REU Site: Rocky Mountain Mathematical Research and Career Experiences

怀俄明大学数学系将为工程、科学或数学专业的大二学生和大三学生举办一个为期三年的REU-site项目。该网站将为深入探索重大数学问题创造一个刺激的环境，并将鼓励学生通过对国家大气研究中心的扩展实地考察、国家安全局代表的演讲和活动，追求研究生教育和/或在数学导向领域的职业生涯。与研究生和每个reu参与者的讨论将深入探讨一个重要的数学问题，练习在团队成员之间口头交流技术思想和在正式的演讲中，并产生一份写得很好的报告。预计在某些情况下，学生团队将产生评审期刊文章作为他们的暑期项目的结果。拟议的REU网站将(a)通过积极招募妇女和少数民族来扩大代表性不足的群体的参与，并将为落基山脉地区的学生提供新的机会，这些学生目前很少有区域REU机会，其中许多人是没有很强的研究或研究生课程重点的学校；(b)鼓励学生参与者通过有意义的研究经验和专业发展来追求研究生教育和/或数学导向领域的职业生涯，以及(c)加强落基山脉地区大学和学院之间的现有合作，以及怀俄明大学与NCAR和NSA之间的关系。

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Wyoming will host a three-year REU-site program for sophomores and junior engineering, science, or mathematics majors. The site will create a stimulating environment for in-depth exploration of significant mathematical problems, and will encourage students to pursue graduate education and/or careers in mathematically oriented fields through an extended field trip to the National Center for Atmospheric Research, presentations and activities from representatives of the National Security Agency, and discussions with graduate students and each REU-participant will engage a significant mathematical problem in depth, practice communicating technical ideas orally amongst team members and in formal presentations, and produce a well-written report. It is expected that in some cases the student teams will produced refereed journal articles as a result of their summer projects. The proposed REU-site will (a) broaden the participation of underrepresented groups by actively recruiting women and minorities, and by will provide new opportunities for students in the Rocky Mountain region who currently have few regional REU opportunities, and many of whom are schools without a strong research or graduate program emphasis, (b) encourage student participants to pursue graduate education and/or careers in mathematically oriented fields through meaningful research experiences, and professional development, and (c) strengthen existing collaborations between universities and colleges in the Rocky Mountain region, and relations between the University of Wyoming and both NCAR and NSA.