IGERT: Nanostructured Solar Cells: Materials, Processes and Devices

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）项目开发了一个新颖的，合作的多学科计划，涉及南达科他州，南达科他州州立大学，矿业和技术的南达科他州学校，和国家中心在国家可再生能源实验室（NREL）的光化学。参与的学生将致力于下一代太阳能设备的开发，基于化学，材料工程和电气工程学术培训的广泛背景。学生的研究机会包括在NREL和太阳能行业的合作机构和实习之间的扩展研究轮换。 该计划的目标是培养学生在教育，研发和科学政策制定中的领导角色。反映这一目标，课程将包括研究道德，公共传播和教育推广的正式培训。该南达科他州IGERT将产生在可再生能源的关键重要领域的技术劳动力，并开发谁是通过跨学科的，协作的方法解决大规模问题的文化内广泛培训的科学领导者。该IGERT将通过与本科生研究经验网站的互动，与北方平原本科生研究中心的互动，并通过与Sinte Gleska大学的合作伙伴关系，在科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体中招募和留住学生。 IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) project develops a novel, collaborative multidisciplinary program involving The University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and the National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Participating students will work toward the development of the next generation of solar energy devices, based on a broad background of academic training in chemistry, materials engineering, and electrical engineering. Student research opportunities include extended research rotations among the collaborating institutions and internships at NREL and in the solar energy industry. The goal of this program is to prepare students for leadership roles in education, research and development, and science-policy formulation. Reflecting this goal, the curriculum will include formal training in research ethics, public communication, and educational outreach. The South Dakota IGERT will produce a technical workforce in the critically important area of renewable energy and develop science leaders who are broadly trained within a culture of solving large-scale problems through an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach. This IGERT will recruit and retain students in groups underrepresented in science and engineering through interactions with a site for Research Experiences for Undergraduates, interactions with the Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center, and though a partnership with Sinte Gleska University. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.