IGERT: Macromolecular Science and Infrastructure Engineering (MS&IE)

高分子科学和基础设施工程（MS IE）的IGERT计划专注于土木结构中的聚合物粘合剂和复合材料，这是国家研究理事会确定的国家需求。 我们的愿景是培养科学家，工程师和商业领袖，使他们能够弥合材料和基础设施社区，结构和土木工程师以及经济和商业社区之间的差距，以创建和维护耐用，安全和具有成本效益的美国民用基础设施。 来自4所学院的7个部门（化学，工程科学和力学，土木和环境工程，电气和计算机工程，木材科学和林产品，市场营销和会计）将合作。 一个基于大学（而不是基于部门）的高分子科学与工程（MACR）研究生学位课程将与这个跨学科的IGERT计划同时推出，以提供足够的课程灵活性，以获得基础设施材料和设计的深度和广度。因此，MS IE IGERT学生将成为新研究生学位选择（MACR）的一部分。新的课程，以建立在这一领域的深度将共同开发和共同讲授通过远程学习技术与我们的合作伙伴机构，北卡罗来纳州州立大学。 IGERT的学生将开始他们的研究在跨学科的团队与两个学期的合作研究。 国家实验室，主要工业集团，国际基础设施中心和国会办公室的实习机会将使学生获得专业主题的经验，培养领导技能，并获得基础设施方法和应用的全球视角。一个有竞争力的夏季本科课程，由MS IE学生指导，将促进MS IE学生的领导技能和招聘到该计划。 NSF IGERT基金将支持大约40名学生在佛蒙特州和北卡罗来纳州在他们的第一年与至少50%的目标是无论是妇女或学生从代表性不足的群体。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育博士的挑战。科学家和工程师与多学科背景和技术，专业和个人技能所需的未来的职业需求。该计划旨在通过建立新的，创新的研究生教育和培训模式，促进研究生教育的文化变革，为超越传统学科界限的合作研究创造肥沃的环境。在该计划的第四年，该奖项将颁发给22个机构，这些机构的计划共同涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这个特殊奖项的知识焦点在于工程局;数学和物理科学;生物科学;教育和人力资源。

This IGERT program in Macromolecular Science and Infrastructure Engineering (MS&IE) focusses on polymeric adhesives and composites in civil structures, a national need identified by the National Research Council. The vision is to train scientists, engineers, and business leaders with an interdisciplinary perspective allowing them to bridge the gap between the materials and infrastructure community, structural and civil engineers, and the economic and business communities to create and maintain a durable, safe, and cost-effective U.S. civil infrastructure. Seven departments (Chemistry, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wood Science and Forest Products, Marketing and Accounting) from 4 colleges will collaborate. A University-based (not departmentally based) graduate degree program in Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MACR) will be launched concurrently with this cross-disciplinary IGERT program to afford sufficient coursework flexibility for gaining depth and breadth in infrastructure materials and design. Thus, the MS&IE IGERT students will comprise one part of a new graduate degree option (MACR). New courses to build depth in this field will be co-developed and co-taught via distance learning technologies with our partner institution, North Carolina State University. IGERT students will begin their research in cross-disciplinary teams with two required semesters of teamed research. Internship opportunities with national labs, key industrial groups, international infrastructure centers, and in congressional offices will enable students to gain experience in specialized topics, develop leadership skills, and obtain a global perspective on infrastructure methodologies and applications. A competitive summer undergraduate program, mentored by the MS&IE students, will facilitate leadership skills for the MS&IE students and recruiting into the program. NSF IGERT funds will support approximately 40 students at VT and NC State during their first year with the objective of at least 50% being either women or students from under-represented groups.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing new, innovative models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the fourth year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-two institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The intellectual foci of this specific award reside in the Directorates for Engineering; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Biological Sciences; and Education and Human Resources.