REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy

REU 网站：物理学和天文学本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 0648963
• 负责人: Richard Irving
• 金额: $ 24.69万
• 依托单位: University of Toledo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-01 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0648963&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Undergraduates

This award supports the renewal of an REU site in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Toledo. The REU site will provide a diversity of cutting-edge research opportunities for undergraduate students in: Astrophysics/Astronomy; Atomic/Molecular/Optical/Plasma Physics; Biological/Health/Medical Physics; and in Condensed Matter/Materials Science Physics (with specialization in thin films and photovoltaics). Opportunities exist in these areas for both experimental and theoretical research. The research projects are chosen such that the students' projects could lead to publication in the appropriate professional research journals. Past REU students have coauthored at least 32 refereed publications and have over 80 presentations at professional meetings over the fifteen years of REU support. Undergraduate research participation in the department has been vigorously supported by the faculty. In addition to full-time research, the students are required to: register for one credit hour in PHYS4910: Research Topics in Physics and Astronomy, attend two Bag Lunch series, help with the Physics Summer Camp, present a Progress Talk, present a Final Talk, and write a Final Report. REU students will be involved in exciting state-of-the-art research in a department that allows individualized attention, yet is large enough to give students experiences in a variety of subfields of physics. A variety of social activities for the REU students are also planned. The REU site is committed to involving students from diverse backgrounds in this research experience.

该奖项支持托莱多大学物理和天文学 REU 站点的更新。 REU 网站将为本科生提供多种前沿研究机会：天体物理学/天文学；原子/分子/光学/等离子体物理；生物/健康/医学物理；以及凝聚态/材料科学物理学（专门研究薄膜和光伏）。这些领域存在进行实验和理论研究的机会。 研究项目的选择使得学生的项目可以在适当的专业研究期刊上发表。 REU 过去的学生在 REU 支持的 15 年里，与人合着了至少 32 篇参考出版物，并在专业会议上进行了 80 多次演讲。本科生参与该系的研究工作得到了教职员工的大力支持。除了全日制研究外，学生还必须：在 PHYS4910：物理和天文学研究主题中注册一个学分，参加两个袋午餐系列，帮助物理夏令营，进行进展演讲，进行最终演讲，并撰写最终报告。 REU 的学生将参与令人兴奋的最先进的研究，该系允许个性化关注，但又足够大，可以为学生提供物理各个子领域的经验。 REU 学生还计划开展各种社交活动。 REU 网站致力于让来自不同背景的学生参与这项研究体验。