SMP: Professional Applied and Computational Mathematics

该奖项由2009年美国复苏与再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。专业应用和计算数学项目是由布法罗州立大学及其商业合作伙伴提供的合作科学硕士项目。该项目正在为新兴领域的就业培养研究生，这些领域需要一支在应用数学和计算数学方面具有扎实和深入背景的新型劳动力，以及有效的商业和沟通技能。该项目使用具有良好记录的研究生教师在课堂和工作场所对学生进行教育。这位教师精心设计了一门极其全面的课程，在(1)数据分析、(2)数学建模和(3)商业和沟通技能的每个主题中都包括9学分。作为该项目的一部分，学生还需要完成3学分的实习。核心课程分为1学分的模块，这些模块很容易升级或更换，并包括“真实世界”的案例研究。研究和实习经验为学生提供了分析和解决“现实世界”问题的机会。该计划的更广泛影响包括(1)增加女学生和来自代表人数不足的少数族裔的学生参与科学、技术、工程和数学学科的研究生学习，以及(2)为研究生在商业、工业、非营利组织和政府机构的职业生涯做准备，这些机构在应用和计算数学以及商业和沟通技能方面拥有坚实的基础，以在需要广泛包容、训练有素的科学和工程劳动力的职业生涯中取得成功。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The Professional Applied and Computational Mathematics program is a collaborative Science Masters Program offered by Buffalo State College and its business partners. The program is educating graduate students for careers in emerging fields that demand a new type of workforce with solid and in-depth background in applied and computational mathematics, as well as effective business and communication skills. This program uses graduate faculty with demonstrated records to educate students in both the classroom and the workplace. This faculty has created a carefully designed and extremely thorough curriculum that includes 9-credits in each the topics of (1) data analysis, (2) mathematical modeling, and (3) business and communication skills. As part of the program students also complete a 3-credit internship. The core courses are broken into 1-credit modules, which are easy to be upgraded or replaced and include "real world" case studies. The research and internship experiences provide students opportunity to analyze and solve "real world" problems. The broader impact of the program includes (1) increasing the participation of female students and students from under-represented minorities in graduate studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines and (2) preparing graduate students for careers in business, industry, non-profit organizations, and government agencies with a strong foundation in applied and computational mathematics, as well as business and communication skills, to succeed in those careers that demand a broadly inclusive, well-trained science and engineering workforce.