Scholarships Reinforcing Computational Physical Science

加强计算物理科学的奖学金

• 批准号: 0631023
• 负责人: David Rabson
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0631023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Reinforcing; Computational; Physical; Science

Intellectual Merit. The project is increasing the number of undergraduate students in computational physics, chemistry, and math/statistics by supporting between 18 and 25 students, depending on financial need, for four years of study. The common core of required courses for the three majors, the involvement of the scholars in high-performance computation and research groups, and events for scholars define a cohesive cohort and increase the level of social integration, which studies have identified as important for persistence of students, especially African-Americans and Hispanics, in STEM majors. The program offers both GRE preparation and career-placement services for graduating students. The focus on developing computational skills within traditional science majors and the participation of the university's parallel-computation center distinguish this project. Data show consistently low unemployment rates among graduates with STEM majors, and the additional skills students acquire in computational science prepare them for multiple career paths. Nonetheless, the targeted majors attract too few students, and one purpose of the project is to address the discrepancy. Broader Impact. The scholarship project has an impact beyond the students funded and beyond increasing enrollment in science majors. Faculty teaching the introductory courses (calculus, general physics, and general chemistry) have noted a deterioration in the level of students' preparation in areas such as algebra, graphing functions, and solving word problems. Similarly, while adeptness with prepackaged PC software has increased, programming skills have declined. An important part of the project is the development of placement examinations, skills courses, and support programs to ensure that students succeed in their undergraduate majors. Once their success has been demonstrated, these programs will be made available to the entire student population.

智力优势。该项目正在增加计算物理，化学和数学/统计学的本科生人数，根据经济需要支持18至25名学生进行四年的学习。三个专业必修课程的共同核心，学者参与高性能计算和研究小组，以及学者活动定义了一个有凝聚力的群体，并提高了社会融合的水平，研究认为这对学生的持续性很重要，特别是非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔，在STEM专业。 该计划为毕业生提供GRE准备和职业安置服务。该项目的特点是注重在传统科学专业培养计算技能，以及大学并行计算中心的参与。 数据显示，STEM专业毕业生的失业率一直很低，学生在计算科学方面获得的额外技能为他们提供了多种职业道路。尽管如此，目标专业吸引的学生太少，该项目的目的之一就是解决这种差异。更广泛的影响。该奖学金项目的影响超出了资助学生的范围，也超出了增加理科专业入学人数的范围。教授入门课程（微积分，普通物理和普通化学）的教师注意到学生在代数，图形函数和解决文字问题等领域的准备水平有所下降。同样，虽然对预装PC软件的熟练程度有所提高，但编程技能却有所下降。该项目的一个重要组成部分是分班考试，技能课程和支持计划的发展，以确保学生在他们的本科专业取得成功。一旦他们的成功已经证明，这些方案将提供给整个学生群体。