NRT-QISE: Bridging the Gap Between 2D Quantum Materials and Engineering in STEM Education

NRT-QISE：弥合 STEM 教育中 2D 量子材料与工程之间的差距

• 批准号: 2244274
• 负责人: Morgan Ware
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-15 至 2028-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244274&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; QISE; Bridging; Gap; Between

The convergent field of Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials is rapidly growing in importance as an incubator for materials with new properties and potential applications from quantum computing to renewable energy. However, there is shortage of trained workforce in the nation that is sufficiently qualified to develop and commercialize the resulting technologies. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Arkansas will provide a new, interdisciplinary, and sustainable educational experience in Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials and Devices (2D-QMaD) for STEM students through a holistic approach to graduate education of future scientists and engineers, including development of both technical knowledge and personal/professional “soft skills”. The project will train fifty-seven (57) masters and doctoral students, including twenty-seven (27) funded trainees. This will be in direct partnership between the University of Arkansas’s interdisciplinary Materials Science and Engineering (MSEN) graduate program and the MonArk Quantum Foundry (an NSF funded partnership between Montana State University and the University of Arkansas to develop a foundry-like environment for the development of 2D materials and devices.) This work inherently bridges the disciplines of MSEN, Physics, Electrical Engineering, as well as Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Engineering.The unique guiding principles of this traineeship program can primarily be broken down into several key components. These are: A) inclusion of professional practice and soft-skills training via the required seminar courses; B) creation and utilization of industry inspired cohorts and small teams led and mentored by upper-level doctoral students; and C) strong emphasis on education in entrepreneurship and commercialization of technology. These professional skills are enhanced by D) a core and elective curriculum developed and taught by over 50 faculty from 11 supporting departments and three schools/colleges, with E) integrated research by the same faculty that feeds back into component A by lending material for practicing the soft-skills training. The trainees will have the opportunity to learn and give feedback to widely varying research topics and individual points of view. The goal is to cultivate trainees who become the bridge between science, engineering, and entrepreneurship within the rapidly growing field of 2D quantum materials. The proposed curriculum for the trainees (including: quantum mechanics; quantum computing; quantum transport; materials characterization; and machine learning, in addition to the materials core courses) will facilitate research progress in the area of quantum materials and more specifically in 2D quantum materials, while giving the trainees the required skills to make future discoveries. This project will create a new permanent concentration of study, 2D-QMaD, within the MSEN graduate program.The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. This project is jointly funded by NRT and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).  This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

二维量子材料的收敛场作为具有新特性和从量子计算到可再生能源的潜在应用的材料的孵化器迅速增长。但是，该国缺乏训练有素的劳动力，足以开发和商业化所得技术。这项国家科学基金会研究授予阿肯色大学的研究奖将在二维量子材料和设备（2D-QMAD）中为STEM学生提供新的，跨学科和可持续的教育经验，通过一种对未来科学家和工程师的研究生教育，包括发展技术知识和个人/个人/个人/个人/软技能的整体方法。该项目将培训五十七（57）个硕士和博士生，包括二十七（27）个资助的火车。这将与阿肯色大学的跨学科材料科学与工程（MSEN）研究生课程与Monark Quantum Foundry（NSF资助的蒙大拿州立大学与阿肯色大学之间的合作伙伴关系开发，以开发类似于2D材料和装备的开发的铸造环境。工程和计算机工程。本学员计划的独特指导原则可以分解为几个关键组成部分。这些是：a）通过所需的开创课程包括专业实践和软技能培训； b）创建和利用行业启发的人群和小型团队，由高级博士生领导和介绍； c）强烈强调技术的企业家和商业化教育。 d）由来自11个支持部门和三所学校/学院的50多名教师开发和讲授的核心和选择性课程，提高了专业技能，并进行了E）同一教师的综合研究，该研究通过借用材料来练习软技能培训。学员将有机会学习和反馈，以广泛不同的研究主题和个人观点。目的是培养在2D量子材料快速增长的领域内成为科学，工程和企业家精神之间的桥梁的学员。拟议的学员课程（包括：量子力学；量子计算；量子传输；材料表征；除了材料核心课程之外），将促进量子材料领域的研究进度，更具体地是2D量子材料的，同时为受训者提供了未来发现的必要技能。该项目将在MSEN研究生课程中创建新的永久性研究集中度2D-QMAD。NSF研究训练（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施用于STEM研究生教育培训的大胆，新的潜在转型模型。该计划致力于通过全面的跨学科或融合研究领域的STEM研究生进行有效的培训，这是通过创新，基于循证的综合培训模型与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致的。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估被认为是宝贵的支持。