IGERT: Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time: A Common Approach for Engineers, Earth Scientists, and Ecologists

IGERT：跨空间和时间的非平衡动力学：工程师、地球科学家和生态学家的通用方法

• 批准号: 0504195
• 负责人: Shashi Shekhar
• 金额: $ 281.92万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-01 至 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0504195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Non; equilibrium; Dynamics; Across

This IGERT training grant will bring together scholars of ecology, civil engineering, and the earth sciences to study the interplay between landscape changes and ecosystem processes across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and across interfaces with an emphasis on non-equilibrium dynamics. Changes in the abiotic and biotic world have taken place over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. In particular, human activities have greatly accelerated the rate at which the physical and biological world is perturbed through modifications in transport processes. Opportunities for graduate education and research spanning these disciplines and issues will be provided at the University of Minnesota research facilities at Itasca State Park and the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED). Key education and training features are a one-year comprehensive, team-taught course that emphasizes data collection using modern instrumentation, data analysis, data interpretation, and model building across spatial and temporal scales and across interfaces. Collaborative projects, virtual seminars with international partners, ethics training and professional preparation will enhance this experience. The core training in the basic sciences and engineering will also include historical, social, and economic topics. This IGERT training program will recruit students from a broad spectrum and prepare them for an international and collaborative workforce. The broader impacts of this IGERT include partnerships with colleges and pre-graduate school internships to recruit from underrepresented groups. The partnership with NCED will provide opportunities for public outreach activities through collaborations with the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Minnesota Historical Society, such as development of teaching materials for K-12 based on historical records in Minnesota. 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.

该IGERT培训补助金将汇集生态学，土木工程和地球科学的学者，研究景观变化和生态系统过程之间的相互作用，跨越广泛的空间和时间尺度，并跨越界面，重点是非平衡动力学。非生物和生物世界的变化发生在广泛的时间和空间尺度上。特别是，人类活动大大加快了物理和生物世界因运输过程的改变而受到干扰的速度。研究生教育和研究跨越这些学科和问题的机会将提供在明尼苏达大学的研究设施在伊塔斯卡州立公园和国家中心地球表面动力学（NCED）。 关键的教育和培训功能是一个为期一年的综合，团队授课的课程，强调数据收集使用现代仪器，数据分析，数据解释，以及跨空间和时间尺度和跨接口的模型构建。合作项目、与国际伙伴的虚拟研讨会、道德操守培训和专业准备将加强这种经验。在基础科学和工程的核心培训还将包括历史，社会和经济主题。 IGERT培训计划将从广泛的领域招募学生，并为他们成为国际化和协作型员工做好准备。IGERT的更广泛影响包括与大学和研究生院实习生建立伙伴关系，从代表性不足的群体中招聘。与NCED的伙伴关系将通过与明尼苏达科学博物馆和明尼苏达历史学会的合作，为公众宣传活动提供机会，例如根据明尼苏达州的历史记录为K-12开发教材。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。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。