Research Experience for Undergraduate Physics Majors

西南研究所2000年REU物理暑期项目将允许学生参与空间物理、天体物理、光学、极光和磁层物理、等离子体探测器发展、大气物理、天文学和行星科学等方面的研究项目。学生将在全国范围内选拔，优先考虑那些即将进入物理专业高年级的学生，他们反映了德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市的性别和种族人口统计。学生们将参加一个为期十周的暑期项目，以培养解决研究问题的技能，参加职业探索研讨会，并观察和参与正在进行的研究项目。SwRI的工作人员通过基础建模和理论研究，利用地面光学和射电天文台，以及参与各种空间任务，积极参与太阳系探索。与SwRI导师的互动将在一对一的基础上进行个人研究和技能发展。学生将亲身体验科学的进步，从认识当前的知识差距，到提出和实施新的实验，再到分析结果数据。

The 2000 REU Physics Summer Program at Southwest Research Institute will allow students to participate in research programs in space physics, astrophysics, optics, auroral and magnetospheric physics, plasma detector development, atmospheric physics, astronomy, and planetary science. Students will be selected nationally with preference given to those entering their senior year in physics and who reflect the gender and ethnic demographics of San Antonio, Texas. Students will attend a ten-week summer program to develop skills for solving research problems, participate in seminars for career exploration, and observe, and participate in on-going research projects. SwRI staff actively participate in solar system exploration through basic modeling and theoretical research, use ground-based optical and radio observatories, and through involvement in various space missions. Interaction with SwRI mentors will be on a one-to-one basis for individual research and skills development. Students will experience first hand the advance of science from recognizing current gaps in knowledge to proposing and carrying through new experiments to analyzing the resulting data.