REU Site: Multidisciplinary Physics at Purdue University

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。 该奖项支持REU/RET，将为来自全国各地的12名本科物理专业学生提供为期十周的真正研究项目，强调与普渡大学物理系内广泛学科的教师进行一对一的指导。该REU项目的参与者将与他们的导师和其他研究人员合作，推进物理学的各个最先进领域：电子在减少维度导体的纳米物理学，蛋白质的动力学行为，光合作用的量子机制，单分子/蛋白质动态成像，宇宙起源核在地球科学中作为计时器的使用，使用革命性的BioCD方法检测样品中的多种蛋白质，具有改进的硬度和分辨率的粒子探测器，TeV辐射探测器，使用超新星研究暗能量，用于感测危险材料的核探测器的新应用，石墨烯的储氢特性，生物膜在地震测量中的应用，核衰变的基本性质，射电天文学的增强长基线成像，地质结构中的地震传播，欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机紧凑μ子螺线管探测器的优化，以及其他当前重要的主题。 与科学家的社会互动强调与跨学科的科学研讨会系列，两个要求公开会谈，他们的研究，实地考察国家设施在费米实验室和阿贡，加上野餐，球类运动，独木舟之旅。物理系发起和主办的每周研讨会将物理REU参与者与所有其他普渡大学夏季网站的学生（生物，化学，工程等REU SURF）相结合。强调跨学科的机会和学生在许多领域之间的互动。 两名可再生能源培训参与者也有类似的目标，他们的研究活动将反映在他们随后的课堂教学中，激励他们自己的学生从事研究工作。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The award supports an REU/RET which will provide 12 undergraduate physics majors from across the country with a ten week long genuine research project emphasizing one-to-one mentoring with faculty from a wide range of disciplines within the Purdue University Department of Physics. The participants in this REU program will collaborate with their mentors and other researchers to advance the diverse state-of-the-art areas of physics: nanophysics of electrons in reduced dimensional conductors, the dynamical behavior in proteins, the quantum mechanisms of photosynthesis, single molecule/protein dynamic imaging, the use of cosmogenic nuclei as chronometers in geoscience, detection of multiple proteins in a sample using revolutionary BioCD approach, particle detectors with improved hardness and resolution, detectors for TeV radiation, investigation of dark energy using supernovae, novel application of nuclear detectors for sensing hazardous materials, hydrogen storage properties of graphene, application of biofilms in seismic measurements, the fundamental nature of nuclear decay, enhanced long-baseline imaging for radio astronomy, seismic propagation in structures of geologic interest, optimization of Compact Muon Solenoid detector for Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and other current topics of importance. Interactions with the community of scientists is emphasized with an interdisciplinary science seminar series, two required public talks on their research, field trips to national facilities at Fermilab and Argonne, plus picnics, ball games, and canoe trips. The weekly seminar initiated and hosted by Physics Department combines Physics REU participants with students from all other Purdue summer sites (REU & SURF at Biology, Chemistry, Engineering etc.) to emphasize interdisciplinary opportunities and interactions among students across many fields. Similar objectives are desired for two RET participants, whose research activities will be reflected in their subsequent classroom teaching, inspiring their own students about careers in research.