IGERT Formal Proposal: Science and Engineering of Laser Interactions with Matter

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)奖支持建立一个多学科、多机构的激光与物质相互作用科学和工程(SELIM)教育和研究研究生培训计划。Selim IGERT项目将弗吉尼亚大学(UVA)、诺福克州立大学(NSU)和杰斐逊实验室(JLAB)自由电子激光(FEL)设施及其附属的工业激光加工联盟(LPC)联系在一起，合作培养研究生，增强他们对现代科学技术进步所需的知识和最先进技术技能的掌握和实践经验。研究生将在UVA和NSU使用超短脉冲激光，并在JLAB使用高功率自由电子激光，在高激光强度和短脉冲持续时间的新机制下进行材料改性的基础和面向问题的研究。培训内容将包括由多个教员指导的跨学科研究生研究；高级SELIM课程和每两周一次的研讨会；在联合实验室的第二年工业暑期实习；积极参加每半年一次的LPC讲习班；以及在国际实验室获得非现场研究经验的机会。NSU/UVA硕士/博士学位序列的无缝结合以及对少数族裔本科生奖学金的研究生指导将鼓励和加强项目的多样性。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在促进建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生项目，培养多样化的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个机会，以开发新的、重点明确的、超越组织边界的多学科研究生课程，并团结来自几个系或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动、协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，将向21个机构颁发奖项，这些机构的项目共同涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一具体奖项由数学和物理科学(多学科活动办公室)、工程、教育和人力资源局提供资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of an multidisciplinary, multi-institution graduate training program of education and research in the Science and Engineering of Laser Interactions with Matter (SELIM). The SELIM IGERT program links the University of Virginia (UVa), Norfolk State University (NSU), and the Jefferson Laboratory (JLAB) Free Electron Laser (FEL) Facility and its affiliated industrial Laser Processing Consortium (LPC) in a collaborative venture to develop graduate students with enhanced mastery and practical experience of the knowledge and state-of-the-art technical skills required for advancements in modern science and technology. Graduate students will employ ultrashort-pulse lasers at UVa and NSU in conjunction with the high-power FEL at JLAB in fundamental and problem-oriented research on the modification of materials under novel regimes of high laser intensity and short pulse duration. Training elements will include interdisciplinary graduate research directed by multiple faculty; advanced SELIM courses and a biweekly seminar; a second-year industrial summer internship at JLAB; active participation in semi-annual LPC Workshops; and opportunities for off-site research experiences at international laboratories. Program diversity will be encouraged and enhanced by a seamlessly coupled NSU/UVa M.S./Ph.D. degree sequence and graduate student mentoring of minority undergraduate scholars.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Office of Multidisciplinary Activities), for Engineering, and for Education and Human Resources.