REU Site: Undergraduate Mathematical Science Research at James Madison University

REU 网站：詹姆斯麦迪逊大学本科生数学科学研究

• 批准号: 1560151
• 负责人: Anthony Tongen
• 金额: $ 22.98万
• 依托单位: James Madison University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560151&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Mathematical; Science

This award supports an REU program at James Madison University that will host eight undergraduates for eight-week terms three consecutive summers. The program supports two cohorts consisting of a group of four students together with a pair of faculty who have complementary research programs. Over the course of the summer, each group will progress from teaching/learning new topics in mathematics or statistics, to developing questions and conjectures, to proving results as part of an authentic research experience. Since faculty have distinct but related research interests, they are able to model supportive scientific collaboration for the students and discuss technical topics from different points of view. The program will produce original research that is disseminated in peer-reviewed journal articles and talks at national, regional, and local professional meetings.Our faculty are well proportioned between mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. We leverage this breadth to produce REU problems that lie on the intersection of two domains of knowledge, in which both faculty members are likely to be able to make significant contributions. The intradisciplinary nature of the teams supports the student experience by putting the mentors on similar footing as the students insofar as each mentor will likely be teaching and learning something new. This interaction helps lower the barrier for student collaboration and increases intellectual risk-taking across the entire group, particularly in the initial stages of research. It also immediately creates a group with a cohesive intellectual culture for students to interact in, both academically and socially. Each group of students will complete the summer with a mathematical research presentation to faculty and peers. They will also be well prepared and strongly encouraged to present at local, regional and national meetings after the completion of the program. When projects generate original and interesting results, students will be involved in the publication process from drafting technical writing to addressing peer-reviewed referee reports. The program will recruit and select students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in mathematics, as well as from institutions less likely to have resources available to support research activity.

该奖项支持詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学的REU项目，该项目将招收8名本科生，为期8周，连续三个暑假。该计划支持由四名学生和一对拥有互补研究项目的教职员工组成的两个群体。在整个暑假期间，每个小组都将从教/学数学或统计学的新主题，到提出问题和猜测，再到证明结果，作为真实研究经验的一部分。由于教师有不同但相关的研究兴趣，他们能够为学生建立支持性的科学协作模型，并从不同的角度讨论技术主题。该计划将产生原创性的研究成果，并在同行评议的期刊文章和全国性、地区性和地方性专业会议上的演讲中传播。我们的教师在数学、应用数学和统计学之间有着很好的比例。我们利用这种广度来产生存在于两个知识领域的交叉的REU问题，在这两个领域中，两位教职员工都可能做出重大贡献。团队的跨学科性质通过将导师置于与学生相似的基础上来支持学生体验，因为每个导师可能会教授和学习新的东西。这种互动有助于降低学生协作的障碍，并增加整个团队的智力风险承担，特别是在研究的初始阶段。它还会立即创建一个具有凝聚力的智力文化的群体，供学生在学术和社交方面进行互动。每组学生将在暑假结束时向教职员工和同龄人做一次数学研究报告。他们还将做好充分准备，并强烈鼓励他们在方案完成后出席地方、地区和国家会议。当项目产生原创和有趣的结果时，学生将参与出版过程，从起草技术写作到处理同行评审的裁判报告。该计划将从传统上在数学领域代表性较低的群体中招收和挑选学生，以及从不太可能拥有资源支持研究活动的机构中挑选学生。