EMSW21-RTG: Research Training Group on Inverse Problems and Partial Differential Equations

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。华盛顿大学（UW）的RTG拨款支持一系列活动，这些活动将加强反问题和偏微分方程（IPDE）领域的本科生，研究生和早期职业博士后研究人员的教育和培训。该项目的一个亮点是为高级本科生和初级研究生开设的暑期学校。该学院将包括两门为期三周的课程，向学生介绍IPDE的最新研究技术。主题将包括理论模型和数值工具。这些课程将由为期一周的客座讲师进行补充，他们将进行讲座，以补充主要主题。该暑期学校将与华盛顿大学的本科生研究经验（REU）项目协调，该项目由联合负责人詹姆斯·莫罗（James Morrow）管理。预算包括资助三名华盛顿大学学生参加REU项目，以及一名助教以抵消增加的工作量。IPDE集团还将为其研究生设立访问学术和工业实习计划。高级研究生将有机会与美国和国外机构的高级研究人员一起工作。过去的IPDE学生已经从访问其他大学以及雪佛龙和劳伦斯利弗莫尔的研究实验室中获益。RTG资助将允许IPDE小组将这种做法系统化，并将其提供给所有IPDE学生。拨款的很大一部分是为研究生和博士后助理提供支持。资助对象包括总共8年的博士后，资助金额为50%，平均每年有7名研究生接受研究生培训。研究生将在一学年的两个季度以及夏季季度获得支持。博士后将通过正常教学负荷的50%获得剩余工资。研究生和博士后的旅费都包括在内。本科生津贴也提供给本科生研究项目和在当地实验室实习。IPDE系列研讨会将通过一系列研讨会前的讲座得到加强，并为研讨会演讲者的长期访问提供资金。IPDE是一个活跃的领域，包括地震勘探、医学成像和物理理论中的模型研究。在当地教学助理职位经费减少期间，RTG赠款为这一领域的研究生教育提供了大量支助。预算中平均每年14个季度的研究生实习支持将使该部门能够维持重要的研究生人数，并为美国公民和永久居民IPDE学生提供从教学职责中解放出来的时间，以致力于研究。这些研究生将获得预算学术和工业实习计划的资助，以延长访问其他大学和研究实验室的时间。他们将与潜在雇主建立联系，并与其他学术导师建立关系。这些联系将在他们担任学术职位之前的职业生涯阶段建立，并将在他们的早期职业生涯中提供帮助。博士后助理职位的资助将允许IPDE成员利用部门和学院的资金来组建一个可行的博士后研究小组。50%的教学负担将为博士后提供额外的时间用于研究；旅行经费将用于参观其他机构。暑期学校将吸引来自全国各地的高级本科生和初级研究生，并向他们介绍IPDE领域的最新研究课题。该部门将能够确定潜在的学生招收研究生项目，研究生支持基金将使我们能够吸引优秀的候选人。REU项目每年将资助三名来自华盛顿大学的学生参加。该计划吸引了全国范围内的申请，并且有许多符合条件的申请人超过了目前的资助范围。许多优秀的申请者通过了华盛顿大学的荣誉本科课程，并将被招募参加REU项目。资助一个额外的助教职位来协助REU的运行，将使所有参与者受益，并在夏季为高级本科生或研究生提供支持。RTG资助的集体活动将加强西华大学所有职业水平的IPDE项目，并向全国学生介绍这一重要的研究领域。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This RTG grant at the University of Washington (UW) supports an array of activities that will enhance the education and training of undergraduate students, graduate students, and early career postdoctoral researchers in the field of inverse problems and partial differential equations (IPDE). A highlight of the project is a summer school for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. The school will consist of two three-week courses that introduce students to current research techniques in IPDE. Topics will include both theoretical models and numerical tools. These courses will be supplemented by week-long guest lecturers, who will give talks that complement the main topics. The summer school will be coordinated with the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at UW that is run by co-PI James Morrow. The budget includes funding for three UW students to attend the REU program, and for a teaching assistant to offset the increased workload. The IPDE group will additionally institute a Visiting Academic and Industrial Internship Program for its graduate students. Advanced graduate students will be offered the opportunity to work with senior researchers at institutions in the US and abroad. Past IPDE students have profited from such visits to other universities, as well as to research laboratories at Chevron and Lawrence Livermore. RTG funding will allow the IPDE group to systematize this practice and make it available to all IPDE students. A significant portion of the grant is to provide for the support of graduate students and postdoctoral assistants. Funding is included for a total of eight years of postdoctoral fellows at 50% support and for an average of seven graduate students in graduate traineeships each year of the grant. Graduate students will be supported for two quarters of the academic year, as well as for the summer quarter. Postdoctoral fellows will receive their remaining salary through teaching a 50% normal load. Travel funds are included for both graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Undergraduate stipends are also provided to fund undergraduate research projects and internships in local laboratories. The IPDE seminar series will be enhanced through a preseminar series of lectures, and funding is provided for extended visits to the department by seminar speakers.IPDE is an active field that encompasses research in seismic exploration, medical imaging, and models arising in physical theories. The RTG grant provides significant support for graduate education in this area during a period of reduced local funding for teaching assistant positions. The average of fourteen quarters per year of graduate traineeship support in the budget will allow the department to sustain a vital graduate student population, and provide US citizen and permanent resident IPDE students with release time from teaching duties to devote to research. These graduate students will receive funding under the budgeted Academic and Industrial Internship Program for extended visits to other universities and research laboratories. They will establish contacts with potential employers and build relations with additional academic mentors. These contacts will be created at stages in their careers before they have the responsibilities of academic positions and will assist them throughout their early careers. The funding for postdoctoral associate positions will allow IPDE members to leverage department and college funds to form a viable group of postdoctoral researchers. The 50% teaching load will provide additional time for postdoctoral associates to devote to research; travel funds will allow for visits to other institutions. The summer school will attract advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students from across the country and introduce them to current research topics in the field of IPDE. The department will be able to identify potential students to recruit to its graduate program, and the graduate support funds will allow us to attract top candidates. Support for the REU program will sponsor the participation of three students each year from UW. This program attracts applications nationwide, and there are many more qualified applicants than can be currently funded. A number of strong applicants come through the honors undergraduate courses at UW and will be recruited for the REU program. Funding for an additional TA position to assist with running the REU will benefit all participants and provide an advanced undergraduate or graduate student with support during the summer. The collective activities of the RTG grant will strengthen the IPDE program at UW at all career levels, and introduce students nationwide to this important area of research.