Mathematical Sciences: Applied Mathematics Graduate ResearchTraineeship

国家科学基金会研究生研究培训计划的主要目标是增加有才华的美国本科生在关键和新兴的科学和工程领域攻读博士课程的人数。建议征求的机构现有的设施和工作人员可以容纳更多的研究生在高质量的博士项目。该方案还旨在加强全国所有地域部门和所有任职人数不足群体的人力资源基础。研究生研究培训奖是学生支持的一揽子奖励。获奖高校负责学员选拔、学员留用和学员岗位管理工作。伦斯勒理工学院将为应用数学博士生提供支持；该计划解决了以下问题：(A)为学生提供学术培训的应用数学家的学术需求，(B)行业对应用数学家的需求，以保持美国的工业竞争力，以及(C)需要增加女性和少数族裔应用数学家的数量。该项目的学生将学习数学建模、数值计算、外部(非数学)领域，以及更传统的数学领域的丰富背景。该计划包括学生参与关于工业数学问题的研讨会和小组讨论，学生可以在那里与师生团队合作解决工业问题。目前系的研究领域包括物理数学和建模、非线性分析、科学计算、数学规划和运筹学以及应用几何。

The principal objective of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Traineeship Program is to increase the numbers of talented U.S. undergraduates enrolling in doctoral programs in critical and emerging areas of science and engineering. Proposals were solicited from institutions whose existing facilities and staff could accommodate additional graduate students in Ph.D. programs of high quality. The program is also intended to contribute to strengthening the Nation's human resource base across all geographic sectors and among all under-represented groups. Graduate Research Traineeship awards are packages of student support. The colleges and universities that receive the awards are responsible for the selection of trainees, retention of trainees, and administration of traineeships. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will support Ph.D. students in applied mathematics; the program addresses the following concerns: (a) the academic need for applied mathematicians to provide academic training of students, (b) the industrial need for applied mathematicians to maintain U.S. industrial competitiveness, and (c) the need to increase the number of women and minority Ph.D. applied mathematicians. Students in the program will learn mathematical modeling, numerical computing, an outside (other than mathematical) area, as well as a substantial background in the more traditional areas of mathematics. The program includes student participation in workshops and panels on mathematical problems in industry where students can work with student-faculty teams to solve industrial problems. Current areas of departmental research include physical mathematics and modeling, nonlinear analysis, scientific computation, mathematical programming and operations research, and applied geometry.