REU Site: Materials Physics at the University of Florida

REU 站点：佛罗里达大学材料物理系

• 批准号: 0851707
• 负责人: Selman Hershfield
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851707&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Materials; Physics; University

The University of Florida continues to operate a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site that focused on physics of materials. The ten-week summer program would support 15 undergraduate students each year for three years. Students are recruited nationwide with an emphasis to increase participation by women, members of groups underrepresented in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), students from institutions with limited research opportunities. Each REU participant is integrated into an active research group to carry out individual research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Research projects cover a wide variety of materials research topics in physics and related fields and include experimental, theoretical and computational projects in the design, measurement and understanding of novel materials and quantum phenomena. The REU program also includes seminars on contemporary research topics, visit to National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, information on career possibilities in physical sciences, workshops and training on scientific communication, science demonstrations by REU students to K-12 groups and social events to facilitate informal interactions among peers and with faculty mentors. At the end of the program, students write research reports and present their project results at a REU research symposium and are encouraged and supported to present their REU research at national and regional scientific meetings.This REU Site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program and NSF Division of Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.

佛罗里达大学继续运营着一个专注于材料物理的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。为期十周的暑期计划将在三年内每年支持15名本科生。在全国范围内招收学生，重点是增加妇女、科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)中代表性不足的群体成员的参与，以及来自研究机会有限的机构的学生。每个REU参与者都被整合到一个积极的研究小组，在教师导师的指导下开展个人研究项目。研究项目涵盖物理学和相关领域的各种材料研究主题，包括设计、测量和理解新材料和量子现象的实验、理论和计算项目。REU计划还包括关于当代研究主题的研讨会、参观国家高磁场实验室、关于物理科学职业可能性的信息、关于科学交流的研讨会和培训、REU学生向K-12小组进行的科学演示以及促进同行和教师导师之间非正式互动的社交活动。在项目结束时，学生们撰写研究报告并在REU研究研讨会上展示他们的项目成果，并鼓励和支持他们在国家和地区科学会议上展示他们的REU研究。这个REU网站由国防部与NSF REU计划和NSF数学和物理科学局材料研究部共同资助。