IGERT: Cross-disciplinary Optics Research and Education (CORE)

新墨西哥大学建立了一个跨学科光学研究与教育（CORE）项目，以加强研究生的教育和培训。该项目涉及生物系、化学系、化学工程系、电气工程系和物理系。核心项目的研究和教育主题集中在具有高空间和时间分辨率的光学成像和光谱技术及其在物理、化学和生物问题上的应用。(i)在项目期间，研究生跨学科团队将从事核心研究的各个方面，包括方法和工具的设计和开发及其在生物、化学、物理和工程领域的应用。这些研究项目涉及从单分子到量子点到活细胞的各种样品的基本过程的研究，以及它们在生物传感器开发中的应用。除了各自院系的现有课程外，IGERT的学生将学习一套专门为该方案设计的跨学科课程。将向IGERT研究员提供在当地光电工业、当地国家实验室和国外实习的机会，以扩大他们的视野和引进职业机会。每周一次的讨论会将向学生提供技术写作和在多学科环境中介绍其研究的培训。指导本科生将培养团队精神和领导技能，并将有助于征聘、留住本科生，特别是来自代表性不足的少数民族的本科生，并使其参与研究。我们教育和培训活动的总体目标是培养一批准备在多学科环境中工作的工程师和科学家的新干部。作为各自学科的专家，IGERT的毕业生将对光学、成像和光谱学有基本的了解。因此，他们将准备在国家实验室，学术界和工业界的光学相关研究，开发和教育的前沿工作。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足培养具有多学科背景和未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能的博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立新的、创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第四年，22个机构获得了奖项，这些项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一特殊奖项的智力焦点在于数学和物理科学理事会；工程;生物科学;教育与人力资源。

A Cross-disciplinary Optics Research and Education (CORE) program is established at the Uni-versity of New Mexico to enhance the education and training of graduate students. The program involves the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Physics. The research and educational theme of the CORE project is centered about optical imaging and spectroscopic techniques with high spatial and temporal resolution and their appli-cation to physical, chemical, and biological problems. (i) During the project interdisciplinary teams of graduate students will work on various aspects of the CORE research, comprising the design and development of methods and tools and their application in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. The research projects involve the study of fundamental pro-cesses in various samples ranging from single molecules, to quantum dots, to living cells, and their utilization for the development of biosensors. (ii) In addition to the current curricula in their respective departments, IGERT students will take a set of cross-disciplinary courses designed specifically for the program. (iii) The IGERT fellows will be offered internships in the local op-tics industry, in local national laboratories, and abroad to widen their horizon and to introduce career opportunities. (iv) A weekly seminar will provide the students with training in technical writing and in presentations of their research in a multi-disciplinary environment. (v) Mentoring undergraduate students will foster team spirit and leadership skills and will help to recruit, retain, and involve undergraduates, in particular those from underrepresented minorities, in research. The overall goal of our education and training activities is to produce a new cadre of engineers and scientists who are prepared to work in multidisciplinary environments. As experts in their respective home disciplines, the IGERT graduates will share a basic understanding of optics, im-aging and spectroscopy. As such, they will be prepared to work at the forefront of optics-related research, development and education in national labs, academia, and industry.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 fourth year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-two 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; Biological Sciences; and Education and Human Resources.