REU Site: Modeling and Industrial Applied Mathematics

北卡罗莱纳州立大学的REU项目旨在让更多的本科生对数学的学术和非学术职业感兴趣。该计划通过为学生提供在支持性协作环境中从事应用研究问题的机会来实现这一目标，该环境是一个充满活力的研究部门的一部分，与行业和政府实验室有着密切的合作。该方案结合了一个强有力的承诺外展，为学生深思熟虑的方案，并长期致力于多样性的数学工作力量。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，或者是辅修数学）。通过这个暑假的经历，学生们了解了数学模型的力量，这可能会让他们对数学科学的职业产生兴趣。在这个REU项目中，学生将接触到工业和政府实验室研究中出现的具有挑战性和令人兴奋的现实问题。这种体验给参与者带来了传统课程无法带来的好处。学生学习有价值的应用数学技巧，并学习如何在团队中完成共同的目标。问题的复杂性和开放性为学习新技术提供了挑战。事实上，可能没有现成的结构或结果体来涵盖最终的问题表述，这只会加剧兴奋。REU学生看到大学外的人在商业和工业的“现实世界”中对他们工作的重视。

The REU program at North Carolina State University aims to get more undergraduates interested in pursuing academic and nonacademic careers in mathematics. The program does this by giving the students the opportunity to work on applied research problems in a supportive, collaborative environment that is part of a vibrant research department with strong collaboration with industry and government laboratories. The program combines a strong commitment to outreach, well thought-out programs for students, and a long-standing dedication to diversity in the mathematics work force. The interdisciplinary nature of the 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 students learn the power of mathematical models, potentially interesting them in careers in the mathematical sciences. In this 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 learn how to work in teams to accomplish common objectives. The complexity and open-endedness of the 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. REU students see the value placed on their work by those outside the University, in the "real world" of business and industry.