IGERT: Multidisciplinary Graduate Progrqam in Biotechnology

对蛋白质结构、功能和组装的研究是一项固有的多学科事业，也推动了许多类型公司的快速变化和增长。 这个IGERT计划的目标是创建一个研究生教育的新模式，为学生准备这个不断变化的世界。在这种新模式中，学生将学习如何汇集不同的科学，工程和商业学科的知识，以及不同的社会多元化群体，以实现创造性和富有成效的研究合作。学生将从更大的角度了解他们的研究，包括其对学术，工业和社会环境的影响。该计划将包括来自四个学院和七个系的二十四名特拉华州大学教师的科学和工程博士生和MBA学生。该计划得到了多样化的当地生物技术行业的支持，从孵化初创企业到大型全球公司。它将这些研究小组联系起来，形成一个具有互补专业知识的大学和工业合作者网络。这些研究项目是跨学科的合作，是协同的，跨越的主题包括活细胞，新工具和合成材料。该教育计划通过整合劳动力技能，职业指导以及商业和技术学生之间的合作等额外功能来增强强大的学术体验。一个新的课程，“研究中的多学科团队合作”，介绍了包括科学家，工程师和MBA学生。本课程将工业演讲者带入课堂，讨论需要通过研究解决的未解决的挑战，并邀请社会科学家来培训学生的团队合作和多样性。该课程包括写作和口头陈述的培训，以及在包括科学，工程和商业学生在内的团队中创造性地解决问题的经验。教育计划还包括其他部门的实验室经验，工业实习，参加会议，展示海报，工业指导计划，少数民族本科研究人员的参与，以及关于道德的讲座和研讨会。IGERT计划将成为社会科学家博士论文的主题，以提供详细的评估和传播。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。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创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在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。在该计划的第五年，将向21个机构颁发奖项，这些机构的项目共同跨越了科学和工程领域

Research on protein structure, function and assembly is an inherently multidisciplinary enterprise that is also driving rapid change and growth across many types of companies. The goal of this IGERT program is to create a new model for graduate education to prepare students for this evolving world. In this new model, students will learn how to pool the knowledge of different scientific, engineering and business disciplines, and different socially diverse groups to achieve creative and productive research collaborations. Students will understand their research in a larger perspective to include its impact on academic, industrial, and social environments. The program will include science and engineering doctoral students and MBA students of twenty-four University of Delaware faculty from four Colleges and seven Departments. The program is supported by a diverse local biotechnology industry from incubating start-ups to large global companies. It links these research groups to form a network of university and industrial collaborators having complementary expertise. The research projects are collaborative across disciplines and are synergistic, spanning topics that include living cells, new tools, and synthetic materials. The educational program augments a strong academic experience by incorporating the additional features of workforce skills, career guidance, and collaboration between business and technical students. A new course, "Multidisciplinary Teamwork in Research", is introduced that includes scientists, engineers, and MBA students. This course brings industrial speakers into the classroom to discuss unmet challenges that need to be addressed by research, and brings in social scientists to train students in teamwork and diversity. The course includes training in writing and oral presentations, and experience in working creatively on problems in teams that include science, engineering and business students. The educational program also features laboratory experience in other departments, industrial internships, attending conferences, presenting posters, an industrial mentoring program, participation of minority undergraduate researchers, and lectures and seminars on ethics. The IGERT program will be the subject of a doctoral dissertation by a social scientist to provide detailed assessment and dissemination. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. 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 innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the fifth year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported