IGERT: Materials Creation Training Program (MCTP)

加州大学洛杉矶分校的材料创造培训计划(MCTP)将培训科学家成为电子、计算机、通信和纳米设备新材料设计、合成和生产方面的领导者。培训和指导人员来自物理科学系(物理和天文学、化学和生物化学)和工程系(机械和航空航天、化学和电气工程以及材料科学)。所有人都是加州大学洛杉矶分校奇异材料研究所(EMI)的同事，该研究所将管理MCTP。许多人也是加州纳米系统研究所(CNSI)的成员-这是一个由国家支持的企业，成立于2001年，旨在提供材料和医学纳米科学的设施和资源。这一资源将用于MCTP研究员的培训和研究。MCTP联合了加州大学洛杉矶分校以及合作伙伴工业和国家实验室的广泛的分子和材料架构师、合成化学家和设备制造者。MCTP研究员在两年的研究生生涯中得到支持，在此期间，他们将与加州大学洛杉矶分校和校外科学家合作伙伴一起使用最先进的仪器和计算资源进行合作。新的培训方面将包括一个新的研究生课程，涉及材料和分子设计的所有方面，材料的合成、测试和修改，设备制造和测试，以及实际设备的演示和营销方面。这门课程将处理实验室以外的科学问题，并将培养精通从分子到宏观的长度尺度上了解材料属性的重要性的研究人员。每名MCTP研究员将在工业或国家实验室合作伙伴现场呆上几个月或更长时间。研究项目将包括设计和合成新分子，将其转化为分子固体和聚合物，形成新的无机和有机/信息复合材料，以及基于这些新材料的器件的开发。研究员将因卓越和多样性而被挑选出来。新的研究生项目将由一个由大学、工业和政府代表组成的委员会每年进行评估。社区外展活动将强调科学研究的重要性和潜力以及科学研究生教育的吸引力。加州大学洛杉矶分校的材料(MCTP)、生物信息学和神经工程IGERT构成了一个新的研究生教育范式，强调涵盖生命科学和物理科学以及计算机科学和工程的多学科研究。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有多学科背景的博士科学家和工程师的挑战，以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能。该项目旨在通过建立新的、创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，催化研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第四年，22个机构被授予奖项，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。这一具体奖项的智力焦点位于数学和物理科学、工程以及教育和人力资源理事会。

The Materials Creation Training Program (MCTP) at UCLA will train scientists to be leaders in the design, synthesis, and production of new materials for electronic, computer, communication, and nanoscale devices. The training and mentoring faculty come from departments in Physical Sciences (Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Engineering (Mechanical and Aerospace, Chemical, and Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science). All are associates of the UCLA Exotic Materials Institute (EMI), which will administer the MCTP. Many are also members of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) - a state-supported venture that was created in 2001 to provide facilities and resources for materials and medical nanoscience. This resource will be available for training and research of MCTP Fellows. The MCTP unites a broad range of molecular and materials architects, synthetic chemists, and device fabricators, at UCLA and at partner industrial and national laboratories. MCTP Fellows are supported for two years of their graduate careers, during which they will work in teams with UCLA and off-campus scientist partners using state-of-the-art instrumentation and computational resources. Novel training aspects will include a new graduate course involving all aspects of materials and molecular design, synthesis, testing, and modification of materials, device fabrication and testing, and demonstration and marketing aspects of practical devices. This course will deal with science issues beyond the laboratory and will develop researchers versed in the importance of understanding materials properties across length scales, from molecular to macroscopic. Each MCTP Fellow will spend several months or more at an industrial or national laboratory partner site. Research projects will include the design and synthesis of new molecules, the transformation of these into molecular solids and polymers, the formation of new inorganic and organic/information composites, and the development of devices based on these new materials. Fellows will be selected for excellence and diversity. The new graduate program will be evaluated on a yearly basis by a board including university, industrial, and government representatives. Community outreach activities will emphasize the importance and potential of scientific research and attractiveness of graduate education in science. The Materials (MCTP), Bioinformatics, and Neuroengineering IGERTs at UCLA constitute a new graduate educational paradigm, emphasizing multidisciplinary research encompassing life and physical sciences, as well as computer science and engineering. 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 Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Engineering; and Education and Human Resources.