Baylor University REU/RET Site Proposal

该奖项支持贝勒大学物理学REU/RET站点的更新。入选的NSF研究员从天体物理学、复杂（尘埃）等离子体、早期宇宙宇宙学、基本粒子物理、核物理、空间物理、超弦物理或表面物理等领域选择研究机会。在所有这些领域，研究员都参与了先进的科学研究，他们的许多活动都是跨学科的。在这个项目的过程中，研究员们被鼓励在他们的研究议程中变得自给自足。每周两次的研讨会，夏季本科生研究研讨会的结束，以及在各种感兴趣的物理研究领域专门设计的课程，增强了该计划的整体智力影响。在REU研究员返回他或她的家庭机构后，可以获得合作研究机会，因为在学年期间返回贝勒的部分津贴支持。该计划还提供3至5个RET（教师研究经验）奖学金。RET研究员从国家申请者池中选出，并在现场居住大约八周。所有REU和RET的研究员在为期十周的研究结束时都会做一个研究报告（ppt），并制作一篇论文和一张海报。在可能的情况下，研究员还被邀请与他们的导师一起在同行评审的期刊上发表他们的研究结果。

This award supports the renewal of the REU/RET site in Physics at Baylor University. Selected NSF fellows choose from research opportunities in astrophysics, complex (dusty) plasmas, early universe cosmology, elementary particle physics, nuclear physics,space physics, superstring physics or surface physics. In all of these areas, fellows are involved in advanced scientific research with many of their activities being interdisciplinary in nature. Over the course of the program, fellows are encouraged to become self sufficient in their research agenda. Twice-weekly seminars, an end of the summer Undergraduate Research Symposium and specially designed classes in various physics research areas of interest enhance the overall intellectual impact of the program. Collaborative research opportunities after the REU fellow returns to his or her home institution are available as is partial stipend support for returning to Baylor during the academic year. The program also provides three to five RET (Research Experience for Teachers) fellowships. RET fellows are selected from a national applicant pool and reside on-site for approximately eight weeks. All REU and RET fellows give a research (PowerPoint) presentation and produce both a paper and a poster at the end of their ten-week stay. When possible, fellows are also invited to publish their results with their mentors in peer-reviewed journals.