Interdisciplinary Research and Education: Statistics/Chemical Engineering

CWRU文理学院统计系和CWRU案例工程学院化工系之间的跨学科研究和教育项目正在提出。它的主要组成部分是Woyczynski教授1998/99年假期间在化学工程系的官邸，J.Adin Mann教授扮演东道主的角色。这座住宅将是统计方面的沃伊琴斯基教授以及化学工程方面的杰伊·曼、约翰·安格斯和菲尔·莫里森教授正在开展的更广泛的研究和教育合作努力的一部分，并将有助于推动这一合作努力。Woyczynski教授的预期职责将包括三个部分：(A)帮助开发虚拟集成原型以及宽禁带半导体薄膜(如氮化镓和钻石)的气相/等离子沉积工艺的同步制造/控制的联合研究计划。拟议的控制设计将是基于模型的，主要工作将针对所需的界面生长模型进行详细研究。(B)设计符合化学工程需要的本科生统计课程，包括创建交互式、以数学为基础、面向化学工程的计算机资料包，以补充即将出版的“统计学和随机现象导论：工程和科学中的不确定性、复杂性和混乱行为”(与M.Denker，Birkhauser，1998年，505页联合出版)。(C)建立一个框架，共同招聘、监督和安置统计和化学工程毕业生，以及更广泛地说材料科学专业的学生；开始为这些人口编写一份关于随机媒体的研究生课本。PI的期望是，他在化学工程系的任职将对CWRU和其他地方的研究和教育环境产生持久的影响，包括：-开发薄膜虚拟集成原型所需的新的统计和数学工具。如果没有这种工具，这种工艺的优化似乎是不可行的；-将这些工具直接应用于与设计用于气相沉积这种薄膜的等离子体反应堆有关的实际问题，包括为此目的开发工业强度软件。后者将与工业软件供应商联合完成，如俄亥俄州克利夫兰的ControlSoft Inc.和亚利桑那州亨茨维尔的CFD Research Corp.，它们与化学工程部门合作。-统计课程的发展和微调完全适应材料科学和工程专业本科生的需要。希望这将增加这类课程的吸引力和相关性(以入学人数衡量)。《不确定性》这本书的出版应该会对全国工程和理科学生教授统计学的方式产生影响。-为研究生创造一个跨学科的环境将吸引新类型的学生进入该项目，但更重要的是，将提高新博士S的市场适销性和他们在就业市场上的灵活性。国际统计学会计划运用所获得的专业知识，通过以下方式拓宽学生的经验和职业选择：-发展和微调统计课程，以适应化学工程和其他材料科学本科生的需要。-为不确定性书籍开发面向化学工程的包和模块。-在随机媒体上写一本研究生水平的书。-为统计系和化学工程系之间的博士水平学生的联合顾问和轮换制定一个正式框架。-为了通过跨学科培训扩大本科生的就业机会，将与对受过广泛教育的统计和工程专业学生感兴趣的选定工业公司开展特别合作计划。该IGMS项目由重大计划多学科活动办公室(OMA)和数学科学处(DMS)共同支持。

An interdisciplinary research and education project between the Statistics Department at the CWRU College of Arts and Sciences, and the Chemical Engineering Department at the CWRU Case School of Engineering is being proposed. Its principal component is Professor Woyczynski's residence in the Chemical Engineering Department during his 1998/99 sabbatical, with Professor J. Adin Mann playing the role of a host. This residence will be a part of, and will help to jump start a broader collaborative effort in research and education being developed by Professor Woyczynski on the Statistics side, and Professors Jay Mann, John Angus and Phil Morrison on the Chemical Engineering side. Professor Woyczynski's expected duties will include three components: (a) A joint research program to help in the development of a virtual integrated prototyping and synchroneous manufacturing/control of vapor/plasma deposition processes for thin and thick films of wide band gap semiconductors, such as gallium nitride and diamond. The proposed control design will be model-based, and the main effort will be directed at a detailed study of the required interfacial growth models. (b) Design of undegraduate statistics courses to fit chemical engineering needs, including creation of interactive, Mathematica-based, chemical engineering-oriented computer packages, to complement the about-to-be-published text "Introductory Statistics and Random Phenomena: Uncertainty, Complexity, and Chaotic Behavior in Engineering and Science" (joint with M. Denker, Birkhauser, 1998, 505 pp.). (c) Creation of a framework for joint recruitment, supervision, and job placement of statistics and chemical engineering graduate and, more generally, materials science, students; initiation of the writing process of a graduate text on random media for that population. The PI's expectation is that his residence at the Chemical Engineering Department will produce lasting impact on the research and educational en vironment at CWRU and beyond, including: -Development of new statistical and mathematical tools needed in the virtual integrated prototyping of thin films. Without such tools the optimization of such processes does not seem to be feasible; -Direct application of these tools to the practical issues related to the design of plasma reactors for vapor deposition of such films, including development of industrial-strength software for that purpose. The latter will be done jointly with industrial software vendors, such as ControlSoft Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, and CFD Research Corp. of Huntsville, AL, that collaborate with the Chemical Engineering department. -Development and fine tuning of statistics courses well adapted to the needs of undergraduate students majoring in materials sciences and engineering. The hope is that this will increase the attractiveness and relevance (as measured by enrollment) of such courses. The publication of the Uncertainty book should have an impact on the way statistics is taught to engineering and science students nationwide. -Creation of an interdisciplinary environment for graduate students would attract new types of students to the program, but more importantly, would improve the marketability of new Ph.D.'s and their flexibility in the job market. The PI plans to apply the acquired expertise to broaden experience and career options of the students by: - Developing and fine-tuning statistics courses to fit the needs of chemical engineering and other materials sciences undergraduate students. - Developing chemical engineering oriented packages and modules for the Uncertainty book. -Writing a graduate level book on random media. -Developing a formal framework for joint advisorship and rotation of Ph.D. level students between the Statistics and Chemical Engineering Departments. -To widen the employment opportunities for undergraduate students with interdisciplinary training, special co-op programs will be pu rsued with selected industrial companies that indicated interest in broadly educated statistics and engineering students. This IGMS project is jointly supported by the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) and the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS).