IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science and Engineering: The Two-University/One Campus Approach

这一综合性研究生教育与研究培训(IGERT)续展奖项结合了两所主要大学的教师资源和专业知识，以培养博士生在纳米技术的开发、应用和负责任的整合方面处于领先地位。Drexel的教职员工在与材料合成和表征、用于生物医学、能源和环境应用的材料以及传感器相关的纳米工程研究方面表现出色。宾夕法尼亚大学的教职员工擅长与导电聚合物、物质结构、纳米生物界面、电子器件、分子马达和纳米仪器相关的纳米科学研究。这个项目努力向学员灌输纳米技术的概念，而不是作为一门单独的学科，而是更多地是一种科学和工程的新方法，它允许我们从分子或纳米尺寸的颗粒开始制造新的材料和设备。因此，纳米技术本质上是跨学科的。通过涉及多名教师顾问的跨学科、跨系、跨大学的合作研究项目，IGERT学员解决了能源、环境和健康领域最尖锐的问题。该计划旨在通过与费城路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟、女性工程师协会和历史上的黑人学院和大学/少数族裔机构项目办公室合作，加强纳米工程和科学领域研究生的多样性。该计划培养学员在认识到与前沿研究相关的伦理、法律和社会问题的同时，有效地教授并与广泛的受众进行交流。通过德雷克塞尔和宾夕法尼亚大学的科学和工程教育推广活动网络，学员将获得与来自费城学区和其他地区的K-12学生和教师以及本科生研究人员合作的宝贵指导经验。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目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，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) renewal award combines the resources and expertise of faculty at two major universities to train Ph.D. students to lead the way in the development, application, and responsible integration of nanotechnology. Drexel faculty members excel in nanoscale engineering research related to materials synthesis and characterization, materials for biomedical, energy and environmental applications, and sensors. University of Pennsylvania faculty members excel in nanoscale science research related to conductive polymers, structure of matter, nano-bio interfaces, electronic devices, molecular motors, and nanoscale instrumentation. This program strives to instill in its trainees the idea of nanotechnology not as an individual discipline, but more of a new approach to science and engineering, which allows us to build new materials and devices starting from molecules or nanometer-size particles. As such, nanotechnology is inherently interdisciplinary. Through collaborative research programs involving multiple faculty advisors that transcend disciplines, departments and university boundaries, IGERT trainees address the most acute problems in the fields of energy, environment and health. This program aims to enhance the diversity of graduate students in nanoscale engineering and science by partnering with the Philadelphia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Society of Women Engineers, and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Project Office. The program prepares trainees to effectively teach and communicate with a broad audience while recognizing the ethical, legal, and social issues related to cutting-edge research. Trainees receive valuable mentorship experience working with K-12 students and teachers from the School District of Philadelphia and other regional districts, as well as undergraduate researchers, through Drexel's and Penn's network of science and engineering education outreach activities. 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.