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Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 09-519

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 09-519.

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Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 09-519

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  1. Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 09-519 The IGERT program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.

  2. IGERT Program Quick Overview 266 IGERT programs have been funded 166 projects are “active” 20 new projects were funded during this competition (out of ~450 white papers) 26 are in the “Energy: alternate and renewable resources and conservation” category

  3. In the field of energy and in particular renewable energy, the need to train the next generation of science, technology, entrepreneurship, economics, and policy leaders in systems-level analysis of the problem is particularly acute. In response, we have developed through this IGERT program a new model of graduate education that removes the traditional barriers between disciplines, gives the students depth in a specific subfield and a thorough working knowledge of systems engineering. Students receive training in economics, public policy, communications, and psychology, as well as a first-hand understanding of the multicultural and global aspects of renewable energy.

  4. IGERT on Distributed Renewable Energy: From Science and Technology to Entrepreneurship and Policy

  5. Program Features 5-year program starting July 1, 2010 6 new Ph.D. students per year, supported for 24 months $3.2M (nearly all direct costs) 2 required courses and 4 new short courses 1 internship in a US/European lab and 1 internship in Africa Thesis must contain elements of entrepreneurship, economics, public policy, psychology, etc

  6. Initial Scientific Thrusts 1. Inexpensive and Environmentally Benign Solar Cells 2. Optical Techniques For Efficient Sunlight Capture 3. Hydrogen Generation Using Solar Energy 4. Self-Assembly and Field-Directed Assembly for Fuel Cell Catalysts and Membranes 5. Economic and Business Models, and Public Policy 6. Understanding Motivations and Tradeoffs

  7. First Generation IGERT students Rebecca Berman Optics Shawn Divitt Optics Chris Favaro Chemistry Josh Winans Mat. Sci. Dan Williams Optics Lenore Kubie Chemistry

  8. UR IGERT Leadership Team Director: Philippe Fauchet Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Director of the UR Energy Research Initiative Co Principal Investigators: Todd Krauss Chemistry and Director of the Materials Science program Duncan Moore Optics and Vice-Provost for Entrepreneurship Lawrence Rothenberg Political Science Matthew Yates Chair of Chemical Engineering IGERT Program Coordinator: Vicki Heberling Administrative Assistant for the Energy Research Initiative

  9. Initial IGERT Faculty Participants

  10. IGERT Student Educational Journey - YEAR 1

  11. IGERT Student Educational Journey – YEAR 2 Required TEAM course “Economics, marketing, and strategy”

  12. IGERT Student Educational Journey – YEARS 3 and beyond

  13. 2nd year Industrial/Gvt Lab Internship locations General Motors Delphi Dupont Energy Focus Abengoa Hewlett-Packard National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Sandia National Laboratories. • 2nd year International Internship locations • Polytechnic University of Madrid(Spain) • EcolePolytechniqueFederale of Lausanne(Switzerland) • Johannes Kepler University of Linz(Austria) • University of Oulu(Finland)

  14. 3rd Year African Internship locations Mozambique: University Eduardo Mondlane Uganda: Makarere University Ghana: KwameNkrumah University of Science and Technology

  15. Next Steps • Applications for 2nd generation IGERT students (with funding starting July 1, 2011) due on Friday March 25 • Documents required: • Statement of interest • CV • Statement about research directions and/or advisor(s) • Letter of recommendation from advisor(s) • Decisions expected by April 8 or before

  16. SC 1: Science Communications for Multiple Audiences and Purposes • Students will learn to: • Identify a wide range of types of texts (genres) produced for scientific purposes and audiences, including peer scientists, students, general public, potential business partners/investors, and policy makers • Analyze the structure of these texts and how it relates to textual purpose and specific audiences (e.g., persuasion, illustration, demonstration) • Do a micro-analysis to understand how language constitutes these texts to achieve the goals of the writer in relation to particular purposes and audiences • Create a range of textual genres from the same base scientific/technical content for multiple audiences/purposes

  17. SC2: Introduction to Energy Economics, Policy and Systems • Students will: • understand the basic economic principles that guide energy and natural resource use (optimal resource use and depletion, resource terminology and estimates, levelized cost calculations) • discuss and analyze competing visions for energy policy (renewable portfolio standards, nuclear waste policy, greenhouse gas control policy. and international discussions on a post-Kyoto greenhouse gas agreement) • learn how to build dynamic simulation models capable of analyzing energy policy options (using PowerSim Studio, build simple models of oil resource depletion, renewable backstops, and market diffusion of new energy technologies)

  18. SC3: Preparing for Academic, Industrial and Government Careers • Students will learn how to optimally prepare themselves for these different careers via a combination of formal lectures by the instructor and guest lectures/testimonials by faculty members from within and outside the University of Rochester, and by industrial and governmental researchers. Topics include: • getting ready while being a graduate student • the application and interview process • what is unique about academia, industry, or government • how to succeed in academia, industry and government

  19. SC4: Working, Researching and Teaching in Other Cultures • Students will learn: • Intercultural communication: linguistic, gestural, and other aspects of communication, particularly related to communication when a guest in another country • Fundamentals of learning theories, linking approaches used in US contexts with those used elsewhere • How to use/modify language: Techniques for teaching/working in the medium of English to speakers who have other native languages • Culturally relevant pedagogy: Approaches to understanding and working across cultural differences/variations in expectations, including knowledge/power disparities • To do research on target culture/context (students investigate educational systems in target context), resulting in paper/presentation

  20. IGERT Organizational Structure

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