REU Site: Youngstown State University Beginning Undergraduates Mathematical Research Preparation

REU 网站：扬斯敦州立大学本科生数学研究准备

• 批准号: 2050789
• 负责人: Alicia Prieto-Langarica
• 金额: $ 29.14万
• 依托单位: Youngstown State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050789&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Youngstown; State; University

YSU-BUMP (Youngstown State University Beginning Undergraduate Mathematical Research Preparation) is a summer research experience for students who are in their first two years of college and are majoring in mathematics. YSU-BUMP’s design addresses the research literature that identifies the first two years as a critical time for retention of students in mathematics, particularly of female students and those from underrepresented minorities. Retention and enhanced success are expected as a result of three facets of the experience: an early engagement in a rigorous research project, exposure to a variety of careers in the mathematical sciences, and an intensive and intentional mentoring component. Students will explore possible careers by engaging with a wide variety of speakers who employ higher-level mathematics in their work with industry, government and academia; and who will offer advice regarding pursuing these types of careers. Mentoring during and after the program and at least through students’ graduation will reinforce the gains made in the participants’ mathematical learning through research, and in their motivation regarding seeking careers in the mathematical sciences. Research projects for this REU will cover a wide variety of topics. For example, students will learn and employ data analysis tools to visualize gun violence data, then use these visualizations and other work to address questions regarding trends over time, and relative incidence rates by geographical and temporal locations. Participants will also engage with theoretical yet still accessible topics, such as a project in graph theory where they will explore rainbow coloring, a special type of proper vertex coloring, and seek to discover and prove new mathematical results.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

YSU-BUMP（扬斯敦州立大学开始本科数学研究准备）是谁在他们的大学的头两年，并主修数学的学生暑期研究经验。YSU-BUMP的设计解决了研究文献，确定头两年是保留学生数学的关键时间，特别是女学生和那些代表性不足的少数民族。保留和增强的成功预期作为经验的三个方面的结果：在严格的研究项目的早期参与，接触到各种职业的数学科学，以及密集和故意的辅导组件。学生将通过与各种各样的演讲者接触来探索可能的职业，这些演讲者在与工业，政府和学术界的工作中使用更高层次的数学;以及谁将提供有关追求这些类型职业的建议。在课程期间和之后，至少通过学生的毕业，指导将加强参与者通过研究数学学习所取得的成果，以及他们在数学科学领域寻求职业的动机。该REU的研究项目将涵盖各种各样的主题。例如，学生将学习和使用数据分析工具来可视化枪支暴力数据，然后使用这些可视化和其他工作来解决有关随时间推移的趋势以及地理和时间位置的相对发生率的问题。参与者还将参与理论上的但仍然可以访问的主题，例如图论中的一个项目，他们将探索彩虹着色，一种特殊类型的正确顶点着色，并寻求发现和证明新的数学结果。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。