CREST: Computational Center for Fundamental and Applied Science and Education at North Carolina Central University (CCFASE)

北卡罗来纳中央大学(NCCU)提议建立基础科学和应用科学与教育的CREST计算中心(CCFASE)，为科学和技术学院(CST)跨学科研究和教育的概念和实施提供所需的框架。该中心将把最先进的研发与基础设施结合起来，通过五个项目解决现代物理和材料科学中一些最重要的问题：1)新型纳米结构材料和纳米设备的计算机建模、设计和形成；(2)低能少数核子相互作用：用于实验发展、数据分析和严格计算的计算机模拟；(3)超子-超子和超子-核子相互作用的研究；(4)智能系统和机器人；以及(5)新马德里地震带的综合地球物理调查。拟建的中心将加强少数民族学生在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的参与，在这些领域，他们的代表性严重不足。除了科学方面的根本进步，CREST还将培养一支合格的技术工作队伍，其中包括来自少数群体和社会代表性不足群体的高技能人员。该中心包括来自NCCU STEM五个系的17名高级调查人员，以及来自杜克大学、康奈尔大学、孟菲斯大学地震研究与信息中心和杰斐逊国家实验室的科学家。研究人员提议创建HBCU计算科学网络Will，这将增加学生参与高级研究的机会，并将促进HBCU教职员工和学生与研究机构和行业的合作。

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) proposes to establish a CREST Computational Center for Fundamental and Applied Science and Education (CCFASE) to provide the framework required for the conception and execution of interdisciplinary research and education in the College of Science and Technology (CST). The center will combine state-of-the-art research and development with an infrastructure essential to address some of the most important questions in modern physics and materials science through five projects: 1) Computer modeling, design, and formation of novel nanostructured materials and nanodevices; (2) Low-energy few-nucleon interactions: computer simulations for experimental development, data analysis, and rigorous calculations for three nucleon models; (3) Study of hyperon-hyperon and hyperon-nucleon interactions; (4) Intelligent systems and robotics; and (5) Integrative Geophysical Investigation of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The proposed Center will enhance the participation of minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas, where they are critically underrepresented. In addition to fundamental advances in science, the CREST will train a qualified technology work force of highly-skilled people from minority and socially underrepresented groups. The Center involves 17 senior investigators from five NCCU STEM departments and scientists from Duke University, Cornell University, and the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis, and Jefferson National Laboratory. The investigators propose to create an HBCU computational science network will that will increase the opportunities for student participation in advanced research and will facilitate the collaboration among HBCU faculty and students with research institutions and industry.