IGERT: Nanoparticle Science and Engineering

这个IGERT项目的重点是纳米粒子科学和工程，这是一个本质上高度跨学科的领域，需要研究人员具有广泛的基础科学和工程问题的知识基础。该计划解决了该领域缺乏连贯和组织良好的博士培训的问题。明尼苏达大学5个系和6个研究生项目的教员聚集在一起，开发了一个跨越系界的跨学科项目，以应对这一挑战。教育方法的核心是建立一个新的研究生学位课程——一个独立的纳米粒子科学与工程研究生辅修课程。将开发几个新的跨学科核心课程，为学生提供连贯和全面的课程。参加IGERT项目的学生将参加跨学科研究培训，研究小组包括来自不同部门的教师和学生。纳米粒子研究将在五个重点领域进行：两个领域将解决使计算和表征工具的发展。这些领域将为新材料、新器件和新环境等面向应用领域的研究奠定基础。卓越的职业发展机会将增加IGERT计划的吸引力。其中包括在企业和政府实验室实习计划、国际交流机会、在职业生涯早期参加科学会议、年度跨学科研讨会、领导和技术管理课程以及道德研究行为培训。IGERT研究员将使用明尼苏达大学优秀的基础设施，例如其超级计算研究所、微技术实验室和表征设施。与佛罗里达农工大学（Florida a&m University）的独特合作，重点是为少数民族本科生的研究生学习做准备，并将他们招募到IGERT项目，这将有助于建立一个多元化的学生群体。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工程局；数学和物理科学；教育与人力资源。

This IGERT program focuses on nanoparticle science and engineering, an inherently highly interdisciplinary field that requires researchers with a broad knowledge base of both fundamental scientific and engineering issues. The program addresses the lack of a coherent and well-organized Ph.D. training in this field. Faculty from five departments and six graduate programs at the University of Minnesota have come together to develop an interdisciplinary program transcending departmental boundaries to meet this challenge. At the core of the educational approach is the establishment of a new graduate degree program - a freestanding graduate minor program in Nanoparticle Science and Engineering. Several new interdisciplinary core courses will be developed to offer students a coherent and comprehensive set of courses. Students enrolled in the IGERT program will participate in interdisciplinary research training in research groups that include faculty and students from various departments. Nanoparticle research will be conducted in five focus areas: Two areas will address the development of enabling computational and characterization tools. These areas will form the foundation for research in application oriented areas focusing on new materials, devices, and the environment. Exceptional career development opportunities will add to the appeal of the IGERT program. These include an internship program in corporate and government laboratories, international exchange opportunities, attendance of scientific meetings at an early stage in the career, an annual interdisciplinary symposium, leadership and technology management courses, and training in ethical conduct of research. IGERT Fellows will use the excellent infrastructure at the University of Minnesota, such as its Supercomputing Institute, its Microtechnology Laboratory, and its Characterization Facility. A unique collaboration with Florida A&M University focusing on the preparation of minority undergraduate students for graduate studies and their recruitment into the IGERT program will enable building of a diverse student body.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 Engineering; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; and Education and Human Resources.