IGERT: Building Leadership for the Nanotechnology Workforce of Tomorrow

这个IGERT整合了研究生研究和教育，以理解和利用纳米尺度现象的宏观表现。研究将集中在：1)纳米材料：具有集成功能的纳米材料的组装和工程；（ii）纳米技术工具和设备：开发将生物或合成纳米级构建模块集成到设备中的工具；（三）纳米医学应用：在纳米尺度上研究、诊断和治疗疾病的根源。教育将侧重于增加学生所接触的学科、场所（如学术界、工业界、政府实验室）和文化的多样性，提高他们领导日益多样化的劳动力的能力。我们的目标是培养高素质的博士毕业生，他们将在纳米技术的无数方面作为领导者无缝过渡到富有成效的职业生涯。此外，该计划还将使许多使用该教育计划的其他学生受益；其中包括一个双学位选择，使学生在十个部门中的任何一个部门获得“内政部”和纳米技术的博士学位。此外，该计划通过鼓励以学生为中心的跨学科研究项目，加强了自然科学、工程和医学等参与部门之间的联系。与其他igert和校园跨学科项目的协调将侧重于(i)克服跨学科教育的体制障碍和（ii）招收多样化的学生群体的共同问题。通过研究和教育创新的出版和公开展示，以及与新兴的区域本科纳米技术教育项目的合作，影响将扩展到当地校园之外。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 IGERT integrates graduate research and education toward understanding and exploiting macroscopic manifestations of nanoscale phenomena. Research will focus on: i) nanoscale materials: assembling and engineering nanomaterials with integrated functionality; (ii) nanotechnology tools and devices: developing tools to integrate biological or synthetic nanoscale building blocks into devices; and (iii) nanomedical applications: studying, diagnosing, and treating the roots of diseases at the nanoscale. Education will focus on increasing the diversity of discipline, venue (e.g., academia, industry, government laboratories) and culture to which students are exposed, enhancing their ability to lead an increasingly diverse workforce. The goal is to produce highly qualified Ph.D. graduates who will make seamless transitions into productive careers as leaders in myriad aspects of nanotechnology. In addition the program will benefit many other students who use the educational programs created; these include a dual degree option enabling students in any of ten departments to obtain a Ph.D. in "Home Department" and Nanotechnology. Moreover, the program strengthens ties among participating departments in Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine through encouraging student-centered interdisciplinary research projects. Coordination with other IGERTs and interdisciplinary programs on campus will focus on common issues of (i) overcoming institutional barriers to interdisciplinary education and (ii) recruiting a diverse student body. Impact will extend beyond the local campus through publication and public presentation of research and educational innovations, and collaboration with emerging regional undergraduate nanotechnology education programs. 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.