Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Engineering at Hope College

希望学院REU计划旨在为学生提供一个有意义的研究经验的机会，这将增强他们从事研究事业的愿望。提供给学生的项目来自物理学、天体物理学、工程学和环境科学等多个专业。这八名REU学生研究人员，以及得到其他来源支持的类似数量的学生，将与实验室的教职员工并肩工作，每天进行个人接触。在霍普学院和物理与工程系，本科生的研究已经有很长的历史了。参与有意义的研究巩固和加强了在课堂上学到的基本知识，并为学生在科学领域的职业生涯做好了准备。三十多年来，霍普学生一直受益于与实验室教师的密切联系。这些教师专门与本科生一起工作，他们明白研究性实验室是学习过程的延伸，学生们所做的研究在实现研究目标方面具有无可估量的价值。学生们参与了研究的规划、执行、解释和传播。学生们将展示他们的结果并准备海报。资金可以用来支持参加会议的旅行。将特别努力吸引符合条件的女性和代表性不足的少数群体成员以及不太可能在本国机构有研究机会的学生提出申请。

The Hope College REU program is intended to provide students with an opportunity to have a significant research experience which will enhance their desire to undertake a research career. The projects available to the students come from a wide variety of specialties in physics, astrophysics, engineering and environmental science. The eight REU student researchers, and a similar number supported by other sources, will work side-by-side with the faculty in the lab with daily personal contact. Research with undergraduates has a long history at Hope College and in the Department of Physics and Engineering. The involvement in meaningful research cements and augments the basics learned in the classroom and readies the student for a career in science. For over thirty years Hope students have benefitted from the close association with faculty in the laboratory. Working exclusively with undergraduates, these faculty understand that the research lab is an extension of the learning process and also that the research done by the students in invaluable in achieving research goals. The students are involved in the planning, execution, interpretation and dissemination of the research. Students will present their results and prepare posters. Funds are available to support travel to a meeting. Special efforts will be made to attract applications from qualified females and members of underrepresented minorities and students that are less likely to have research opportunities at their home institution.