on the development and analysis of new technologies in industry.

该项目是基于工业数学问题（MPI）研讨会和研究生数学建模（GSMM）营的研究、教育和培训合作项目。 这些年会在六月连续几周举行，吸引了大学的研究生、博士后研究员和教师，以及工业界的应用数学家、科学家和工程师。 该奖项为 2013 年、2014 年和 2015 年夏季的 MPI 和 GSSM 提供资金。MPI 研讨会将于 2013 年在马萨诸塞州伍斯特市的伍斯特理工学院举行； 2014 年在新泽西州纽瓦克的新泽西理工学院； 2015 年在特拉华州纽瓦克的特拉华大学。 GSSM 训练营每年都会在纽约州特洛伊的伦斯勒理工学院举行。 MPI 研讨会的重点是来自行业的参与者提出的一系列问题。 这些问题涉及广泛的应用领域，通常涉及流体和固体力学，但也涉及数学生物学、数据分析和数学金融等。 最近的问题包括电磁波与纳米结构相互作用的数学模型、与玻璃板绘制相关的数学问题、医学超声成像以及工业检测应用中的自动缺陷识别。 这些问题的解决工作是由垂直整合的团队完成的，该团队由来自行业、高级和初级教师、博士后和研究生的代表组成。 研讨会活动的科学目标及其智力价值是研究对工业应用具有重要意义的数学问题。 GSMM 夏令营在研讨会前一周举行，参加夏令营的研究生也会参加研讨会。 夏令营的主要目标是研究生教育和培训。 在夏令营中，研究生在受邀导师的指导下以团队形式合作，解决通常受工业应用启发的跨学科问题。 这些问题经过精心挑选，旨在促进丰富的问题​​解决技能（包括分析和数值），并为研讨会上考虑的挑战性问题提供热身。 两次会议相辅相成，形成了美国大学中独一无二的跨学科研究、教育和培训综合计划。该项目是由 RPI、WPI、NJIT 和 UD 的主要研究人员组织的持续努力。 MPI 研讨会在过去 27 年中每年举办一次，其主要目的是促进应用数学的研究和教育，并发展大学数学家与工业界科学家和工程师之间的联系，以实现双方的互惠互利。 在过去的9年里，研讨会的研究和教育活动通过GSMM夏令营的推出得到了加强。 除了这些既定会议之外，该项目还涉及许多与研讨会和训练营相关的新活动，旨在进一步推进合作计划的研究和教育目标。 这些活动包括引入研究生奖学金计划、支持早期职业数学家参加会议以及与牛津协作应用数学中心合作制定研究生交换计划。 总体而言，研讨会和夏令营及其相关活动对早期职业数学家的教育和发展以及参与教师的跨学科研究和教育活动产生了广泛的影响。 该研讨会还促进与行业的合作，并对行业新技术的开发和分析产生影响。