IGERT: Nanoparticle Science and Engineering

该IGERT计划侧重于纳米粒子科学和工程，这是一个固有的高度跨学科领域，需要研究人员具有基础科学和工程问题的广泛知识基础。该计划解决了缺乏连贯和组织良好的博士学位。在这个领域的训练。来自明尼苏达大学五个部门和六个研究生课程的教师走到一起，开发一个超越部门界限的跨学科课程，以迎接这一挑战。在教育方法的核心是建立一个新的研究生学位课程-在纳米粒子科学与工程独立的研究生辅修课程。将开发几门新的跨学科核心课程，为学生提供一套连贯而全面的课程。 参加IGERT计划的学生将参加研究小组的跨学科研究培训，其中包括来自各个部门的教师和学生。纳米粒子研究将在五个重点领域进行：两个领域将解决使计算和表征工具的发展。这些领域将成为面向应用领域研究的基础，重点是新材料，设备和环境。特殊的职业发展机会将增加IGERT计划的吸引力。这些包括在企业和政府实验室实习计划，国际交流机会，在职业生涯的早期阶段参加科学会议，年度跨学科研讨会，领导力和技术管理课程，以及研究道德行为的培训。 IGERT研究员将使用明尼苏达大学的优秀基础设施，如超级计算研究所，微技术实验室和表征设施。与佛罗里达A M大学的独特合作，专注于少数民族本科生的研究生学习和他们的招聘到IGERT计划的准备，将使一个多元化的学生团体的建设。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育博士学位的挑战。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。这个特定奖项的知识焦点位于工程局;数学和物理科学;教育和人力资源。

This IGERT program focuses on nanoparticle science and engineering, an inherently highly interdisciplinary field that requires researchers with a broad knowledge base of both fundamental scientific and engineering issues. The program addresses the lack of a coherent and well-organized Ph.D. training in this field. Faculty from five departments and six graduate programs at the University of Minnesota have come together to develop an interdisciplinary program transcending departmental boundaries to meet this challenge. At the core of the educational approach is the establishment of a new graduate degree program - a freestanding graduate minor program in Nanoparticle Science and Engineering. Several new interdisciplinary core courses will be developed to offer students a coherent and comprehensive set of courses. Students enrolled in the IGERT program will participate in interdisciplinary research training in research groups that include faculty and students from various departments. Nanoparticle research will be conducted in five focus areas: Two areas will address the development of enabling computational and characterization tools. These areas will form the foundation for research in application oriented areas focusing on new materials, devices, and the environment. Exceptional career development opportunities will add to the appeal of the IGERT program. These include an internship program in corporate and government laboratories, international exchange opportunities, attendance of scientific meetings at an early stage in the career, an annual interdisciplinary symposium, leadership and technology management courses, and training in ethical conduct of research. IGERT Fellows will use the excellent infrastructure at the University of Minnesota, such as its Supercomputing Institute, its Microtechnology Laboratory, and its Characterization Facility. A unique collaboration with Florida A&M University focusing on the preparation of minority undergraduate students for graduate studies and their recruitment into the IGERT program will enable building of a diverse student body.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; and Education and Human Resources.