REU Site: Physics at the University of Minnesota

明尼苏达大学REU / RET物理网站通过让本科生在夏季与研究小组一起工作10周，向他们介绍物理学的前沿研究。在此期间，该项目还提供了一个统一的支持结构，鼓励学生分享他们的经验和成果。额外的研讨会提供了其他令人兴奋的前沿物理学的概述。该项目还涉及诸如科学交流、申请和幸存研究生院、参加GRE考试、科学伦理和实验室安全等问题。在天体物理学、生物物理学、凝聚态物质、宇宙学、高能粒子物理学、物理教育、空间物理学等领域开展实验和理论研究。为了方便与其他领域有才华的研究学生交流，REU的学生被安置在专门为这些学生预留的宿舍。他们还参加了所有暑期研究项目的一些活动。REU和RET计划的参与者成为研究物理学前沿的研究团队的组成部分，从而直接为其进步做出贡献。RET计划通过加强科学教师培养下一代研究人员的知识和热情，对科学人力产生间接但可能更大的影响。该奖项由物理学部和数学与物理科学理事会多学科活动办公室共同资助。

The University of Minnesota REU / RET physics site introduces undergraduates to forefront research in physics by having them work with research groups for 10 weeks in the summer. During this time, the program also provides a unifying support structure that encourages the students to share their experiences and results. Additional seminars provide an overview of other exciting frontiers of physics. The program also addresses issues such as scientific communication, applying to and surviving graduate school, taking the GRE, scientific ethics, and safety in the laboratory. Experimental and theoretical research topics are available in the fields of astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter, cosmology, high energy particle physics, physics education, and space physics. To facilitate communication with talented research students from other fields, the REU students are housed a dormitory reserved exclusively for those students. They also participate in some activities of all of the summer research programs. The participants in the REU and RET program become an integral part of a research team investigating the frontiers of physics and thus directly contribute to its progress. The RET program has an indirect but perhaps larger impact on scientific manpower by reinforcing the knowledge and enthusiasm of science teachers to produce the next generation of researchers. This award is co-funded by the Division of Physics and the Office of MultidisciplinaryActivities in the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.