REU Program in Mathematical Biology: Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

六名学生被选中参加这个为期六周的暑期计划。唯一的先决条件是成功地完成了一门常微分方程式的课程，同时对生物学感兴趣。这个项目有两个主要目标。首先，让参与者接触到数学生物学领域和该领域中经常使用的数学工具。第二，让学生在一个本科生比其他数学领域更容易接触到的领域体验数学研究。该计划的一个更大的目标是激发人们对数学生物学的兴趣，并帮助发展这一重要的数学领域。学生选择参与相关的研究项目，但不限于：活性介质中的图案形成、可电兴奋细胞的建模、生物医学流体动力学、种群动力学、基因组学和生物信息学。过去，REU的参与者曾在期刊上发表过他们的工作，在会议上发表过报告，并在各自的学校作为论文使用。更重要的是，作为参与的结果，学生们决定追求(或不追求)数学生物学的职业。请访问http://vortex.bd.psu.edu/~mathdept/research/REU.php3了解更多信息。

Six students are selected to participate in this six week summer program. The only prerequisite is the successful completion of a course in ordinary differential equations along with an interest in biology. There are two primary goals of this program. First, to expose the participants to the area of mathematical biology and to the mathematical tools that are frequently used in the field. Second, to allow students to experience mathematical research in an area that is more readily accessible to undergraduates than other fields of mathematics. A larger goal of the program is to generate interest in mathematical biology and help grow this important field of mathematics.Students choose to participate in research projects related, but not limited to: pattern formation in active media, the modeling of electrically excitable cells, biomedical fluid dynamics, population dynamics, genomics, and bioinformatics.Past REU participants have had their work appear in journals, presented at conferences, and used as theses at their respective schools. More importantly, as a result of participating, students have decided to pursue (or not pursue) careers in mathematical biology.Visit http://vortex.bd.psu.edu/~mathdept/research/REU.php3 for more information.