NSERC CREATE Training Program in Simulation-Based Engineering Science

加拿大面临着具有高级学位的高素质人才（HQP）前所未有的短缺。更糟糕的是，只有五分之一的加拿大年轻人选择科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的职业。这严重威胁到加拿大的全球竞争力。它在研究和创新方面的领导地位正在迅速丧失。世界经济论坛报告：2010年，加拿大跌出全球竞争力指数前十；2015年，它已下滑至第15位。**该提案针对CREATE计划的学术流，将通过提供精心设计的研究培训计划（RTP）与所有加拿大工程学院共享来扭转这一趋势。它得到了渥太华大学、拉瓦尔大学和蒙特利尔大学的支持，并得到了私营部门利益相关者的支持。它的附加价值将增加选择基于仿真的工程科学（SBES）职业的工程师（从学士到博士）的数量。学员将成为推动加拿大经济增长的工业部门的领导者。我们的RTP与CREATE项目的目标是一致的：它提供了培养创造力和创新能力以及广泛的教育和技能的手段。我们的团队汇集了SBES所有关键专业领域的专家：应用数学，工程和计算科学。它独特的融合了SBES和教育学研究，确保学员获得知识和技能，以达到雇主期望的工作准备水平。**工程、制造、航空航天和化工领域的中小企业是加拿大经济中增长最快的部分，为加拿大创造了大量就业机会。与此同时，它们的发展受到可负担得起的模拟工具的推动，并因缺乏hqp来正确使用它们而受到阻碍。四所大学与蒙特利尔250公里半径内的大型中小企业集群的紧密区域关系保证了由理工学院驱动的RTP将对加拿大在全球市场上的竞争力及其在高影响力研究和创新方面的国际领导地位产生最大的影响。****************************************

Canada faces an unprecedented shortage of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) with advanced degrees. Worse, only 1 in 5 young Canadians opt for a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). This seriously threatens Canada's global competitiveness. Its leadership in research and innovation is eroding quickly. The World Economic Forum reports: in 2010 Canada dropped out of the top ten countries in the Global Competitiveness Index; in 2015, it had slipped down to the 15th position.**This proposal, directed to the academic stream of the CREATE program, will counter this trend by offering a carefully designed Research Training Program (RTP) to be shared with all Canadian engineering schools. It is backed by U. Ottawa, U. Laval, and U. Montreal and supported by private sector stakeholders. Its added value will increase the number of engineers (from BS to PhD) opting for a career in Simulation Based Engineering Science (SBES). Trainees will become leaders in industrial sectors fueling Canada's economic growth. Our RTP is aligned with the goals of the CREATE program: it offers the means to foster creativity and innovation and a breadth of education and skills. Our team has assembles experts from all key fields of SBES expertise: Applied Mathematics, Engineering, and Computational Sciences. Its unique blend of SBES and Pedagogy research ensures that trainees acquire the knowledge and skills to be productive at the job readiness level expected by their employers.**SMEs in the engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and chemical sectors are the fastest growing segment of the Canadian economy and create the bulk of jobs in Canada. Their growth is at the same time fueled by the availability of affordable simulation tools, and stunted by the lack of HQPs to use them properly. The close regional proximity of the 4 universities to the large clusters of SMEs located within a 250 km radius from Montreal guarantees that the Polytechnique-driven RTP will have the largest impact on Canada's competitiveness in a global market and its international leadership in high impact research and innovation.****************************************