NSF-REU Site for Research in Physics

圣何塞州立大学物理系现有的REU网站将扩大，以包括SJSU物理系的其他活跃研究领域。这个REU网站的一个新的和创新的组成部分将包括支持学生在产学研合作。将组成四个小组，每个小组由一名物理教员、一名来自校园附近工业或政府实验室的物理学家和一名NSF-REU学生参与者组成。虽然这些项目中有11个仍在光学领域，但剩下的两个是在凝聚态物质和计算物理领域。所有这些项目都是物理系官方认可的“激光与光学专业”、“凝聚态专业”和“计算物理专业”的补充。这三个领域代表了围绕我校的高科技“硅谷”的主要科学焦点。这些正在进行的研究项目将为物理学本科生提供实验和理论研究经验。本科生将参与13个项目，包括二氧化碳中稳定同位素的实验二极管激光光谱、量子阱半导体的电学和光学性质的理论研究、稀土光谱、氧化物绝缘体的温度诱导折射率变化、光学材料的中子活化分析。该计划的主要目标是让本科生，特别是少数族裔学生参与研究，否则他们可能没有机会参与研究。＊＊＊

9322073 Becker The existing REU Site in the Physics Department of San Jose State University will be expanded to include the other active research areas in the SJSU Physics Department. A proposed new and innovative component of this REU Site will include support for students in industry-university collaborations. Four teams will be formed, each consisting of a Physics faculty member, a physicist from an industrial or government laboratory located close to the campus, and an NSF-REU student participant. Although eleven of these projects are still in the area of optics, the remaining two are in condensed matter and computational physics. All these projects complement the Physics Department's officially recognized "Concentration in Lasers and Optics", "Concentration in Condensed Matter", and the "Concentration in Computational Physics". These three areas represent the major scientific focus in the high-tech "Silicon Valley" surrounding our University. These on-going research projects will provide both experimental and theoretical research experience for undergraduates in Physics. Undergraduate students will be placed in thirteen projects which range from experimental diode laser spectroscopy of stable isotopes in carbon dioxide to theoretical studies of electrical and optical properties of quantum well semiconductors, to rare- earth spectroscopy, to temperature-induced refractive index changes in oxide insulators, to neutron activation analysis of optical materials. The proposed program's major goal is to involve undergraduate students, especially minorities, in research who might not otherwise have the opportunity. ***