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Program
Name:
Los
Alamos
Summer
School
- Driver
and
Mission/Goals
of
the
Program:
-
The
overall
goal
is
to
attract
top-level
talent
into
research
careers
in
the
physical
and
computational
sciences.
The
immediate
objectives
are
to
convey
to
top-ranked
upper-level
undergraduate
students
a
sense
of
the
excitement
and
importance
of
scientific
research,
especially
of
research
currently
conducted
at
Los
Alamos,
including
our
contributions
to
national
and
international
security
through
the
science-based
stockpile
stewardship
program.
The
program
is
a
jointly
operated
educational
initiative
between
the
University
of
New
Mexico
and
the
Laboratory.
Brief
Description
of
Program:-
The
Summer
School
program
extends
for
10
weeks
and
is
divided
into
two
parts:
(1)
a
mentored
research
project
and
(2)
a
seminar
series.
The
mentored
project
introduces
students
to
the
basic
process
of
scientific
research.
The
seminar
series
consists
of
a
set
of
lectures,
given
by
staff
and
visiting
scientists,
that
focuses
on
hot
topics
in
a
variety
of
fields
of
physics.
Students
are
paid
for
their
participation
in
the
program.
Targeted
Participants
or
Audience:-
Top-ranked
upper-level
undergraduates
at
US
universities.
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Contact Person:
Lee
A.
Collins,
T-4
lac@lanl.gov
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Program
Name:
Los
Alamos
Student
Program
in
Mathematical
Modeling
and
Analysis
- Driver
and
Mission/Goals
of
the
Program:
- The
program¡s
main
objective
is
to
stimulate
students¡
interests
in
interdisciplinary
applied
mathematics,
computer
science
and
mathematical
physics
research.
The
program
is
designed
to
attract
academically
superior
graduate
students
in
science
and
engineering
and
to
offer
these
students
hands-on
research
experience
in
mathematical
modeling
and
analysis,
as
well
as
access
to
the
extensive
scientific
resources
at
Los
Alamos.
The
program
immerses
students
in
the
research,
development,
and
use
of
advanced
mathematical
models,
computational
techniques
and
computer
science
research.
The
long-term
goal
of
the
program
is
to
foster
development
of
a
technically
sophisticated
future
workforce
with
the
interest,
skills,
and
experience
to
pursue
careers
in
areas
related
to
applied
mathematics,
computer
science,
and
mathematics
physics.
Brief
Description
of
the
Program:-
This
program
is
affiliated
with
the
Laboratory¡s
Graduate
Research
Assistant
(GRA)
program
and
is
open
on
a
competitive
basis
to
all
university
graduate
students.
Student
internships
are
based
on
the
academic
qualifications
and
the
scientific
interests
of
the
applicant,
the
benefit
to
the
applicant,
and
the
availability
of
a
Los
Alamos
mentor
to
sponsor
the
research.
The
selection
procedure
attempts
to
match
specific
openings
with
an
applicant's
interests
and
abilities
in
order
to
complement
the
student's
education
with
research
related
to
his/her
field
of
study.
During
their
internship,
students
work
on
a
mentored
research
project
and
are
required
to
give
a
research
talk
on
their
project.
Most
students
also
write
a
Laboratory
report
on
the
results
of
their
project.
A
summary
of
1999
summer
projects
can
be
found
at
http://cnls.lanl.gov/~mac/summer99.html
Targeted
participants
or
audience:- Academically
superior
graduate
students
in
science
and
engineering
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Contact
Person:
Mac
Hyman,
T-7, jh@lanl.gov
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