IGERT Formal Proposal: A NEW ERA IN ELECTRONICS EDUCATION

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)奖支持建立高性能微电子设备教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划。美国必须继续在材料、加工和封装技术方面取得进步，才能使该行业在下一代设备方面具有竞争力。美国需要培养新一代工程师和科学家，他们熟练地在材料、电气、热、光学、机械、成本和制造方面的考虑因素之间进行平衡，这些因素是高性能微型化电子系统设计的基础。阿肯色大学通过将其高密度电子(HiDEC)制造设施与独特的多学科大学间学位课程相结合，提供这一关键培训。来自不同背景的学生被安排在一个类似行业的工程小组，将他们的学术教育与项目管理培训相结合，而HiDEC最先进的设备为学生提供跨学科的前沿研究机会。作为培训的一部分，所有学生将接受多学科课程课程、最先进的制造和表征设施的培训、旨在提高最先进水平的论文研究、在跨学科团队中工作的经验、写作和创业技能、与行业的重要互动，以及高密度电子社区的国际视野。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在促进创新的、以研究为基础的研究生项目的建立，这些项目将培训不同的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个机会，以开发新的、重点明确的、超越组织边界的多学科研究生课程，并团结来自几个系或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动、协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，将向21个机构颁发奖项，这些机构的项目共同涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一具体奖项由EPSCoR项目和工程、数学和物理科学(多学科活动办公室)、社会科学、行为和经济学以及教育和人力资源理事会提供资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research in high performance miniaturized electronic devices. Advances in materials, processing, and packaging technologies must continue in the U.S. for the industry to be competitive in next generation devices. The U.S. needs to train a new generation of engineers and scientists skilled in the balancing act among the material, electrical, thermal, optical, mechanical, cost and manufacturing considerations that underlie high performance miniaturized electronic system design. The University of Arkansas provides this critical training through the integration of its high density electronic (HiDEC) fabrication facility with a unique multidisciplinary inter-college degree program. Students from diverse backgrounds are placed in an industry-like engineering group to integrate their academic education with project management training, while HiDEC state-of-the-art-equipment provides the students with interdisciplinary leading edge research opportunities. All students will receive, as part of their training, a multidisciplinary course curriculum, training in state-of-the-art fabrication and characterization facilities, thesis research designed to advance the state-of-the-art, experience working in interdisciplinary teams, writing and entrepreneurial skills, significant interaction with industry, and an international view of the high density electronics community. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the EPSCoR program and from the Directorates for Engineering, for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Office of Multidisciplinary Activities), for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, and for Education and Human Resources.