REU Site: Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates

威廉和玛丽学院的本科生物理研究经验项目直接支持10名初级本科生参与为期10周的物理项目。此外，该计划的存在导致了私人捐赠，DeWilde奖学金用于支持5个以上，其他资金通常支持额外的5个本科生，总共20个强大的计划。威廉和玛丽物理系，一个大型的，全国排名博士。授予计划，与应用科学部门一起，并与美国宇航局兰利研究中心和杰斐逊实验室合作，提供原子-原子，原子-离子和原子-表面散射，表面物理，超声，激光物理和激光-原子相互作用，凝聚态物理与各种技术，核和粒子物理，聚合物物理，无损评估，等离子体物理，非线性动力学、量子计算和量子信息以及天体物理学/宇宙学。教师和学生的研讨会由研究生学习的性质讲习班补充。一个学习如何使用机械车间的机会是非常受欢迎的。一些共同的活动计划与汉普顿大学物理系的REU计划，包括10分钟，美国物理学会风格的会谈，从两个机构的参与者。 学院过去在吸引女学生参加该方案方面特别成功，并打算继续朝这个方向努力。

The physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at the College of William and Mary directly supports the participation of 10 junior level undergraduates for projects in physics of 10-week duration. In addition, the existence of this program has led to a private endowment, the DeWilde Fellowships for the support of 5 more, and other funds usually support an additional 5 undergraduates for a total robust program of 20. The William and Mary physics department, a large, nationally ranked Ph.D. granting program, together with the applied science department, and in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Center and Jefferson Lab provides mentors and projects in atom-atom, atom-ion, and atom-surface scattering, surface physics, ultra-sonics, laser physics and laser-atom interactions, condensed matter physics with a variety of techniques, nuclear and particle physics, polymer physics, non-destructive evaluation, plasma physics, non-linear dynamics, quantum computing and quantum information, and astrophysics/cosmology. Seminars by faculty and students are supplemented by a workshop on the nature of graduate study. An opportunity to learn how to use a machine shop is very popular. Some common activities are planned with the REU program of the Hampton University Physics Department including 10-minute, American Physical Society style talks by the participants from both institutions. The College has been especially successful in attracting women students to the program in the past and intends to continue striving in this direction.