IGERT Formal Proposal: Molecularly Designed Materials

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持建立与分子设计材料新兴技术相关的多学科研究生教育和研究培训计划。两个主要的重点领域是：（1）电子和光子材料，（2）设计纳米结构。项目共享的一些新的技术用途的分子设计的主题，或优化这些材料在设备中的性能，例如LED，TFT，传感器等教师参与者是从化学，材料科学与工程，化学工程，应用物理，电气工程，和公共卫生学院的部门，以及高分子科学与工程中心，以及显示技术和制造中心。来自国家和工业实验室的科学家也密切参与研究和培训。教育广度是由一个新颖的课程，具有从4个部门，新的模块化课程，和研究实习轮换绘制的一套有凝聚力的课程提供。研究环境的特点是，国家的最先进的设施。合作研究和综合课程工作的广度确保了一个受过广泛教育的学生，熟悉分子设计材料的科学和技术的重要问题。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在促进建立创新的，以研究为基础的研究生课程，将培养一批多元化的科学家和工程师，为利用广泛的职业选择做好充分准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个开发新的，重点突出的多学科研究生课程的机会，这些课程超越了组织界限，并将来自多个部门或机构的教师联合起来，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，该奖项将颁发给21个机构，这些机构的项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。该奖项由数学和物理科学局（多学科活动办公室），地球科学局，工程局以及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 a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research associated with emerging technologies of Molecularly Designed Materials. Two principal focus areas are: (1) Electronic and Photonic Materials, and (2) Designed Nanostructures. Projects share the theme of designing molecules for some new technological use, or to optimize the performance of such materials in devices, e.g. LEDs , TFTs, sensors, etc. Faculty participants are from the Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, and the School of Public Health, as well as the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center, and the Center for Display Technology and Manufacturing. Scientists from National and industrial laboratories are also intimately involved in the research and training. Educational breadth is furnished by a novel curriculum that features a cohesive set of courses drawn from 4 departments, new modular courses, and a research internship rotation. The research environment is characterized by, state-of-the-art facilities. The breadth of the collaborative research and the integrated course work insures a broadly educated student, familiar with the important issues in the science and technology of molecularly designed materials.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), Geosciences, for Engineering, and for Education and Human Resources.