REU Site: Modeling and Industrial Applied Mathematics

北卡罗来纳州立大学的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。该项目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，与行业和政府实验室密切合作。该计划结合了对外展的坚定承诺，为学生精心设计的计划，以及长期致力于数学工作队伍的多样性。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，学生们学到了数学模型的力量，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，并学习如何团队合作以实现共同的目标。这些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。在商业和工业的“真实世界”中，Reu的学生看到了校外人士对他们工作的重视。

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.