Multisite University-Industry Collaboration: A New Paradigm for Graduate Education

特拉华大学将根据数学和物理科学理事会化学部门和多学科活动办公室的工业学术联络资助机会（GOALI）计划，通过该奖项为特拉华大学建立一个与工业研究相关的研究生和博士后教育新项目。在Jean H. Futrell的带领下，来自特拉华大学、约翰霍普金斯大学、马里兰大学、巴尔的摩县和杜邦中心研发的科学家团队将在分析化学方面提供一个新的研究和培训计划，重点是质谱的基础研究和工业问题的应用。这一教育项目的特点是在四个地点共同承担研究和培训方面的指导责任，同时结合新课程、专业培训经验和有组织的实习轮岗。提议的项目不同于标准的研究生教育模式，因为提议的教师团队将共同负责推荐给各个博士委员会的研究项目。除了在选定的质谱领域进行深入研究外，学生还将被要求掌握所有用于分析解决问题的现代工具。论文研究将明确包括工业应用的组成部分，除了传统的强调基础发现研究。这种大学/行业合作测试了分析化学家研究生和研究生教育的新范式，目的是为他们在工业研究中担任领导角色做好准备。来自三所大学和一个主要工业研究实验室合作伙伴的科学家提供了一个涵盖现代质谱学各个方面的教育计划。

9634238 Futrell Univ of Delaware A new program in graduate and postdoctoral education designed for relevance to research careers in industry will be established through this award to the University of Delaware under the Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) program in the Chemistry Division and Office of Multidisciplinary Activities of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Led by Jean H. Futrell, a team of scientists from the University of Delaware, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and DuPont Central Research and Development will provide a new research and training program in analytical chemistry focusing on both fundamental research in mass spectrometry and applications to industrial problems. The educational program features shared mentorship responsibilities in research and training across the four sites, along with a combination of new courses, professional training experiences, and structured internship rotations. The proposed program differs from the standard model of graduate education in that the faculty team for the proposal will be jointly responsible for the programs of study recommended to individual Ph. D. committees. Students will be required to demonstrate mastery of all modern tools for analytical problem solving in addition to in-depth research in a selected area of mass spectrometry. Thesis research will explicitly include an industrial applications component in addition to traditional emphasis on fundamental discovery research. This university/industry collaboration tests a new paradigm in graduate and post-graduate education of analytical chemists with the objective of preparing them for leadership roles in industrial research. Scientists from three universities and a major industrial research laboratory partner to offer an educational program spanning all aspects of modern mass spectrometry.