Interdisciplinary Research and Education: Statistics/Chemical Engineering

中国水利大学文理学院统计系与中国水利大学凯斯工程学院化学工程系之间正在提出一个跨学科的研究和教育项目。它的主要组成部分是Woyczynski教授在1998/99年休假期间在化学工程系的住所，由J. Adin Mann教授担任主持人。该住宅将成为统计学方面的Woyczynski教授和化学工程方面的Jay Mann， John Angus和Phil Morrison教授正在开发的更广泛的研究和教育合作的一部分，并将有助于启动。Woyczynski教授的预期职责将包括三个组成部分：(a)联合研究计划，以帮助开发虚拟集成原型和同步制造/控制蒸汽/等离子沉积过程，用于宽频隙半导体（如氮化镓和金刚石）的薄膜和厚膜。建议的控制设计将是基于模型的，主要的努力将集中在对所需的界面增长模型的详细研究上。(b)设计本科统计学课程以适应化学工程的需要，包括创建交互式的、以数学为基础的、以化学工程为导向的计算机程序包，以补充即将出版的文本“概论统计学和随机现象：工程和科学中的不确定性、复杂性和混沌行为”（与M. Denker合著，Birkhauser, 1998, 505页）。(c)为联合征聘、监督和安排统计和化学工程毕业生以及更一般地说材料科学学生的工作建立框架；为该群体在随机媒体上开始一篇研究生论文的写作过程。PI的期望是，他在化学工程系的工作将对CWRU的研究和教育环境产生持久的影响，包括：-开发薄膜虚拟集成原型所需的新统计和数学工具。没有这些工具，这些过程的优化似乎是不可行的；-将这些工具直接应用于与等离子体反应器设计相关的实际问题，用于气相沉积这种薄膜，包括为此目的开发工业强度的软件。后者将与工业软件供应商共同完成，如俄亥俄州克利夫兰的ControlSoft公司，以及与化学工程部合作的美国亨茨维尔的CFD研究公司。-开发和微调适应材料科学与工程专业本科生需求的统计学课程。希望这将增加这些课程的吸引力和相关性（以入学率来衡量）。《不确定性》这本书的出版应该会对全国工程学和理工科学生学习统计学的方式产生影响。-为研究生创造一个跨学科的环境，将吸引新型的学生加入该项目，但更重要的是，将提高新的博士学位的市场竞争力和他们在就业市场上的灵活性。该学院计划运用所学的专业知识，拓宽学生的经验和职业选择：-开发和微调统计课程，以适应化学工程和其他材料科学本科生的需要。-为《不确定性》手册开发面向化学工程的软件包和模块。写一本关于随机媒体的研究生水平的书。-建立统计系和化学工程系博士生联合指导和轮转的正式框架。为了扩大本科学生的就业机会，政府将选定对受过广泛教育的统计和工程专业学生感兴趣的工业企业，提供特别的合作项目。该IGMS项目由MPS多学科活动办公室（OMA）和数学科学司（DMS）联合支持。

An interdisciplinary research and education project between the Statistics Department at the CWRU College of Arts and Sciences, and the Chemical Engineering Department at the CWRU Case School of Engineering is being proposed. Its principal component is Professor Woyczynski's residence in the Chemical Engineering Department during his 1998/99 sabbatical, with Professor J. Adin Mann playing the role of a host. This residence will be a part of, and will help to jump start a broader collaborative effort in research and education being developed by Professor Woyczynski on the Statistics side, and Professors Jay Mann, John Angus and Phil Morrison on the Chemical Engineering side. Professor Woyczynski's expected duties will include three components: (a) A joint research program to help in the development of a virtual integrated prototyping and synchroneous manufacturing/control of vapor/plasma deposition processes for thin and thick films of wide band gap semiconductors, such as gallium nitride and diamond. The proposed control design will be model-based, and the main effort will be directed at a detailed study of the required interfacial growth models. (b) Design of undegraduate statistics courses to fit chemical engineering needs, including creation of interactive, Mathematica-based, chemical engineering-oriented computer packages, to complement the about-to-be-published text "Introductory Statistics and Random Phenomena: Uncertainty, Complexity, and Chaotic Behavior in Engineering and Science" (joint with M. Denker, Birkhauser, 1998, 505 pp.). (c) Creation of a framework for joint recruitment, supervision, and job placement of statistics and chemical engineering graduate and, more generally, materials science, students; initiation of the writing process of a graduate text on random media for that population. The PI's expectation is that his residence at the Chemical Engineering Department will produce lasting impact on the research and educational en vironment at CWRU and beyond, including: -Development of new statistical and mathematical tools needed in the virtual integrated prototyping of thin films. Without such tools the optimization of such processes does not seem to be feasible; -Direct application of these tools to the practical issues related to the design of plasma reactors for vapor deposition of such films, including development of industrial-strength software for that purpose. The latter will be done jointly with industrial software vendors, such as ControlSoft Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, and CFD Research Corp. of Huntsville, AL, that collaborate with the Chemical Engineering department. -Development and fine tuning of statistics courses well adapted to the needs of undergraduate students majoring in materials sciences and engineering. The hope is that this will increase the attractiveness and relevance (as measured by enrollment) of such courses. The publication of the Uncertainty book should have an impact on the way statistics is taught to engineering and science students nationwide. -Creation of an interdisciplinary environment for graduate students would attract new types of students to the program, but more importantly, would improve the marketability of new Ph.D.'s and their flexibility in the job market. The PI plans to apply the acquired expertise to broaden experience and career options of the students by: - Developing and fine-tuning statistics courses to fit the needs of chemical engineering and other materials sciences undergraduate students. - Developing chemical engineering oriented packages and modules for the Uncertainty book. -Writing a graduate level book on random media. -Developing a formal framework for joint advisorship and rotation of Ph.D. level students between the Statistics and Chemical Engineering Departments. -To widen the employment opportunities for undergraduate students with interdisciplinary training, special co-op programs will be pu rsued with selected industrial companies that indicated interest in broadly educated statistics and engineering students. This IGMS project is jointly supported by the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) and the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS).