IGERT: Nanoscale Engineering and Science: One Campus, Two- University Approach

这个IGERT项目的动机是教育一批新的工程师和科学家，他们将参与多学科，以团队为基础的研究项目，这些项目处于纳米工程和科学新兴领域的最前沿。这一领域的研究将导致在分子和原子水平上操纵物质的能力，以生产具有独特和可控特性的材料和设备。通过在纳米级工程和科学领域的教育和培训的综合和有凝聚力的计划进行及时的反应将提供IGERT研究员在这个令人兴奋的平台的发展的最前沿的独特机会。德雷克塞尔大学和宾夕法尼亚大学每年将通过NSF IGERT计划支持14名博士生（每所大学7名）。每个机构的独特机会，能力和优势将通过综合研究生教育计划得到增强。在德雷克塞尔大学和宾夕法尼亚大学注册的IGERT研究员将有机会接触约30名教师，他们代表的学科包括化学，物理，化学工程，生物医学工程，材料科学与工程，机械工程，电气工程和教育。IGERT研究员将被鼓励选择由两个机构的教师共同建议的研究课题。IGERT项目包括四项主要活动：（1）跨学科研究和培训;（2）新课程和研讨会;（3）在欧洲、亚洲和南非的工业、联邦研究实验室和一流大学实习;（4）职业综合教育。人才，资源和两个机构的努力汇集将导致一个校园，两个机构的方法，有效地整合教育和研究培训。两个相邻校区的接近是理想的开发和提供纳米工程和科学的联合课程，并允许相互使用实验室设施。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。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创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第五年，该奖项将颁发给21个机构，这些机构的计划共同跨越了NSF支持的科学和工程领域。

The motivation for this IGERT project is to educate a new class of engineers and scientists who will participate in multi-disciplinary, team-based research projects that are at the forefront of the emerging field of nanoscale engineering and science. Research in this area will lead to the ability to manipulate matter at the molecular and atomic levels in order to produce materials and devices with unique and controllable properties. Undertaking a timely response through an integrated and cohesive program of education and training in the area of nanoscale engineering and science will provide the IGERT Fellows with the unique opportunity of being at the forefront of the developments in this exciting platform. Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania will support 14 doctoral students (7 at each university) through the NSF IGERT program every year. The unique opportunities, capabilities, and strengths of each institution will be enhanced through an integrated graduate educational program. IGERT Fellows enrolled at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania will have access to about 30 faculty members representing disciplines encompassing chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and education. IGERT Fellows will be encouraged to select topics of research that are co-advised by faculty members from both institutions. There are four major activities that comprise this IGERT project: (1) interdisciplinary research and training; (2) new courses and seminars; (3) internships in industry, federal research laboratories and leading universities in Europe, Asia and South Africa; (4) career-integrated education. The pooling of talent, resources, and efforts from the two institutions will result in a one-campus, two-institution approach that effectively integrates education and research training. The proximity of the two contiguous campuses is ideal for developing and delivering joint courses on nanoscale engineering and science and allowing for reciprocal use of laboratory facilities.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. 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 innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the fifth year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported by NSF.