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，该项目将为来自全国各地的12名物理专业本科生提供为期10周的真正的研究项目，重点是与普渡大学物理系各学科的教师进行一对一的指导。这个REU项目的参与者将与他们的导师和其他研究人员合作，推进物理学的各种最新领域：降维导体中电子的纳米物理学、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、在地球科学中使用宇宙生成核作为计时器、使用革命性的BioCD方法检测样品中的多种蛋白质、提高硬度和分辨率的粒子探测器、TeV辐射探测器、利用超新星研究暗能量、核探测器在危险物质传感中的新应用、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密型μ子螺线管探测器的优化，以及其他当前重要的主题。与科学家社区的互动是强调跨学科的科学研讨会系列，两个必要的公开演讲，在费米实验室和阿贡国家设施的实地考察，加上野餐，球类运动和独木舟之旅。每周一次的研讨会由物理系发起和主办，将物理REU的参与者与普渡大学所有其他暑期项目的学生（REU在生物，化学，工程等方面的冲浪）结合起来，强调跨学科的机会和学生在许多领域之间的互动。两位RET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.