EMSW21-MCTP: A Georgia Tech Plan for Recruiting and Mentoring Undergraduates in Mathematics

在GT-MCTP项目中，我们将使用两个新的项目来招收准备充分的高中生进入一个强大的本科数学专业培训项目。第一个项目是我们所知的唯一一个项目，高中生使用实时视频会议技术参加佐治亚理工学院微积分2和3的课程。这些学生实际位于他们的高中，同时与佐治亚理工学院校园内的一名教授和他的微积分班级实时互动。在这门课程的第二年，73名学生在9所不同的高中参加了这个项目，其中41人选择了佐治亚理工学院。这个项目是一个可以吸引大量有才华的数学专业学生的项目。第二个项目是高中数学竞赛，在第三年吸引了来自佐治亚州、阿拉巴马州和遥远的弗吉尼亚州的300名学生。这些学生参加各种竞赛，争夺佐治亚理工学院的奖学金。这也是吸引数学专业优秀人才的优秀项目。佐治亚理工学院数学学院在佐治亚理工学院有一个非常强大的本科教育项目。2007年，共授予理科学士学位30名，其中有12名，即40%的毕业生被安排在全国第一批科学-技术-工程-数学研究生项目中。2007年也标志着数学专业的学生比1999年翻了一番。为了使专业达到这一水平，数学学院对学院的教育目标有着广泛的承诺；提供了一套多样化和深入的课程；并在课程的不同点上提供了重要的指导计划：REU被纳入学位计划；获奖的教学发展研讨会；以及积极指导研究生院的申请过程。这项建议要求设立奖学金，以补充已经颁发的奖学金，目标是前5%的数学专业学生，并设立区域教育联盟。这笔资金的授予将认可数学学院该项目的高质量，使其更容易在该项目已经建立的势头基础上再接再厉。参与该项目的本科生将在佐治亚理工学院接受数学培训，该学院提供多样化的课程，从微积分到高级课程的最高级别的课程都有教授。REU的学生将从事从微分几何到用复杂的动力学模型对鱼类种群建模的一系列研究课题。培养国家的下一代科学劳动力是佐治亚理工学院的一项主要使命，也是这项提案的主要重点。这项提议将加强一个已经非常强大的项目，并培养成熟的学生，他们将继续在全国最好的科学和工程研究生项目中学习。

In the GT-MCTP program, we will use two new programs to recruit well prepared High School students into a strong program for training undergraduate Mathematics Majors. The fist program, the only one of its type that we know, High School students take Georgia Tech Calculus 2 and 3 using real-time video-conferencing technology. These students are physically located in their High Schools, while interacting in real-time with a Professor, and his Calculus class, on the Georgia Tech campus. In the second year of this course, 73 students participated in the program at nine different High Schools, and 41 of these chose to matriculate at Georgia Tech. This program is one that can attract a large number of talented Mathematics Majors. The second program is a High School Mathematics Competition, which in its third year drew 300 students from across Georgia, Alabama, and as far away as Virginia. These students compete in a variety of competitions for Scholarships to attend Georgia Tech. This is also an outstanding program to attract talented Mathematics majors. The School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech has a very strong Undergraduate education program at Georgia Tech. In 2007, 30 Bachelor of Sciences were awarded; 12, that is 40%, of these graduates were placed in Group 1 Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics graduate programs across the country. 2007 also marked the doubling of the Mathematics Majors since 1999. To get the majors to this level of accomplishment, the School of Mathematics has a broad commitment to the educational goals of the School; a diverse, and deep, set of course offerings; and important mentoring programs at different points of the curriculum: REUs incorporated into the degree programs; an award-winning Teaching Development Seminar; and active mentoring of the graduate school application process. This proposal calls for the creation of Scholarships to supplement those already being awarded, targeted to the top 5% of the Mathematics Majors, and an REU. The awarding of this grant will acknowledge the high quality of the program at the School of Mathematics, making it easier to build upon the momentum that is already established for this program.The undergraduates involved in this project will be trained in Mathematics at Georgia Tech, which has a diverse course offering, taught at the highest levels from the Calculus to senior level offerings. The REU students will be engaged in research topics that range from Differential Geometry, to modeling fish populations with sophisticated dynamical models. Training the nation's next generation's scientific workforce is a leading mission of Georgia Tech, and the primary focus of this proposal. This proposal will enhance an already very strong program, and train sophisticated students who will continue their studies at the best graduate programs in Science and Engineering across the country.