REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy

该奖项支持托莱多大学物理学和天文学的REU网站的更新。 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/等离子体物理学;生物/健康/医学物理学;和凝聚态物质/材料科学物理学（薄膜和光化学专业）。在这些领域存在着实验和理论研究的机会。 研究项目的选择，使学生的项目可以导致在适当的专业研究期刊上发表。 过去的REU学生共同撰写了至少32篇参考出版物，并在REU支持的15年中在专业会议上进行了80多场演讲。本科生参与该系的研究得到了学院的大力支持。除了全职研究，学生必须：注册一个学分在物理学4910：在物理学和天文学的研究课题，参加两个袋午餐系列，帮助物理夏令营，提出一个进步的谈话，提出一个最后的谈话，并写一份最后的报告。 REU学生将在一个允许个性化关注的部门参与令人兴奋的最先进的研究，但又足够大，可以让学生在物理学的各种子领域的经验。 还计划为REU学生举办各种社交活动。 REU网站致力于让来自不同背景的学生参与这项研究。

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.