REU Site: Nebraska REU in Applied Math

内布拉斯加州应用数学REU将在2010年、2011年和2012年为本科生提供夏季研究项目。从6月初开始，我们将接待10名本科生，为期8周。每个项目由一名或一对导师指导，每个项目将有一名研究生助理。担任导师的教师具有丰富的指导本科生研究的经验。我们打算给学生一个尽可能完整的研究经验，包括如何定义一个好问题，如何解决问题，并（在大多数项目中）给出严格的证明，如何写数学，以及如何做演讲和展示海报。所有的项目都是应用数学，超过一半的项目有跨学科的组成部分。许多人强调计算机探索在深入了解数学问题方面的作用。学生们几乎每个工作日都会与他们的老师和研究生导师见面。我们计划了研究、教育和社会活动，以培养一个强调互动和合作的环境。我们的目标是确保学生带着对数学发现方法的欣赏离开内布拉斯加州REU网站，有一个有意义的，愉快的和严格的教育经验，并增加学生继续他们的数学和科学研究的可能性。详细的项目描述，包括先决条件，在之前的11月发布在网络上。学生选择自己想要申请的项目，并根据自己的喜好进行排序。申请截止日期为3月1日。我们打算继续在学生中保持大致均匀的性别平衡，并针对非博士学位的学生。授予机构。内布拉斯加大学研究生办公室将协助我们进行招聘，因为他们在招聘代表性不足群体的学生方面拥有丰富的经验和基础设施。

The Nebraska REU in Applied Mathematics will offer summer research projects for undergraduates in 2010, 2011 and 2012. We will host ten undergraduates for eight weeks starting in early June. Each project is supervised by a faculty mentor or pair of mentors, and each project will have a graduate student assistant. The faculty serving as mentors have extensive experience mentoring undergraduate research. We intent to give the students as full a research experience as possible, including how to define a good problem, how to solve the problem and (in most projects) give rigorous proofs, how to write mathematics, and how to give a talk and present a poster. All of the projects are in Applied Mathematics, and more than half of the projects have an interdisciplinary component. Many emphasize the role of computer exploration in gaining insight into mathematical problems. The students will meet with their faculty and graduate student mentors almost every weekday. We have planned research, educational and social activities which will cultivate an environment which emphasizes interaction and collaboration. Our goal is to make sure that the students leave the Nebraska REU Site with an appreciation for the methods of mathematical discovery, have a meaningful, enjoyable and rigorous educational experience, and increase the likelihood that the students will continue with their mathematical and scientific studies.Detailed project descriptions, including prerequisites, are posted on the web by the preceding November. The students choose those projects they wish to apply for, and order them according to preference. The application deadline is March 1. We intend to continue to have an approximately even gender balance among the students, and to target students from non-Ph.D. granting institutions. The University of Nebraska Office of Graduate Studies will assist us with recruiting, since they have extensive experience and infrastructure for recruitment of students from underrepresented groups.