IGERT: Graduate Training in Optical Sciences and Engineering

IGERT：光学科学与工程研究生培训

• 批准号: 0333453
• 负责人: Dana Anderson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-11-15 至 2010-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0333453&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Graduate; Training; Optical; Sciences

Faculty in three departments and one institute on campus have received a renewed IGERT investment to implement a new kind of graduate training through a multidisciplinary optical science and engineering program (OSEP). Optics is both a science and a technology, and it is inherently interdisciplinary-a fact that is well reflected by the University of Colorado's (CU's) own faculty and other researchers who span several departments and institutes. Indeed many technical fields are increasingly dependent on optical technology for communication, measurement, entertainment, displays and production, to name a few, hence the global motivation for a multidisciplinary training program in optics. The field of optics is furthermore a natural one for CU to cultivate. From Bose-Einstein condensation in JILA, to the development of liquid crystal displays in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), to optical information processing in Physics, to controlled chemical reactions in Chemistry, optics permeates CU's research and technology. This strength spanning several departments has been enhanced by this coordinated effort in graduate training. The IGERT training program is designed from a bottom-up philosophy: Give students a very solid scientific and technical training in optics and they will be well prepared for subsequent employment in a wide variety of disciplines and industries. OSEP takes students from three home departments, Chemistry, ECE, and Physics, and augments their traditional training with a rigorous foundation in optical science and engineering. OSEP encompasses three major research thrusts: (1) Optical control and manipulation, which includes, for example Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) for which CU physicists (who are also participants in this proposal) were recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics; (2) Optical metrology, which is undergoing a technical revolution thanks to advances in ultrafast lasers on the one hand and structured optical fibers on the other; and (3) Optical processing, in which combined microwave and optical holographic techniques have led to a new paradigm for processing wireless communications, astronomical, and radar signals. The intellectual merits of these research pursuits are reflected in the substantial impact that they have already had on the recent trends in science and engineering and more so in their potential impact on future technology. BEC, for example, is recognized as the atom analog of the laser. Roughly speaking we are where laser research was in the 1960's shortly after its invention, yet research within this program has already targeted integrated atom optics as a technology that can do for atom optics what integrated optical technology has already done for conventional light optics. OSEP seeks a broader impact with its focus on the student as national and international citizen: its goal is to provide students not only with in-depth technical training, but also to provide career awareness and a global perspective of science and society. Their training includes three laboratory rotations, one of which must not be in their home department, and they may choose to carry out a rotation in a laboratory abroad to gain an international perspective. Students also undergo a three-month industrial internship, which can be carried out locally, nationally or abroad. The program includes an Industrial Advisory Board whose members interact with the students, recruit for internships and future employment, and provide feedback to the program administration. OSEP also incorporates a weekly seminar with contributions by members of academia and industry as well as by the students themselves. Skills and technical courses are complemented by courses on ethics, communication, and business to provide a balanced training to prepare students as responsible and effective contributors to society. OSEP prepares students exceptionally well for jobs in industry; moreover, Ph.D.s with the broad education provided by OSEP are precisely the kind of individuals we hope to see as next-generation faculty. These are the individuals that can change the culture of our universities: those who see their science as part of the greater society, who raze the walls of the ivory tower and level the barriers to interdisciplinary education. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, 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 this sixth year of the program, awards are being made to institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported by NSF.

三个系和一个学院的教职员工获得了IGERT的新一轮投资，将通过一个多学科光学科学与工程项目(OSEP)实施一种新型的研究生培训。光学既是一门科学，也是一种技术，它本质上是跨学科的--这一事实在科罗拉多大学(CU)自己的教职员工和其他跨部门和研究所的研究人员中得到了很好的反映。事实上，许多技术领域越来越依赖光学技术来进行通信、测量、娱乐、显示和生产，这就是全球对光学多学科培训计划的动机。此外，光学领域也是中大自然要培养的领域。从JILA的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚，到电子与计算机工程(CEE)的液晶显示器的发展，到物理学中的光学信息处理，再到化学中的受控化学反应，光学渗透到CU的研究和技术。这一跨几个部门的力量因研究生培训方面的协调努力而得到加强。IGERT培训计划是从自下而上的理念设计的：为学生提供非常扎实的光学科学和技术培训，他们将为随后在广泛的学科和行业中就业做好准备。OSEP从化学、欧洲教育和物理三个家庭系招收学生，并以严谨的光学科学和工程基础加强他们的传统培训。OSEP包括三个主要研究方向：(1)光学控制和操纵，包括例如玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚(BEC)，CU物理学家(也是该计划的参与者)最近因此而获得诺贝尔物理学奖；(2)光学计量学，一方面由于超快激光和结构光纤的进步，正在经历一场技术革命；以及(3)光学处理，其中结合了微波和光学全息技术，导致了处理无线通信、天文和雷达信号的新范式。这些研究追求的学术价值体现在它们已经对科学和工程领域的最新趋势产生了重大影响，更体现在它们对未来技术的潜在影响上。例如，BEC被认为是激光的原子类比。粗略地说，我们的激光研究是在20世纪60年代S发明后不久进行的，但该计划的研究已经将集成原子光学作为一种可以实现原子光学的技术，就像集成光学技术已经对传统光光学所做的那样。OSEP以学生为国家和国际公民为重点，寻求更广泛的影响：其目标不仅是为学生提供深入的技术培训，而且还提供职业意识和科学和社会的全球视角。他们的培训包括三次实验室轮换，其中一次不得在本国部门，他们可以选择在国外的实验室进行轮换，以获得国际视野。学生还会接受为期三个月的行业实习，实习可以在当地、全国或国外进行。该计划包括一个产业咨询委员会，其成员与学生互动，招募实习和未来的就业机会，并向计划管理部门提供反馈。OSEP还包括每周一次的研讨会，由学术界和工业界成员以及学生本人提供意见。技能和技术课程与道德、沟通和商业课程相辅相成，提供平衡的培训，使学生成为负责任和有效的社会贡献者。OSEP为学生在工业领域的工作做好了非常好的准备；此外，拥有OSEP提供的广泛教育的博士正是我们希望被视为下一代教师的那种人。这些人可以改变我们大学的文化：他们将自己的科学视为更大社会的一部分，他们摧毁了象牙塔的墙壁，消除了跨学科教育的障碍。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目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，催化研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第六个年头，由NSF支持的共同跨越科学和工程领域的项目将被授予机构奖项。