REU Site in Physics at The University of Texas at Brownsville

该奖项支持在得克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔物理本科生（REU）网站的新的研究经验。 该网站包括一个教师研究经验（RET）组件。 REU和RET网站将专注于现象学，实验和应用物理学的前沿领域的研究在最先进的设施。在引力波天文学的学生将被赋予该领域的连贯统一的观点，并学习从这个新的天文窗口获得的天体物理信息的潜在财富的科学价值，以及在开发必要的技术专业知识方面所面临的挑战。在光子学中，他们将了解这个快速发展的学科对新电子学的挑战和承诺。在生物物理学中，参与者将接触到一个分子光谱学的最新技术，并研究氨基酸在蛋白质结构和功能中的作用。在材料科学中，他们将学习热电材料及其在可再生能源中的潜在用途。 此外，本科生的夏季研究经验将在整个期间从教师那里获得密切的指导和指导系统，通过研讨会，午餐会，座谈会和演讲促进学生的互动和积极参与。 该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助。

This award supports a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics at the University of Texas Brownsville. The site includes a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) component. The REU and RET site will focus on research in frontier areas of phenomenological, experimental and applied physics at state of the art facilities. In gravitational wave astronomy students will be given a coherent unified view of the field and learn the scientific value of both the potential wealth of astrophysical information to be obtained from this new astronomical window and of the challenges posed in developing the technological expertise necessary at the instrumental level in opening this new window. In photonics they will learn of the challenges and promises that this fast evolving discipline holds for new electronics. In biophysics participants will be exposed to state of the art techniques in one molecule spectroscopy and in investigations in the role of amino acids in protein structure and function. In materials science they will learn about thermoelectric materials and their potential use for renewable energy. In addition, this summer research experience for undergraduates will have a close mentoring and guidance system from the faculty in place during the entire duration, fostering interaction and active participation by students through seminars, lunch meetings, colloquia and presentations. This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.