REU-Sites: Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

9531053里奇 这个REU网站奖将提供一个机会，为10个高年级本科生在为期九周的暑期课程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;利用磁力显微镜对磁记录介质结构成像;硅基片上半导体合金薄膜的离子沟道研究;碳纳米管和纳米尺寸颗粒结构的扫描透射电子显微镜研究;半导体中声子寿命研究;基于量子力学的复杂材料和生物系统模拟;量子蒙特卡罗模拟计算原子和分子的电子结构，原子簇的性质;量子流体和固体。 通过与参与增加少数民族和妇女参与科学研究的机构合作，将在全国范围内特别针对少数民族和妇女进行招聘。 研究结果将由参与者提交，并准备出版在前一个资助期内开发的“在线”计划评估策略将得到扩展，特别强调确定如何满足个别学生的需求，建立和培养他们追求研究事业的愿望。

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.