REU Site: High Performance Computing with Engineering Applications

该奖项再次支持纽约州波茨坦克拉克森大学一个非常成功的本科生研究经验（REU）网站，为期三年。本网站关注高性能计算（HPC）与工程应用，这是一个对国家安全、科学发现和技术创新至关重要的领域。为了保持美国在这一领域的领导地位，迫切需要在HPC软件开发方面受过高级培训的有才华的学生，以充分释放HPC的力量。因此，这个项目的目标是鼓励30名有才华的本科生通过参与令人兴奋的、正在进行的研究项目，并在为期十周的暑期研究经历中培养他们的才能，来追求高性能计算的研究生学习和职业生涯。提供给学生的研究项目是高度创新的，分享来自不同工程学科的社会相关工程应用的共同主题，包括机械和航空航天工程，化学工程，土木工程，电气和计算机工程，软件工程和应用数学。有针对性的努力招收在高性能计算职业中代表性不足的学生或可能无法参与学术研究的学生，例如历史上的少数民族学院和大学。重点是吸引代表性不足的少数民族和女学生。招收、选拔和安置学生的过程包含了经过验证的最佳实践，以支持本科生的研究经验。在高性能计算应用方面具有专业知识的教师顾问指导学生成为研究人员，为他们提供基于高度参与的工程创新的高性能计算应用的设计和开发方面的专业培训。这种专业培训为学生提供了非常宝贵的技术和分析技能，这将有利于他们未来的追求，如研究生学习或行业工作。通过额外的专业发展活动，如高性能计算速成班、实地考察、邀请演讲者、每周小组研究会议和教师顾问导师培训讲习班，进一步提高了培训的质量。所有学生参与者都将有机会参加并出席专业会议。项目负责人计划通过教育研究出版物传播他们提供REU网站的经验。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award renews the support to a highly successful Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York for a second three-year period. This site focuses on High Performance Computing (HPC) with engineering applications, an area that is critical to national security, scientific discovery, and technological innovation. To maintain the U.S.’s leadership in this area, talented students with advanced training in HPC software development are urgently needed to fully unleash the power of HPC. Thus, the goal of this project is to encourage 30 talented undergraduate students to pursue graduate study and careers in HPC by engaging them in exciting, ongoing research projects and by cultivating their talents during a ten-week summer research experience and beyond. The research projects available for students are highly innovative, sharing the common theme of societally relevant engineering applications that originate from diverse engineering disciplines, including mechanical and aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, software engineering, and applied mathematics.There are targeted efforts to recruit students underrepresented in HPC careers or who might otherwise be unable to participate in academic research, such as historically minority colleges and universities. Emphasis is placed on attracting underrepresented minorities and female students. The processes used to recruit, select, and onboard students incorporate proven best practices in support of research experiences for undergraduates. Faculty advisors with expertise in HPC applications mentor the students to be researchers by providing them with specialized training in the design and development of HPC applications that are rooted in highly engaging engineering innovations. This specialized training provides the students with the highly valuable technical and analytical skills that will benefit them in future pursuits such as graduate study or industry work. The quality of this training is further enhanced by additional professional development activities such as an HPC crash course, field trips, invited speakers, weekly group research meetings, and a mentor training workshop for faculty advisors. All student participants will be given the opportunity to attend and present in professional conferences. The PIs plan to disseminate their experience of delivering the REU Site through educational research publications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.