REU-Sites: Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

9531053 Ritchie这个REU-Site奖将为十名高年级本科生提供一个机会，在为期九周的暑期计划中从事实验和理论凝聚态物理研究。研究项目的例子包括：材料结构表征；使用磁力显微镜对磁记录介质结构进行成像；硅衬底上半导体合金薄膜的离子沟道研究；扫描透射电子显微镜研究碳纳米管和纳米颗粒的结构；半导体中声子寿命的研究；复杂材料和生物系统的量子力学模拟；以及计算原子和分子电子结构、原子团性质的量子蒙特卡罗模拟；以及量子流体和固体。通过与更多参与科学研究的机构合作，将在全国范围内特别针对少数群体和妇女进行招募。研究结果将由参与者介绍，并为出版做准备。在上一次资助期间开发的“在线”项目评估战略将得到扩展，特别强调确定在建立和培养学生追求研究事业的愿望方面如何满足个别学生的需求。

9531053 Ritchie This REU-Site award will provide an opportunity for ten upper-division undergraduate students to engage in experimental and theoretical condensed matter physics research during a nine week summer program. Examples of research projects include: materials structural characterization; imaging of magnetic recording media structures using magnetic force microscopy; ion channeling studies of semiconductor alloy films on silicon substrates; scanning transmission electron microscopy studies of the structure of carbon nanotubules and of nanometer-size particles; phonon lifetime studies in semiconductors; quantum mechanical-based simulations of complex materials and biological systems; and quantum Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the electronic structure of atoms and molecules, properties of clusters of atoms; and quantum fluids and solids. %%% Minorities and women will be particularly targeted for recruitment nationwide, through cooperation with agencies involved in increasing their participation in scientific research. Research results will be presented by participants, and prepared for publication the "on-line" program evaluation strategy developed during the previous funding period will be expanded, with particular emphasis placed on determining how the individual student's needs were met in terms of establishing and fostering their desire to pursue a research career.