SURFing the Physics Lab: A NIST-NSF Partnership for AMO Physics

*Desrosiers冲浪物理实验室是NIST和NSF的合作伙伴关系，旨在通过为NIST物理实验室的世界级原子、分子、光学和辐射物理学家提供研究机会来鼓励优秀的物理学生。为了加强本科生AMO物理课程，项目主任将与系主任和英才中心主任合作，从每个机构中确定两到三名本科生，他们为AMO物理的校外暑期研究做好准备，并将受益于这些研究。被选中的学生将在12周的时间里与NIST的物理学家一对一地参与项目，将对基础知识的探索与对国家重要问题的直接应用结合起来。学生和导师将根据背景和兴趣进行配对。这些学生将住在附近一个带家具的公寓楼里，参加许多NIST研讨会和每周一次的物理实验室夏季研讨会系列冲浪活动。学生们将在NIST的一个研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，并被鼓励参加下一年的科学会议。NIST、NSF和参与该项目的学校将分担该项目的费用。鉴于目前物理工作队伍中明显缺乏多样性，该计划将积极从代表性不足的群体中寻找有竞争力的学生。***

*** Desrosiers SURFing the Physics Lab is a NIST-NSF partnership to encourage outstanding physics students by providing research opportunities with the world-class atomic, molecular, optical and radiation physicists in the NIST Physics Laboratory. To strengthen undergraduate AMO physics curricula, the program director will work with department chairs and directors of centers of excellence to identify two or three undergraduates from each institution who are prepared for, and would benefit from, off-campus summer research in AMO physics. The selected students will spend 12 weeks engaged one-on-one with NIST physicists in projects combining quests for fundamental knowledge with direct applications to problems of national importance. Student and advisor will be paired based on background and interests. The students will live in a nearby furnished apartment complex and participate in the many NIST seminars and in a weekly SURFing the Physics Lab summer seminar series. The students will present their research in a seminar at NIST and be encouraged to participate in a scientific conference during the following year. NIST, NSF and the participating schools will share the costs for this program. Given the significant lack of diversity in the present physics work force, this program will actively seek out competitive students from under-represented groups. ***