REU Site: Modeling and Industrial Applied Mathematics

北卡罗来纳州州立大学的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。该计划通过让学生有机会在一个支持性的协作环境中解决应用研究问题来实现这一目标，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密切合作。该计划结合了对推广的坚定承诺，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课程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（有些是双专业，或者有数学未成年人）。通过这个夏天的经验，学生学习数学模型的力量，潜在的兴趣，他们在数学科学的职业生涯。在这个REU项目中，学生将接触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。这种经验使其参与者受益的方式不可能与传统的课程。学生学习应用数学的宝贵技术，并学习如何在团队中工作，以实现共同的目标。问题的复杂性和开放性提供了一个挑战，使学习新技术是值得的。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。REU学生看到了大学以外的人在商业和工业的"真实的世界"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.