REU Site: High Performance Computing (HPC) Tools, Techniques, and Research across the Physical Sciences

本科研究是天普大学科学与技术学院教育经验的一个组成部分。参与本科研究不仅建立了参与者的自信心，而且还提高了保留率和毕业率。坦普尔大学是费城的公立研究型大学。因此，它上升到卡内基R1地位作为一个博士生大学非常高的研究活动带来了一个特殊的责任，为学生提供本科研究经验，从典型的代表性不足和社会服务不足的部分。具体来说，这个项目将允许每年十名学生从两年制学院，文科学院，和历史上的黑人学院和大学，谁没有获得本科研究，体验一个顶级研究型大学的兴奋和充满活力的气氛。在这样做的过程中，该项目不仅将推进基础研究，而且重要的是，它还将通过促进培训多样化的技术劳动力来造福整个社会，这些技术劳动力更好地准备进入影响国家未来健康，繁荣和安全的领域。其中，化学和物理学是医药、电子通信、汽车运输、新材料等重要产业的基础学科，科学计算已成为现代科学研究的支柱，因此，本项目将重点开展利用计算机推进化学和物理学领域的研究。 今天，许多本科生都参加了编程入门课程，但这些课程很少有效地过渡到本科生的研究经验。 该项目将为参与者创造一个桥梁，同时他们沉浸在高质量的本科研究体验中，专注于高性能计算的应用。 天普大学的科学与技术学院拥有世界一流的教师，他们在研究中严重依赖现代计算技术。 项目导师是根据他们的专业知识选择的，部分是通过他们的引用影响和他们作为导师的经验来衡量的。目标学生，在当地，区域和国家招募，将是那些在研究生学习的兴趣萌芽。每年夏天，十名代表性不足的本科生将学习高性能计算技术，合作建立一个集群，并完成独立的研究项目，包括研究蛋白质如何折叠，为特定蛋白质靶点设计治疗方法，对材料的电响应进行建模，通过分子动力学计算机模拟探测大分子和聚合物的特性，使用机器学习来拟合计算模型，探索核物质的本质值得注意的是，参与者将体验专业发展，研究道德和有效沟通的综合计划，这些都是未来成功的高度重视和必要的技能。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。

Undergraduate research is an integral part of the educational experience in the College of Science and Technology at Temple University. Participation in undergraduate research not only builds self-confidence in the participants but it also increases retention and graduation rates. Temple University is Philadelphia’s public research university. Accordingly, its rise to Carnegie R1 status as a doctoral university with very high research activity brings a special responsibility to provide access to undergraduate research experiences for students from typically underrepresented and underserved segments of society. Specifically, this project will allow ten students per year from two-year colleges, liberal arts colleges, and historically black colleges and universities, who do not have access to the undergraduate research, to experience the excitement and vibrant atmosphere of a top research university. In doing so, this project will not only advance fundamental research but importantly, it will also benefit society at large by contributing to the training of a diverse technical workforce that is better prepared to enter the fields, which impact the future health, prosperity, and security of the nation. Notably, this project will emphasize research that employs computers to advance the fields of chemistry and physics, which are the core disciplines that underpin key industries such as pharmaceuticals and medicine, electronics and telecommunication, automobiles and transportation, and advanced materials.Scientific computation has become a mainstay of modern research in the sciences. Many undergraduates today have taken introductory courses in programming, but it is rare for those courses to transition into an undergraduate research experience effectively. This project will create a bridge for the participants, while they are immersed in a high-quality undergraduate research experience, focusing on the applications of high-performance computing. The College of Science and Technology at Temple University is populated by world-class faculty who rely heavily on modern computational techniques in their research. The project mentors have been selected based on their expertise, as partially measured by their citation impact, and their experience as a mentor. Targeted students, recruited locally, regionally, and nationally, will be those with a budding interest in graduate study. Ten underrepresented undergraduate students each summer will learn high-performance computing techniques, collaborate to build a cluster, and complete independent research projects that include studying how proteins fold, designing therapeutics for specific protein targets, modeling the electrical response of materials, probing the properties of macromolecules and polymers via molecular dynamics computer simulations, using machine learning to fit computational models, and exploring the nature of nuclear matter. Notably, participants will experience an integrated program of professional development, research ethics, and effective communication, which are highly-valued and necessary skills for future success.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.