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)提供资金的。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计划的参与者将与他们的导师和其他研究人员合作，推进不同的最先进的物理学领域：降维导体中的电子的纳米物理，蛋白质中的动力学行为，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起源的核作为计时器，使用革命性的BioCD方法检测样品中的多个蛋白质，提高硬度和分辨率的粒子探测器，TeV辐射的探测器，使用超新星调查暗能量，核探测器在探测危险材料方面的新应用，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，射电天文学的增强型长基线成像、具有地质意义的构造中的地震传播、欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机的紧凑型Muon螺线管探测器的优化，以及其他当前的重要课题。通过举办一系列跨学科的科学研讨会，就他们的研究进行两次必要的公开演讲，到费米拉布和阿贡的国家设施进行实地考察，以及野餐、球类运动和独木舟旅行，强调了与科学家社区的互动。由物理系发起并主办的每周研讨会将物理REU参与者与来自普渡大学所有其他暑期地点(生物、化学、工程等REU和冲浪)的学生结合在一起。强调跨学科的机会和学生之间在许多领域的互动。两名RET参与者也希望有类似的目标，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.