Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) Award
Description
The Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) Award promotes and enhances undergraduate education in Computational Engineering and Science (CES). The program will encourage further development of innovative educational resources and programs, recognize the achievements of CES educators, and disseminate educational material and ideas to the broad scientific and engineering undergraduate community. The UCES 2005 and UCES 2006 awards provide examples of CES education that the UCES Award Program seeks to recognize.
CES involves the use of contemporary computer technology to advance the state of knowledge in a particular scientific or engineering discipline. Computational science emphasizes the use of the computer as an essential tool to solve problems. Representative projects in CES include computer predictions of environmental changes, structural responses to earthquakes, multidimensional international monetary fluctuations, and data mining of biological databases. Computational science should not be confused with computer science which focuses on the hardware and software aspects of the computer itself.
Award Background
The UCES award has been hosted and sponsored by the Krell Institute since the 1990's. Krell will continue to sponsor the award, and has graciously allowed the UCES Award to now also be one of the awards of the SC Education Program.
Eligibility
Eligibility for the awards is limited to people working within the United States at the time of proposal submission. It is anticipated that candidates for the awards will primarily be faculty members at colleges and universities. Applications will be also accepted from undergraduate and graduate students and non-academic computational scientists.
Selection Criteria
Submissions will be judged by a committee of faculty members involved in in computational engineering and science. Criteria will include:
- focus on computational engineering and science
- innovation
- educational impact
- breadth of appeal
- quality of the submitted material
Award
The UCES Award will consist of the following:
- A $1,000 cash prize
- An award certificate
- Travel expenses to attend the award ceremony at SC08 in Austin, Texas, November 2008
Application Guidelines
A proposal submission will typically include new or existing computational science materials, methods, and modules for demonstrating computational science in the classroom. Its scope could be as small as the illustration of a single concept, or as large as an entire course. Proposals are solicited for CES resources (e.g., textbooks, projects, data sets) or programs (e.g., courses, learning modules, degree options).
Upon receipt, applications become the property of the SC08 Education Committee. Applications will not be returned to applicants. The SC08 Education Committee reserves the right to award as many or as few awards as warranted by the quality of the applications.
To apply for UCES 2008 Award, fill out the application form hosted by the Krell Institute. The application deadline is July 16, 2008. Additional supporting material should be sent to the following address:
Krell Institute
1609 Golden Aspen Dr., Suite 101
Ames, IA 50010
515-956-3696
Questions may be directed to Chuck Swanson, UCES 2008 Award Program Director, at cswanson@cs.umn.edu.
Electronic submission is available on the Krell Institute website here.
