IGERT: Nanophotonics: Fundamentals and Applications in Emerging Technologies

这项综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持莱斯大学在纳米光子学领域建立一个独特的多学科研究生培训计划。纳米光子学是基于在纳米尺度上产生、控制和操纵光的纳米尺度科学和工程的一个迅速兴起的领域。纳米光子学跨越了物理、化学、电气和生物工程等传统学科，有望在电子、磁记录、生物医学和国土安全等行业取得重要的技术进步。该项目建立在莱斯大学纳米光子学实验室强大的多学科理论和实验团队的基础上。这个IGERT的基石是纳米光子元件、器件和系统的最先进的计算设计和制造技术。这个IGERT的智力价值和主要重点是研究生在设计、制造和使用与生命系统兼容的纳米级光学元件方面的培训。项目的主要内容包括为所有受训者提供的核心课程，包括研究方法和科学伦理，来自不同部门的双重顾问的机会，在工业和国家实验室的实习选择，以及由国际知名的纳米光子学访问演讲者参加的系列研讨会。该项目的更广泛影响包括将莱斯大学成功的西班牙裔和其他代表性不足的少数民族本科招生项目扩展到纳米光子学的研究生学习中，通过一个新的，多年的夏季研究项目，CONJUNTO学者和导师项目。该培训计划的目的是通过获得实现这些目标所必需的专业和个人技能，培养具有勇气和远见的该领域领导者，以开发新的研究突破和发明新技术。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战，他们具有跨学科背景，所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立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，促进研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a unique multidisciplinary graduate training program in Nanophotonics at Rice University. Nanophotonics is a rapidly emerging field of nanoscale science and engineering based on generating, controlling and manipulating light at nanoscale dimensions. Nanophotonics spans the traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, electrical and bioengineering with the promise of important technological advances in industries ranging from electronics and magnetic recording to biomedicine and homeland security. This program builds on the strong, multidisciplinary team of theorists and experimentalists in the Laboratory for Nanophotonics at Rice University. The cornerstones of this IGERT are state-of-the-art computational design and fabrication techniques for nanophotonic components, devices, and systems. The intellectual merit and major focus of this IGERT is graduate training in the design, fabrication, and use of nanoscale optical components compatible with living systems. Key program elements include a core curriculum for all trainees including research methodology and scientific ethics, the opportunity for dual advisors from different departments, internship options at industrial and national laboratories and a seminar series featuring internationally renowned visiting speakers in Nanophotonics. Braoder impacts of this program include extending Rice University's successful undergraduate recruitment program for Hispanic and other underrepresented minorities into the graduate study of Nanophotonics through a new, multiyear summer research program, The CONJUNTO Scholars & Mentors Program. The purpose of this training program is to create leaders in this field with the courage and vision to develop new research breakthroughs and invent new technologies by acquiring the professional and personal skills essential to achieving these goals. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, 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.