REU Site: Nebraska REU in Applied Math

内布拉斯加州应用数学REU将在2010年，2011年和2012年为本科生提供暑期研究项目。 我们将于六月初开始接待十名本科生，为期八周。 每个项目由一名教师导师或一对导师监督，每个项目将有一名研究生助理。 担任导师的教师有丰富的经验指导本科生的研究。 我们打算给学生尽可能充分的研究经验，包括如何定义一个好的问题，如何解决问题，并（在大多数项目中）给出严格的证明，如何写数学，以及如何给一个演讲，并提出海报。所有的项目都是应用数学，超过一半的项目有跨学科的组成部分。 许多人强调计算机探索在洞察数学问题中的作用。 学生们几乎每个工作日都会与教师和研究生导师会面。我们计划了研究，教育和社会活动，这将培养一个强调互动和合作的环境。我们的目标是确保学生离开内布拉斯加州REU网站与数学发现的方法赞赏，有一个有意义的，愉快的和严格的教育经验，并增加学生将继续他们的数学和科学研究的可能性.详细的项目描述，包括先决条件，在前十一月在网上公布. 学生选择他们希望申请的项目，并根据偏好进行排序。 申请截止日期为3月1日。 我们打算继续在学生中保持大致均衡的性别平衡，并以非博士生为目标。授予机构。 内布拉斯加大学研究生办公室将协助我们招聘，因为他们有丰富的经验和基础设施，从代表性不足的群体招聘学生。

The Nebraska REU in Applied Mathematics will offer summer research projects for undergraduates in 2010, 2011 and 2012. We will host ten undergraduates for eight weeks starting in early June. Each project is supervised by a faculty mentor or pair of mentors, and each project will have a graduate student assistant. The faculty serving as mentors have extensive experience mentoring undergraduate research. We intent to give the students as full a research experience as possible, including how to define a good problem, how to solve the problem and (in most projects) give rigorous proofs, how to write mathematics, and how to give a talk and present a poster. All of the projects are in Applied Mathematics, and more than half of the projects have an interdisciplinary component. Many emphasize the role of computer exploration in gaining insight into mathematical problems. The students will meet with their faculty and graduate student mentors almost every weekday. We have planned research, educational and social activities which will cultivate an environment which emphasizes interaction and collaboration. Our goal is to make sure that the students leave the Nebraska REU Site with an appreciation for the methods of mathematical discovery, have a meaningful, enjoyable and rigorous educational experience, and increase the likelihood that the students will continue with their mathematical and scientific studies.Detailed project descriptions, including prerequisites, are posted on the web by the preceding November. The students choose those projects they wish to apply for, and order them according to preference. The application deadline is March 1. We intend to continue to have an approximately even gender balance among the students, and to target students from non-Ph.D. granting institutions. The University of Nebraska Office of Graduate Studies will assist us with recruiting, since they have extensive experience and infrastructure for recruitment of students from underrepresented groups.