UBM: Training Undergraduate Students in Mathematics and Biology at UL Lafayette

UBM：在 UL 拉斐特培训数学和生物学本科生

• 批准号: 0531915
• 负责人: Azmy Ackleh
• 金额: $ 41.09万
• 依托单位: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 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: 2005-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0531915&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UBM; Training; Undergraduate; Students; Mathematics

There is an increasing national need to apply mathematical analysis to solve complex biological problems. This project is helping to meet this need by providing cross-disciplinary training via program development and research projects for undergraduate students. The project team is developing two new courses and two seminars, and is establishing a new mathematical biology option for undergraduates. The students are being cross-trained through courses, for example, in biomathematics and modeling, ecological field techniques, and experimental design and analysis.In addition to coursework, research projects are underway in which cohorts of students spend a year each on two long-term field projects and the mathematical modeling associated with them. These students are engaged in conducting field studies and experiments to investigate animal and plant population dynamics, insect-plant interactions, and invasive species performance. Each cohort is composed of students from the university's Mathematics and Biology Departments, and these students are being mentored by faculty members from the two departments. Some of the projects have an additional mentor from the United States Geological Survey's National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette, Louisiana.

越来越多的国家需要应用数学分析来解决复杂的生物学问题。该项目通过为本科生提供课程开发和研究项目的跨学科培训来帮助满足这一需求。该项目团队正在开发两门新课程和两个研讨会，并正在为本科生建立一个新的数学生物学选项。学生们正在通过课程进行交叉培训，例如，生物数学和建模、生态学领域技术以及实验设计和分析。除了课程作业外，还在进行研究项目，其中一组学生每人花费一年时间进行两个长期的现场项目和与之相关的数学建模。这些学生从事实地研究和实验，以研究动植物种群动态、昆虫-植物相互作用和入侵物种的表现。每个队列由该大学数学和生物系的学生组成，这些学生由这两个系的教职员工指导。其中一些项目有一位来自路易斯安那州拉斐特的美国地质调查局国家湿地研究中心的额外导师。