Summer School for Integrated Computational Materials Education

该奖项是根据EAGER的提案颁发的，旨在支持一项新颖的暑期学校试点项目，该项目旨在帮助全美材料科学与工程部门整合计算。综合计算材料教育暑期学校的目的是迅速将计算材料科学纳入那些缺乏独立实施资源的大学，包括主要的教学大学。它将培养能够向本科生介绍CMSE的未来教师。暑期学校将培养对计算方法感兴趣但不一定熟悉的研究生，让他们在从事材料研究时获得额外的工具。因此，暑期学校将对本科和研究生教育产生影响。在过去的十年中，计算方法已经改变了许多科学和工程学科。它们开始对新材料的设计和开发产生广泛的影响。最近在矿物、金属和材料学会期刊《JOM》上进行并发表的一项调查，以及美国国家工程院的报告《综合计算材料工程：提高竞争力和国家安全的转型学科》表明，需要将计算技术整合到本科材料科学与工程课程中。为了应对这种整合中的挑战，pi将设计和组织一个“综合计算材料教育暑期学校”的试点项目，这将是一个为期两周的项目，其中包括计算材料科学与工程的“速成班”，以及可用于现有核心课程的教育模块的重点课程。pi的目标是将计算工具引入本科水平的热力学课程。该计划的成功参与者，研究员，将成为计算材料科学与工程的大使；他们将使用暑期学校提供的模块和方法来教授热力学课程的部分内容。PI将建立一个由教授、软件开发人员、产业研究人员组成的强大团队。暑期学校还将包括来自计算材料研究前沿的高级主题，这为最新研究的传播提供了一个论坛。参加者将学习可纳入他们研究的计算工具。暑期学校还将提供一个案例研究，探讨如何将本科教育转变为在STEM学科中融入技术。该奖项有可能对一个重要问题产生重大影响，并改变材料科学与工程领域。

This award made on an EAGER proposal supports a novel pilot summer school project designed to help integrate computation in Materials Science and Engineering Departments across the Nation. The Summer School for Integrated Computational Materials Education will be designed to rapidly increase the incorporation of computational materials science to those universities that lack the resources to implement them on their own, including primarily teaching universities. It will train future instructors who are capable of introducing CMSE to undergraduate students. The Summer School will train graduate students who are interested in but not necessarily familiar with computational approaches, allowing them additional tools in pursuing their materials research. Therefore, the Summer School will have impact on both undergraduate and graduate education.Computational approaches have transformed many scientific and engineering disciplines in the last decade. They are beginning to produce widespread impact in the design and development of new materials. A recent survey performed and published in JOM - the journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, as well as the National Academy of Engineering Report, "Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: A Transformational Discipline for Improved Competitiveness and National Security" indicate the need for integration of computational techniques into undergraduate Materials Science and Engineering curricula. To address the challenges in this integration, the PIs will design and organize a pilot program of "Summer School for Integrated Computational Materials Education," which will be a two-week program that includes a "crash course" on computational materials science and engineering and focus sessions on educational modules that can be adopted into existing core courses. The PIs will target the introduction of computational tools into undergraduate-level thermodynamics course. Successful participants in the program, Fellows, will be ambassadors of computational materials science and engineering; they will teach segments of the thermodynamics course using the modules and methods presented in the Summer School. The PI will build a strong team consisting of professors, software developers, and industrial researchers. The summer school will also include advanced topics from the forefront of computational materials research, which provides a forum for dissemination of state-of-the-art research. The participants will learn about computational tools that could be incorporated into their research. The Summer School will also provide a case study for a method for transforming undergraduate education to embrace technology in a STEM subject.This EAGER award has potential for high impact on an important problem and to transform the field of materials science and engineering.