IGERT: Dynamics of Complex Systems in Science and Engineering

9987577斯蒂芬戴维斯-西北大学IGERT：在科学和工程复杂系统的动力学这综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划的建立复杂系统的动力学。非线性科学对自然科学，工程和医学的许多学科的影响越来越大，需要跨越传统部门和学校界限的培训。该研究生培训计划强调了广泛的科学研究领域的基本概念的统一：非线性光学，计算神经科学，模式形成，混沌，遍历理论;以及工程和材料科学问题的应用：界面运动，燃烧和混合。我们的目标是让学生为当今快速发展的专业环境做好准备。学生将配备所需的工具和直觉来解决各种伪装和技术领域中出现的复杂非线性问题。跨学科的研究和沟通技能将通过为期一年的密集课程，其中小型研究生团队将调查由两名教师以互补的观点指导的主题。这种早期的研究经验将遵循一个不同的主题论文;在IGERT研究员的论文项目将共同建议和跨学科的情况下。实习将提供额外的培训经验。跨部门的研究研讨会和学生举办的研讨会，区域研讨会，年度务虚会和积极的访客计划将促进高度合作，多样化，跨学科的培训环境。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在迎接教育博士的挑战。科学家和工程师与多学科背景和技术，专业和个人技能所需的未来的职业需求。 该计划旨在通过建立新的，创新的研究生教育和培训模式，促进研究生教育的文化变革，为超越传统学科界限的合作研究创造肥沃的环境。在该计划的第三年，该奖项将颁发给19个机构，这些机构的计划涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这个特定奖项的知识焦点位于数学和物理科学局;工程;计算机和信息科学与工程;教育和人力资源。

9987577Stephen Davis - Northwestern UniversityIGERT: Dynamics of Complex Systems in Science and EngineeringThis Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research on the dynamics of complex systems. Nonlinear science has increasing impact on many disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and medicine, and requires training that bridges traditional departmental and school boundaries. This graduate training program emphasizes the unity of fundamental concepts underlying a broad range of scientific research areas: nonlinear optics, computational neuroscience, pattern formation, chaos, ergodic theory; and applications to engineering and materials science problems: interface motion, combustion, and mixing. The goal is to prepare the students for today's rapidly evolving professional environment. Students will be equipped with the tools and intuition needed to tackle complex nonlinear problems arising in various guises and technical fields. Cross-disciplinary research and communication skills will be developed through an intensive year-long course, in which small graduate-student teams will investigate a topic guided by two faculty members with complementary perspectives. This early research experience will be followed by a thesis on a different topic; in the case of IGERT fellows the thesis project will be co-advised and cross-disciplinary. Internships will provide additional training experience. Cross-departmental research seminars and student-run seminars, regional workshops, yearly retreats, and an active visitor program will foster a highly cooperative, diverse, cross-disciplinary training environment.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing new, innovative models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the third year of the program, awards are being made to nineteen institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The intellectual foci of this specific award reside in the Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Engineering; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; and Education and Human Resources.