Summer School for Integrated Computational Materials Education

综合计算材料教育暑期学校

• 批准号: 1058314
• 负责人: Katsuyo Thornton
• 金额: $ 13.56万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1058314&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Integrated; Computational; Materials; Education

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.

EAGER建议的这个奖项支持一个新颖的试点暑期学校项目，旨在帮助整合全国材料科学和工程部门的计算。综合计算材料教育暑期学校的目的是迅速增加计算材料科学在那些缺乏资源自行实施的大学（包括主要教学大学）中的融入。它将培养未来的教师谁能够介绍CMSE本科生。暑期学校将培训对计算方法感兴趣但不一定熟悉的研究生，使他们能够在进行材料研究时使用额外的工具。因此，暑期学校将对本科生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。最近进行的一项调查，并发表在JOM -矿物，金属和材料学会杂志，以及国家工程院报告，“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。为了应对这一整合中的挑战，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，其中包括一个关于计算材料科学和工程的“速成班”，以及可以被纳入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和工程的大使;他们将使用暑期学校中提出的模块和方法教授热力学课程的部分。PI将建立一支由教授，软件开发人员和工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，为传播最先进的研究提供了一个论坛。参与者将学习可以纳入其研究的计算工具。暑期学校还将提供一个案例研究的方法，改变本科教育，拥抱技术在STEM学科。这个EAGER奖有可能对一个重要的问题产生很大的影响，并改变材料科学和工程领域。