REU Site: Modeling and Industrial Applied Mathematics

北卡罗来纳州立大学(NCSU)的REU项目旨在让更多的本科生对在数学领域从事学术和非学术职业感兴趣。我们通过让学生有机会在一个支持性、协作性的环境中从事应用研究问题来做到这一点，该环境是充满活力的研究部门的一部分，在行业和政府实验室中进行合作。我们REU项目的跨学科性质吸引了那些不一定认为自己主要对数学感兴趣的学生(有些是双学位，或者辅修数学)。通过这次暑期体验，我们希望向他们展示数学模型的力量，并将他们重新引导到数学科学的职业生涯中。在我们的REU项目中，学生将接触到在工业和政府实验室研究中出现的具有挑战性和激动人心的现实世界问题。这种体验以传统课程不可能实现的方式让学员受益。学生学习有价值的应用数学技巧，并以团队合作的方式完成共同目标。我们REU问题的复杂性和开放性提供了一个挑战，使学习新技术变得值得。可能没有现成的结构或结果来覆盖最终的问题公式，这一事实只会加剧兴奋。这些REU学生看到了校外人士对他们工作的重视，并学会欣赏数学在商业和工业中的作用。

The REU program at North Carolina State University (NCSU) aims to get more undergraduates interested in pursuing academic and nonacademic careers in mathematics. We do this by giving students the opportunity to work on applied research problems in a supportive, collaborative environment that is part of a vibrant research department with collaborations in industry and government laboratories. The interdisciplinary nature of our REU program attracts students who do not necessarily think of themselves as primarily interested in mathematics (some are double majors, or have math minors). Through this summer experience we hope to show them the power of mathematical models and redirect them toward a career in the mathematical sciences. In our REU program students are exposed to challenging and exciting real-world problems arising in industrial and government laboratory research. This experience benefits its participants in ways not possible with traditional coursework. Students learn valuable techniques of applied mathematics and work in teams to accomplish common objectives. The complexity and open-endedness of our REU problems provides a challenge that makes learning new techniques worthwhile. The fact that there may be no ready-made structures or body of results to cover the final problem formulation only compounds the excitement. These REU students see the value placed on their work by those outside the University and learn to appreciate the utility of mathematics in business and industry.