IGERT: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship in Magnetic and Nanostructured Materials

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持以设计和研究具有结构衍生功能的新型材料为中心的跨学科研究生培训计划的发展。该项目是普渡大学、康奈尔大学和诺福克州立大学（NSU）的合作项目。它的目标是培养学生进行研究，这些研究将导致更快、更小、更有效的设备和技术，并具有众多应用，包括信息存储、信号检测和生物医学的可能性。技术和专业培训机会包括每年在康奈尔大学和NSU进行的实验室培训，正在进行的模块化课程视频会议，定期考虑磁性和纳米结构材料的伦理和社会方面，以及学生驱动的研究计划。学员亦会探索工程教育研究，了解如何将新知识转化为教育资源，为学校和公众服务。学生将受益于针对个人职业发展的结构化指导和培训——这些教育要素已被确定为保留和成功科学和工程领域代表性不足的少数族裔的必要因素。两所研究型大学和一所历史上的黑人大学的这种伙伴关系将使人们更好地了解如何将互补的能力和机会整合起来，从而更好地为下一代科学家和工程师做好准备。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战，他们具有跨学科背景，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模式，在一个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 Training (IGERT) award supports the development of an interdisciplinary graduate training program centered on the design and study of novel materials with structure-derived functionalities. The program is a collaborative effort between Purdue University, Cornell University and Norfolk State University (NSU). Its goal is to train students to conduct research that will lead to faster, smaller and more efficient devices and technologies with numerous applications, including information storage, signal detection, and biomedical possibilities. Technical and professional training opportunities include annual laboratory training at Cornell and NSU, ongoing video-conferencing of modular courses, regular consideration of the ethical and social aspects of magnetic and nanostructured materials, and student-driven research initiatives. Trainees will also explore engineering education research in order to learn about the challenges of translating new knowledge into educational resources for schools and the general public. Students will benefit from structured mentoring and training for individual career development--education elements that have been identified as essential for the retention and success of underrepresented minorities in science and engineering. This partnership, of two research universities and a Historically Black University, will bring greater understanding of how the integration of complementary capabilities and opportunities can better prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers.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.