Renewal of Physics REU site at The University of Oklahoma

该奖项支持俄克拉荷马大学(OU)为期9周的物理和天文学暑期研究计划，为本科生提供参与以下四个领域之一的实质性科学研究的机会：天体物理、凝聚态物理、原子和分子物理或高能物理。大约9名外部学生将由REU Site奖资助，每年至少有4名OU学生将由俄克拉荷马大学资助。外部学生将在全国范围内招收，重点放在代表性不足的群体和参与者身上，否则他们就没有机会获得研究经验。该计划将建立在我们之前的成功基础上，在一个引人入胜的环境中向不同背景的学生介绍现代研究。一个主要目标是让学生通过让学生在学生最感兴趣的领域进行实质性的、相应的研究来弥合学生与科学家之间的差距，让所有参与者参加半周一次的研讨会系列，重点是学生的参与以及与教职员工和研究生的互动，以及参加一系列自愿课程，该计划可以通过从没有积极研究的较小地区学校招收学生的努力产生更广泛的影响。从本科课程到教师研究体验项目的结合，教师们被鼓励看到他们的努力是如何在本科生的兴奋中得到回报的，并帮助学生认识到高中和中学科学教学的重要性。学生的研究报告将被开发成教师可以在自己的课堂上展示的材料。该项目由数学和物理科学局多学科活动办公室和物理司共同资助。

This award supports a 9 week summer research program in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Oklahoma (OU) to provide undergraduates with an opportunity to participate in substantial scientific research in one of four areas: astrophysics, condensed matter, atomic and molecular physics, or high energy physics. Approximately nine external students will be funded by the REU site award and at least four OU students will be funded by the University of Oklahoma each year. External students will be recruited nationally with emphasis on underrepresented groups and participants who otherwise lack opportunities for research experience. The program will build upon our previous success in introducing students of diverse backgrounds to modern research in an engaging setting. One primary goal is to have the students bridge the gap from student to scientist by having the student perform substantive, consequential research mentored daily by a faculty member in an area in which the student is keenly interested, having all participants take part in a semiweekly seminar series with strong emphasis on student participation and interaction with faculty and graduate students, and participation in a series of voluntary courses, field The program can have a broader impact from the effort to recruit students from smaller regional schools that do not have active research. From the coupling of the undergraduate program to a Research Experience for Teachers program, teachers are encouraged to see how their efforts pay off in undergraduate excitement and help students see the importance of high school and middle school science teaching. The student research presentations will be developed into materials the teachers can present in their own classrooms. This project is co-funded by the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities and Physics Division.