Research Careers for Minority Scholar in Condensed Matter Physics

俄克拉荷马州州立大学将建立一个研究职业生涯， 少数民族学者计划增加黑人的代表性， 美国印第安人和西班牙裔在凝聚态领域 物理学 该项目将包括三个相互支持的 阶段。 (1)为学生提供的本科生研究实习， 在大三和大四之间的夏天。 这将引入 他们的兴奋的研究生涯的最前沿 知识 (2)一个“桥接夏天”紧接着他们的 完成学士学位，以提供连续的道路 从本科到研究生学习，继续参与 研究，并给他们一个良好的开端，朝着完成论文 问题. 这种连续性很重要，因为许多美国学生 失去了研究工作，因为他们进入就业市场在学士学位。 水平 (3)支持他们的研究生学习的第一年，包括 为少数群体树立榜样的机会 本科生 该项目将重点研究 光学材料，一个具有很大的工业领域，以及 学术兴趣 俄克拉荷马州州立大学是美国 美国光学材料研究中心。 的所有阶段 该计划将通过参加科学会议和 座谈会，与更大的科学界互动的机会， 社区以及俄勒冈州立大学的教职员工和学生。 这将有助于 少数民族学者在物理学中建立他们的网络， 社区对于取得成功和富有成效非常重要 研究物理学家 在本提案所涉的五年期间， 该计划将使学生人数增加一倍， 目标群体谁是准备在凝聚的研究生涯 物质物理学

Oklahoma State University will establish a Research Careers for Minority Scholars project to increase the representation of Blacks, American Indians, and Hispanics in the field of Condensed Matter Physics. The project will consist of three mutually supporting phases. (1) An undergraduate research internship for students in the summer between their Junior and Senior years. This will introduce them to the excitement of a research career on the forefront of knowledge. (2) A "bridging summer" immediately following their completion of the baccalaureate degree to provide a continuous path from undergraduate to graduate study, continue their involvement in research, and give them a head start toward completion of a thesis problem. This continuity is important since many U.S. students are lost to research careers because they enter the job market at the B.S. level. (3) Support for their first year of graduate study including opportunities for them to serve as role models for minority undergraduates. The project will emphasize research in the properties of optical materials, an area with great industrial, as well as academic, interest. Oklahoma State University is one of the leading American research centers in optical materials. All phases of the program will provide, through attendance at scientific conferences and colloquia, the opportunity to interact with the larger scientific community as well as OSU faculty, staff and students. This will aid the Minority Scholars in building their network within the physics community that is so important in becoming successful and productive research physicists. Over the five years covered by this proposal the program will approximately double the number of students from the targeted groups who are preparing for research careers in Condensed Matter Physics.