IGERT: Nanophotonics: Fundamentals and Applications in Emerging Technologies

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持在莱斯大学纳米光子学建立一个独特的多学科研究生培训计划。 纳米光子学是一个迅速兴起的纳米科学和工程领域，其基础是在纳米尺度上产生、控制和操纵光。纳米光子学跨越了物理、化学、电气和生物工程等传统学科，有望在从电子和磁记录到生物医学和国土安全等行业取得重要技术进步。该计划建立在莱斯大学纳米光子学实验室强大的多学科理论家和实验学家团队的基础上。IGERT的基石是最先进的计算设计和制造技术的纳米光子组件，设备和系统。该IGERT的智力价值和主要重点是与生命系统兼容的纳米级光学元件的设计，制造和使用方面的研究生培训。 关键计划要素包括为所有学员提供的核心课程，包括研究方法和科学道德，来自不同部门的双重顾问的机会，工业和国家实验室的实习选择以及具有国际知名的纳米光子学客座演讲者的研讨会系列。 该计划的影响包括延长莱斯大学成功的本科生招聘计划为西班牙裔和其他代表性不足的少数民族进入纳米光子学的研究生学习通过一个新的，多年的夏季研究计划，CONJUNTO学者导师计划。 该培训计划的目的是培养该领域的领导者，他们有勇气和远见，通过获得实现这些目标所必需的专业和个人技能来开发新的研究突破并发明新技术。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。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a unique multidisciplinary graduate training program in Nanophotonics at Rice University. Nanophotonics is a rapidly emerging field of nanoscale science and engineering based on generating, controlling and manipulating light at nanoscale dimensions. Nanophotonics spans the traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, electrical and bioengineering with the promise of important technological advances in industries ranging from electronics and magnetic recording to biomedicine and homeland security. This program builds on the strong, multidisciplinary team of theorists and experimentalists in the Laboratory for Nanophotonics at Rice University. The cornerstones of this IGERT are state-of-the-art computational design and fabrication techniques for nanophotonic components, devices, and systems. The intellectual merit and major focus of this IGERT is graduate training in the design, fabrication, and use of nanoscale optical components compatible with living systems. Key program elements include a core curriculum for all trainees including research methodology and scientific ethics, the opportunity for dual advisors from different departments, internship options at industrial and national laboratories and a seminar series featuring internationally renowned visiting speakers in Nanophotonics. Braoder impacts of this program include extending Rice University's successful undergraduate recruitment program for Hispanic and other underrepresented minorities into the graduate study of Nanophotonics through a new, multiyear summer research program, The CONJUNTO Scholars & Mentors Program. The purpose of this training program is to create leaders in this field with the courage and vision to develop new research breakthroughs and invent new technologies by acquiring the professional and personal skills essential to achieving these goals. 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.