NSERC CREATE Training Program in Simulation-Based Engineering Science

加拿大面临着前所未有的高素质高学历人才(HQP)短缺。更糟糕的是，只有五分之一的加拿大年轻人选择在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域工作。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削弱。世界经济论坛报告称：2010年，加拿大跌出了全球竞争力指数排名前十的国家；2015年，它跌至第15位。这项针对CREATE项目学术流的提案将通过提供精心设计的研究培训项目(RTP)来应对这一趋势，该项目将与所有加拿大工程学院共享。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。它的附加值将增加选择基于模拟的工程科学(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计划的目标一致：它提供了培养创造力和创新以及广泛的教育和技能的手段。我们的团队汇集了来自SBES专业知识的所有关键领域的专家：应用数学、工程和计算科学。其独特的SBES和教育学研究相结合，确保学员获得知识和技能，使其达到雇主预期的工作准备水平。工程、制造、航空航天和化工行业的中小企业是加拿大经济增长最快的部分，创造了加拿大大部分就业机会。它们的增长同时受到可负担得起的模拟工具的可用的推动，并因缺乏正确使用它们的HQP而受到阻碍。这4所大学与位于蒙特利尔方圆250公里范围内的大型中小企业集群非常接近，这保证了由理工学院推动的RTP将对加拿大在全球市场的竞争力及其在高影响力研究和创新方面的国际领先地位产生最大影响。

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.