REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University

该奖项授予位于田纳西州纳什维尔的范德比尔特大学的REU物理学项目。REU项目将在夏季安排10名学生进行为期10周的学习。研究机会将在物理学的广泛领域提供，包括天文学，生物物理学，凝聚态物理，纳米科学，激光物理，核物理和粒子物理。研究导师都是资金雄厚的研究人员，都致力于亲自指导学生。这些导师还承诺参加导师培训计划，旨在创建一个学者合作社区。该项目旨在在学生和参与的教师之间建立一种社区意识，并使学生广泛接触前沿物理和天文学的许多领域。社会团体活动将进一步有助于培养学生的群体认同，增强他们的教育体验。范德比尔特大学拥有广泛的研究设施，包括几个中心，这些设施可供REU学生使用。作为顶点体验，将与菲斯克大学REU项目举行最后的联合宴会，之前是海报会议，每位学生将总结他们的工作。范德比尔特大学对招募代表性不足的少数族裔非常感兴趣，并将利用与菲斯克大学（Fisk University）的现有关系来帮助促进这类招聘。

This award is for an REU program in Physics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The REU program will involve ten students for ten weeks in the summer. Research opportunities will be offered in a wide range of fields in Physics, including astronomy, biological physics, and condensed matter physics, nanoscience, laser physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. The research mentors are all well funded researchers and all have committed to personally directing the students. These mentors have also committed to participating in a program of mentor training geared toward creating a collaborative community of scholars. The program is designed to build a sense of community among the students and the participating faculty as well as expose the students broadly to many areas of forefront physics and astronomy. Social group activities will further help to foster a group identity for the students and enhance their educational experience. Vanderbilt has extensive research facilities, including several centers, which are be available to REU students. As a capstone experience, there will be a final joint banquet with the Fisk University REU program, preceded by a poster session where each student will summarize their work. Vanderbilt has a strong interest in recruiting underrepresented minorities and will use existing ties with Fisk University to help facilitate such recruitment.