REU Site: Interdisciplinary Quantitative Science REU at UNCG

我们生活在一个日益相互联系的世界里，这需要在现实世界的应用中成功地使用量化技能。科学涵盖了广泛的学术领域，大多数子学科都将数学和统计分析作为其过程的一个组成部分。主修数学的学生通过从事跨学科研究，可以很好地拓宽他们的视野。反过来，应该鼓励理科专业的学生接受强有力的数学培训。由于未来几年对经过跨学科培训的具有定量技能的科学家的需求将会增加，UNG开发了一个跨学科的定量REU网站。我们REU的目标是1)为学生提供跨学科的本科生研究体验(URE)和2)促进我们教师导师的研究计划。每年，八(8)名学生将研究数学和科学交叉的问题。不同教职员工和学生的互动将导致科学调查的创新数学解决方案和数学模型的严格现实感。我们致力于招募和培训不同的参与者群体，提高他们的批判性思维、定量推理和沟通技能。我们期望REU计划的参与者将在地方、地区和国家STEM会议上展示他们的工作，并期待我们的研究将导致教职员工和本科生共同撰写同行审阅的手稿。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。

We are living in an increasingly inter-connected world that requires the successful employment of quantitative skills in real-world applications. The sciences encompass a broad spectrum of academic fields, with most sub-disciplines having mathematical and statistical analysis as an integral component of their process. Students majoring in mathematics are well served to broaden their perspective by engaging in interdisciplinary studies. And, conversely, students majoring in the sciences should be encouraged to obtain a strong training in mathematics. Because the demand for quantitatively skilled scientists with interdisciplinary training will increase in upcoming years, UNCG developed an interdisciplinary quantitative REU site. The objectives of our REU are to 1) provide interdisciplinary undergraduate research experiences (URE) for students and 2) to advance the research programs of our faculty mentors. Each year, eight (8) students will investigate problems at the intersection of mathematics and the sciences. The interaction of diverse faculty members and students will lead to innovative mathematical solutions for scientific investigations and a rigorous sense of realism in the mathematical models. We are committed to recruiting and training a diverse group of participants, improving their critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and communication skills. We expect that participants in our REU program will present their work at local, regional, and national STEM meetings and anticipate our research will lead to faculty and undergraduate student co-authored peer-reviewed manuscripts.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.