CREST: Computational Center for Fundamental and Applied Science and Education at North Carolina Central University (CCFASE)

北卡罗来纳中央大学（NCCU）提议建立一个CREST基础与应用科学与教育计算中心（CCFASE），为科学技术学院（CST）跨学科研究和教育的概念和执行提供所需的框架。该中心将把最先进的研究和开发与基础设施相结合，通过五个项目来解决现代物理和材料科学中一些最重要的问题：1)新型纳米结构材料和纳米器件的计算机建模、设计和形成；(2)低能少核子相互作用：三种核子模型的实验开发、数据分析和严格计算的计算机模拟；(3)超子-超子和超子-核子相互作用研究；(4)智能系统和机器人技术；(5)新马德里地震带综合地球物理调查。该中心将提高少数民族学生在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的参与度，这些领域的少数民族学生的代表性严重不足。除了在科学方面取得基本进展外，CREST还将从少数民族和社会代表性不足的群体中培养合格的高技能技术人员。该中心包括来自ncccu 5个STEM系的17名高级研究员，以及来自杜克大学、康奈尔大学、孟菲斯大学地震研究与信息中心和杰斐逊国家实验室的科学家。研究人员建议创建一个HBCU计算科学网络，这将增加学生参与高级研究的机会，并将促进HBCU教师和学生与研究机构和行业之间的合作。

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) proposes to establish a CREST Computational Center for Fundamental and Applied Science and Education (CCFASE) to provide the framework required for the conception and execution of interdisciplinary research and education in the College of Science and Technology (CST). The center will combine state-of-the-art research and development with an infrastructure essential to address some of the most important questions in modern physics and materials science through five projects: 1) Computer modeling, design, and formation of novel nanostructured materials and nanodevices; (2) Low-energy few-nucleon interactions: computer simulations for experimental development, data analysis, and rigorous calculations for three nucleon models; (3) Study of hyperon-hyperon and hyperon-nucleon interactions; (4) Intelligent systems and robotics; and (5) Integrative Geophysical Investigation of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The proposed Center will enhance the participation of minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas, where they are critically underrepresented. In addition to fundamental advances in science, the CREST will train a qualified technology work force of highly-skilled people from minority and socially underrepresented groups. The Center involves 17 senior investigators from five NCCU STEM departments and scientists from Duke University, Cornell University, and the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis, and Jefferson National Laboratory. The investigators propose to create an HBCU computational science network will that will increase the opportunities for student participation in advanced research and will facilitate the collaboration among HBCU faculty and students with research institutions and industry.