REU Site: UC Davis Physics Department

REU 站点：加州大学戴维斯分校物理系

• 批准号: 1004848
• 负责人: Rena Zieve
• 金额: $ 40.38万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004848&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; UC; Davis; Physics

This award supports the renewal of an REU site in the Department of Physics of the University of California at Davis. The REU students will be part of efforts to understand quantum gravity, develop photovoltaics from nanoparticles, pinpoint the age of the universe, cure prion diseases, and many more. Students are assigned to research labs based on their skills and stated interests. The program gives students views of physics not seen in typical coursework: first-hand experience of the joys and frustrations of research, and exposure to several types of physics careers. The students will benefit not only from their specific research projects but also from interactions with Davis faculty, graduate students, and other REU students; and from field trips showing physics-related work in diverse settings. At the end of the program, each participant gives a 15-minute research presentation and writes a short paper describing the work. There is a program of both formal and informal talks and discussions among the REU students and various faculty involved in the program. The REU site targets a mixed group of students, strongly encouraging applications from non-research institutions in northern California as well as selecting many participants from four-year colleges and universities across the nation. This award is supported by the Divisions of Physics and Materials Research in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

该奖项支持加州大学戴维斯分校物理系 REU 站点的更新。 REU 的学生将参与了解量子引力、利用纳米粒子开发光伏发电、查明宇宙年龄、治疗朊病毒疾病等方面的工作。 根据学生的技能和兴趣，将学生分配到研究实验室。 该项目为学生提供了典型课程中未见的物理学观点：研究的乐趣和挫折的第一手经验，以及接触几种类型的物理学职业。 学生不仅将从他们的具体研究项目中受益，还将从与戴维斯教师、研究生和其他 REU 学生的互动中受益；以及在不同环境下展示物理相关工作的实地考察。课程结束时，每位参与者都会进行 15 分钟的研究演示，并撰写一篇简短的论文来描述其工作。 REU 学生和参与该计划的各教员之间有一个正式和非正式的会谈和讨论计划。 REU 网站针对不同的学生群体，大力鼓励北加州非研究机构的申请，并从全国各地的四年制学院和大学选择许多参与者。该奖项得到数学和物理科学理事会物理和材料研究部门的支持。