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

在GT-MCTP项目中，我们将使用两个新项目招收有充分准备的高中学生进入一个强大的数学本科专业培养项目。第一个项目，也是我们所知道的唯一一个此类项目，高中生用实时视频会议技术学习乔治亚理工学院微积分2和3。这些学生实际位于他们的高中，同时与乔治亚理工学院校园里的教授和他的微积分课进行实时互动。在这门课程的第二年，有73名学生在9所不同的高中参加了这个项目，其中41名学生选择了佐治亚理工学院。这个项目可以吸引大量有才华的数学专业学生。第二个项目是高中数学竞赛，第三年吸引了300名学生，他们来自乔治亚州、阿拉巴马州，甚至远至弗吉尼亚州。这些学生参加各种各样的奖学金竞赛，以进入佐治亚理工学院。这也是一个吸引有才华的数学专业学生的优秀项目。佐治亚理工学院的数学学院有一个非常强大的本科教育项目。2007年，30个科学学士学位被授予；这些毕业生中有12人，即40%，被分配到全国各地的科学-技术-工程-数学一类研究生课程。2007年，数学专业的学生人数比1999年增加了一倍。为了使专业达到这种水平的成就，数学学院对学院的教育目标有广泛的承诺；丰富而深刻的课程设置；在课程的不同阶段提供重要的指导项目：reu被纳入学位课程；屡获殊荣的教学发展研讨会；并积极指导研究生申请过程。该提案要求设立奖学金，以补充已经颁发的奖学金，目标是数学专业前5%的学生，并设立REU。这项拨款的授予将承认数学学院项目的高质量，使其更容易建立在已经建立的项目的势头上。参与该项目的本科生将在佐治亚理工学院接受数学方面的培训。佐治亚理工学院提供多种课程，从微积分到高级课程都有。REU的学生将从事从微分几何到用复杂的动态模型建模鱼类种群的研究课题。培养国家下一代的科学人才是佐治亚理工学院的主要使命，也是本提案的主要焦点。这项提案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.