Undergraduate Research in Experimental Physics: REU Site Summer Bridge Program

本科生参与正在进行的实验物理研究项目的机会是在暑期REU项目中安排的。学生可以在亚利桑那大学物理系资深教员的指导下，从各种各样的前沿物理活动中进行选择，也可以从位于其他几个大学学术单元的研究小组中进行选择，这些研究小组包括天文学、光学科学、月球和行星研究以及大气科学。参与者的主要来源是那些在社区大学水平上完成了相当于一年级或二年级理工科课程的学生，为转到四年制学位课程做准备。这个为期10周的项目每年夏天将为12名学生提供支持。物理系的研究生助教担任导师。在计划的前两周，专门的定向和技能活动是单独定制的，这增强了参与者为研究项目做出重大贡献的能力。每周参与者会议包括临时口头报告，并导致正式报告和最终书面报告。

Opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in ongoing research projects in experimental physics are structured in a summer REU program. Students may choose from a wide variety of forefront physics activities, under the direction of senior faculty members from the Department of Physics at the University of Arizona, or also from in research groups located in several other university academic units including Astronomy, Optical Sciences, Lunar and Planetary Studies, and Atmospheric Sciences. The primary source of participants is students who have completed the equivalent of the first or second year curriculum in science or engineering at the community college level, in preparation for transfer to a 4-year degree program. The 10-week program will support 12 students each summer. Graduate teaching assistants from the physics department serve as mentors. Special orientation and skills activities are individually tailored during the first two weeks of the program, which enhance the ability of the participants to make significant contributions to the research projects. Weekly participant meetings include interim oral reports and lead to a formal presentation and final written report.