REU Site: High Performance Computing (HPC) Tools, Techniques, and Research across the Physical Sciences

REU 网站：跨物理科学领域的高性能计算 (HPC) 工具、技术和研究

• 批准号: 2348782
• 负责人: Michael Klein
• 金额: $ 45.66万
• 依托单位: Temple University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348782&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Performance; Computing; HPC

Undergraduate research is an integral part of the educational experience in the College of Science and Technology at Temple University. Participation in undergraduate research not only builds self-confidence in the participants but it also increases retention and graduation rates. Temple University is Philadelphia’s public research university. Accordingly, its rise to Carnegie R1 status as a doctoral university with very high research activity brings a special responsibility to provide access to undergraduate research experiences for students from typically underrepresented and underserved segments of society. Specifically, this project will allow ten students per year from two-year colleges, liberal arts colleges, and historically black colleges and universities, who do not have access to the undergraduate research, to experience the excitement and vibrant atmosphere of a top research university. In doing so, this project will not only advance fundamental research but importantly, it will also benefit society at large by contributing to the training of a diverse technical workforce that is better prepared to enter the fields, which impact the future health, prosperity, and security of the nation. Notably, this project will emphasize research that employs computers to advance the fields of chemistry and physics, which are the core disciplines that underpin key industries such as pharmaceuticals and medicine, electronics and telecommunication, automobiles and transportation, and advanced materials.Scientific computation has become a mainstay of modern research in the sciences. Many undergraduates today have taken introductory courses in programming, but it is rare for those courses to transition into an undergraduate research experience effectively. This project will create a bridge for the participants, while they are immersed in a high-quality undergraduate research experience, focusing on the applications of high-performance computing. The College of Science and Technology at Temple University is populated by world-class faculty who rely heavily on modern computational techniques in their research. The project mentors have been selected based on their expertise, as partially measured by their citation impact, and their experience as a mentor. Targeted students, recruited locally, regionally, and nationally, will be those with a budding interest in graduate study. Ten underrepresented undergraduate students each summer will learn high-performance computing techniques, collaborate to build a cluster, and complete independent research projects that include studying how proteins fold, designing therapeutics for specific protein targets, modeling the electrical response of materials, probing the properties of macromolecules and polymers via molecular dynamics computer simulations, using machine learning to fit computational models, and exploring the nature of nuclear matter. Notably, participants will experience an integrated program of professional development, research ethics, and effective communication, which are highly-valued and necessary skills for future success.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.

本科生研究是天普大学科学技术学院教育体验的一个组成部分，参与本科生研究不仅可以增强参与者的自信心，还可以提高天普大学是费城的公立研究型大学的保留率和毕业率。因此，它作为一所研究活动非常活跃的博士大学而晋升为卡内基 R1 大学，它肩负着特殊的责任，为来自典型的代表性不足和服务不足的社会群体的学生提供本科生研究经验。具体来说，该项目将允许每个 10 名学生。一年制的两年制学院、文理学院和历史悠久的黑人学院和大学，他们无法进入本科研究，体验顶尖研究型大学的兴奋和充满活力的氛围。推进基础研究，但重要的是，它还将通过促进培训多样化的技术劳动力来造福整个社会，使他们为进入该领域做好更好的准备，从而影响国家未来的健康、繁荣和安全。值得注意的是，该项目。将强调利用计算机推进化学和物理领域的研究，是支撑制药和医学、电子和电信、汽车和运输以及先进材料等关键行业的核心学科。科学计算已成为现代科学研究的支柱。如今，许多本科生都学习了编程入门课程。这些课程能够有效地过渡到本科生研究体验，该项目将为参与者搭建一座桥梁，让他们沉浸在高质量的本科生研究体验中，专注于高性能计算的应用。天普大学科学与技术学院拥有世界一流的教师，他们在研究中严重依赖现代计算技术，项目导师的选择基于他们的专业知识，部分衡量标准是他们的引用影响力以及他们作为研究人员的经验。每年夏天，在当地、地区和全国范围内招募的十名代表性不足的本科生将成为目标学生，他们将学习高性能计算技术、合作建立集群并完成包括学习在内的独立研究项目。蛋白质如何折叠、设计针对特定蛋白质靶点的治疗、对材料的电响应进行建模、通过分子动力学计算机模拟探测大分子和聚合物的特性、使用机器学习来拟合计算模型以及探索核物质的性质。专业发展、研究道德和有效沟通，这些都是未来成功的高度重视和必要技能。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。