MRCE: Renewal Proposal for Center for Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems

克拉克亚特兰大大学（Clark Atlanta University） 克拉克亚特兰大大学（CAU）物理系统理论研究中心（CTSPS）的代表提交了一份更新提案。 在其存在的第一个4年多的时间里，CTSPS已经成为一个区域资源中心，超越了它的所有目标：起诉前沿，基础和应用，研究;生产大量的同行评审出版物;在国家和国际会议上介绍研究成果;创建一个先进的研究计算设施，包括格鲁吉亚最强大的CRAY平台;获得620万美元的非NSF联邦资金;从亚特兰大大学中心（AUC）的研究教师的学术/企业研究教育合作伙伴关系的形成支持;聘请关键研究人员，以协调和刺激新的跨学科的互动;创建一个重要的访问科学家计划;支持重要的地方，国家和国际会议;大量的博士生。受约束的少数民族学生;建立一个移动的物理/数学示范单位;促进重要领域的技术转让，例如红外传感器技术和图像处理（仅举几例）。 这些成就使CAU的研究能力成为具有全国竞争力的卓越研究中心。 CTSPS已成为AUC内物理和数学科学的质量，成本效益，研究和研究培训的典范。 它使CAU的物理系成为全国优秀的计算物理项目之一。 有效利用NSF资助的资源使CTSPS能够利用非NSF支持昂贵的项目（即功能强大的计算机等），都致力于解决不同领域的重要问题。 在HBCU环境中建立世界一流的研究中心，继续对学生产生积极影响，吸引了来自所有SEM学科的许多CAU/AUC学生。 因此，CTSPS是一个真正的国家资源，其持续的资金将确保一个重要的和全国重要的研究企业（在新成立的HCU机构的背景下）的巩固和发展，为国家的技术准备做出贡献，并作为一个重要的专业榜样在科学，工程和数学方面代表性不足的少数民族。

HRD-9632844 Clark Atlanta University A renewal proposal has been submitted on behalf of the Center for Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems (CTSPS) at Clark Atlanta University (CAU). During its first 4 plus years of existence, CTSPS has become a regional resource center surpassing all of its objectives: prosecution of forefront, basic and applied, research; production of significant numbers of peer reviewed publications; presentation of research results at national and international conferences; creation of a sophisticated research computing facility, including the most powerful CRAY platform in Georgia; acquisition of $6.2 million dollars in non-NSF federal funding; formation of academic/corporate research-educational partnerships support of research faculty from the Atlanta University Center (AUC); hiring of key researchers to coordinate and stimulate new interdisciplinary interactions; creation of a vital visiting scientists program; support for important local, national, and international conferences; production of significant numbers of Ph.D. bound minority students; creation of a Mobile Physics/Mathematics Demonstration Unit; and promotion of technology transfer in important areas such as infrared sensor technology, and image processing (to name a few). These accomplishments have catapulted CAU s research capacity into a nationally competitive research center of excellence. CTSPS has become a paradigm for quality, cost-effective, research and research training in the physical and mathematical sciences, within the AUC. It has positioned CAU s physics department to become one of the outstanding computational physics programs in the nation. Efficient use of NSF funded resources has allowed CTSPS to leverage non-NSF support for expensive items (i.e. powerful computers, etc.), all dedicated to solving important problems in diverse areas. The establishment of a world class research center, within an HBCU environment, continues to positively impact the student body, attracting many CAU/AUC students from all SEM disciplines. Accordingly, CTSPS is a genuine national resource whose continued funding would insure the consolidation and growth of a vital and nationally important research enterprise (in the context of a newly created HCU institution) contributing to the nation s technological readiness, and serving as a vital professional role model to the underrepresented minorities in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.