REU Site: Seattle University Mathematics Early Research (SUMmER)

西雅图大学数学系将主办西雅图大学数学早期研究(夏季)REU网站。每年将有十名学生参加为期八周的暑期研究项目。每年夏天，学生们将以五人为一组，完成两个主要研究项目中的一个。每个研究小组将由一对导师领导，他们将定期与学生会面，提供指导和反馈。暑期项目将鼓励非传统、早期就业的学生考虑STEM领域的专业和职业。研究项目将不需要大量的课程经验，以便向来自社区学院和主要是本科院校的学生提供研究机会。学生参与者的多样化也将反映在教职员工的领导中。除了来自西雅图大学和太平洋路德大学的经验丰富的教职研究人员外，小组还将由来自当地社区大学和高中的教师领导。每个项目将由一个团队中的两名导师领导，其中包括一名经验较少的研究导师和一名经验较丰富的导师。因此，这一计划将有额外的好处，即培训经验较少的导师，以领导本国机构的研究小组。这一REU的主要目标是通过提供一个社区支持，使那些无法在本国机构进行研究的学生研究人员能够在暑期计划的八周期限之外提供支持。学生将研究组合学、图论、纽结理论或几何领域的原创性研究问题。除了发展他们的技术数学技能，学生还将获得通过口头和书面交流展示他们的工作的经验。他们将定期向小组发表演讲，分享他们的研究进展，研究导师将在学生准备在会议上或在REU计划结束后在他们的家乡机构展示他们的工作时提供支持。研究和沟通技能对参与者来说都将是无价的，因为他们成为数学社区的一部分。

The Department of Mathematics at Seattle University will host the Seattle University Mathematics Early Research (SUMmER) REU site. Ten students will participate in an eight-week summer research program each year. The students will work in groups of five on one of two major research projects each summer. Each research group will be led by a pair of mentors who will meet regularly with the students to provide guidance and feedback. The SUMmER program will encourage non-traditional, early career students to consider majors and careers in STEM fields. The research projects will not require significant course experience so that research opportunities are made available to students from community colleges and primarily undergraduate institutions. The diverse body of student participants will be reflected in the faculty leadership as well. In addition to having experienced faculty researchers from Seattle University and Pacific Lutheran University, groups will be led by instructors from local community colleges and high schools. Each project will be led by two mentors in a team consisting of a less experienced research mentor and a more experienced mentor. As such, this program will have the added benefit of training less experienced mentors to lead research groups at their home institutions. The primary goal of this REU is to empower student researchers who do not have access to research at their home institutions by providing a community of support that will stretch beyond the eight-week duration of the summer program. Students will investigate original research problems in the areas of Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Knot Theory, or Geometry. In addition to developing their technical mathematical skills, students will gain experience in presenting their work through both oral and written communication. They will give regular presentations to the group to share their research progress, and the research mentors will support students as they prepare to present their work at conferences or at their home institutions after the REU program has ended. Both research and communication skills will be invaluable to the participants as they become part of the mathematical community.