REU Site in Physics and Astrophysics at Rochester

罗彻斯特大学物理和天文学 REU 站点为大二和大三学生提供了参与八个子领域前沿研究的机会：天体物理学、生物和医学物理学、凝聚态物质、粒子物理学、核物理学、等离子体物理学和核聚变、量子光学和激光以及物理教育。 为所有参与者提供现场住宿和津贴支持。 在 10 周的时间里，每个学生都会在活跃的研究小组中与教师顾问一起开展特定项目。提供机械加工和电子学方面的迷你课程。 REU 参与者每周非正式地与大学教员共进午餐，参观大学研究设施（例如激光能量学实验室和米斯天文台），并游览当地名胜古迹。 学生可以参加社区外展活动，包括针对高中生的物理项目和米斯天文台的公共游览。 该计划以一次非正式研讨会结束，学生们在会上展示他们的项目；学生还提交他们研究经历的书面报告。 REU 鼓励学生继续他们的项目以发表论文，并在学生和专业会议上展示他们的研究成果。为期 8 周的 RET 项目与 REU 项目同时进行，为当地高中和初中的教师提供资助。 RET 项目活动让 REU 学生、高中教师及其学生团队与指导教师一起参与项目，重点关注两个主要领域：高能物理探测器仪器，以及使用基于网络的数据库进行地球和天体物理数据分析。 这两个项目旨在使教师和学生能够在高中继续进行研究。因此，REU/RET 项目旨在提供一种将前沿研究活动与教学、指导和推广活动相结合的模式。

The REU-Site in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester offers sophomores and juniors the opportunity to take part in forefront research in eight subfields: astrophysics, biological and medical physics, condensed matter, particle physics, nuclear physics, plasma physics and fusion, quantum optics and lasers, and physics education. On-site housing and stipend support are provided to all participants. Over 10 weeks, each student works with a faculty adviser on a specific project in the context of an active research group. Mini-courses in machining and electronics are offered. REU participants gather informally for weekly lunches with University faculty, tours of university research facilities (such as the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and the Mees Astronomical Observatory), and outings to sites of local interest. Students may take part in community outreach activities, including a physics program for high school students and public tours of the Mees Observatory. The program concludes with an informal symposium at which students present their projects; students also submit written reports of their research experiences. REU students are encouraged to continue their projects toward publication and to present their findings at both student and professional conferences.An 8-week RET program runs in parallel with the REU program, sponsoring teachers from local-area high schools and middle schools. RET program activities engage teams of REU students, high school teachers, and their students in projects with supervising faculty, focusing in two main areas: instrumentation for high energy physics detectors, and geo- and astrophysics data analysis using web-based databases. Both projects are designed to enable teachers and students to continue the research in their high schools. The REU/RET program thus aims to provide a model in which forefront research activities are integrated with teaching, mentoring, and outreach activities.