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.

该奖项是在急切的建议下颁发的，支持了一个新型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。综合计算材料教育的暑期学校将旨在迅速增加计算材料科学的融合到那些缺乏自己实施这些资源的大学，包括主要教学大学。它将培训能够向本科生介绍CMSE的未来教师。暑期学校将培训对兴趣但不一定熟悉计算方法的研究生，从而使他们在进行材料研究时提供了其他工具。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，投放方法改变了许多科学和工程学科。他们开始在新材料的设计和开发中产生广泛的影响。最近在JOM上进行并发表的一项调查 - 矿物质，金属和材料协会杂志以及美国国家工程学院报告，“综合计算材料工程：改善竞争力和国家安全的变革纪律”表明需要将计算技术集成到不足的材料科学和工程曲目中。为了应对此整合的挑战，PIS将设计和组织一项“集成计算材料教育的暑期学校”试点计划，该计划将是一个为期两周的计划，其中包括计算材料科学和工程学的“速成课程”，并将重点集中在教育模块上，可以将其采用到现有核心课程中。 PI将针对将计算工具引入本科级别的热力学课程。该计划的成功参与者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出的模块和方法教授热力学课程的细分市场。 PI将建立一个由教授，软件开发人员和工业研究人员组成的强大团队。暑期学校还将包括计算材料研究最前沿的高级主题，该研究为传播最先进的研究提供了论坛。参与者将了解可以纳入其研究的计算工具。暑期学校还将为一种转化本科教育以在STEM学科中接受技术的方法提供案例研究。此急切的奖项具有对重要问题的高影响并改变材料科学和工程领域的潜力。