Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy

石溪大学物理系本科生研究体验项目每年夏天将13至17名本科生带到石溪大学校园，在石溪大学物理和天文学教师的实验室参加为期八周的前沿研究项目。该奖项为其中12名学生提供支持；其余经费由其他基金提供。该计划的直接目的是提供培训，鼓励对物理科学研究的兴趣和欣赏，并通过在大学环境中进行实际研究，实地访问石溪和布鲁克海文国家实验室的研究实验室，通过每周一次的物理和天文学当前主题研讨会，促进职业规划。最后在一个正式的研讨会上展示学生的研究成果，并在项目结束时提交一份书面报告。优秀的项目将提交给其他学生研究研讨会。该计划的更广泛目标包括增加合格的科学研究人员的数量，并培养那些继续从事其他领域工作的人对研究方法的欣赏和理解。该计划提供了天文学和行星科学、大气物理、高能粒子物理、教学实验室仪器、激光和光学、核物理和固态/凝聚态物理等领域的研究机会。大多数项目都是实验性的，但也有一些是理论性的。招聘工作主要集中在学术地位较高的物理专业二年级和三年级学生，其中许多人来自研究机会有限的大学。特别努力吸引妇女和来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生。

The Stony Brook Research Experience for Undergraduates in Physics program brings 13 to 17 undergraduate students to the Stony Brook campus each summer for participation in an eight-week program of forefront research in the laboratories of Stony Brook physics and astronomy faculty members. This award provides support for 12 of these students; the rest are supported from other funds. The immediate aim of this program is to provide training in, encourage interest in, and appreciation of, scientific research in physics and to facilitate career planning by the actual doing of research in a collegial setting, by site visits to research laboratories at Stony Brook and Brookhaven National Laboratory, by weekly seminars on current topics in physics and astronomy, and finally by presentations of student research results in a formal symposium and a written report at the conclusion of the program. Outstanding projects are submitted for presentation at other student research symposia. The broader aims of the program include increasing the pool of qualified scientific researchers, and to foster appreciation and understanding of research methods to those who go on to other fields of endeavor. The program offers research opportunities in the areas of astronomy and planetary sciences, atmospheric physics, high-energy particle physics, instructional laboratory instrumentation, lasers and optics, nuclear physics and solid-state/condensed matter physics. Most projects are experimental but a few are theoretical. Recruiting efforts concentrate on sophomore and junior-level physics majors of high academic standing, many from colleges in which research opportunities are limited. Particular efforts are made to attract women and students fromunder-represented minorities.