REU Site: Nuclear Science at Texas A&M University

REU 站点：德克萨斯州 A 核科学中心

• 批准号: 1263281
• 负责人: Sherry Yennello
• 金额: $ 47.43万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-01 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Nuclear; Science; Texas

This award provides continued support for the REU site at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The new award includes a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and a significantly refined outreach activity, Street Physics. The need for increased efforts in recruiting the next generation of young people into nuclear science was recently emphasized in a report by the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee. Involvement in research at the undergraduate level is believed to be an important component in increasing the numbers and preparation of students entering graduate programs. The students supported through this award will be in residence for 10 weeks in conjunction with the summer session at TAMU, for which they will receive a $5000 fellowship, housing, travel and most importantly the opportunity to work closely with internationally renowned scientists at a first-rate university-based nuclear facility. The research projects are at the leading edge Nuclear Science, including sub-fields such as nuclear astrophysics, weak interactions, nuclear dynamics and thermodynamics, nuclear structure, RHIC, atomic ionizations, and radiation effects. There are proposed projects both in theoretical and experimental Nuclear Science. Some students will work at the Cyclotron Institute, which is a DOE Nuclear Physics Center of Excellence. The facilities include a K500 superconducting cyclotron, a K150 cyclotron and associated state-of the art detector systems. The Cyclotron Institute and the department of physics are also home base for involvement in experiments at other facilities, such as RHIC, ANL, and TRIUMF. The faculty at TAMU are leading scientists in the field and have a history of working with undergraduates in their research programs.

该奖项提供了在得克萨斯州A M大学（TAMU）的回旋加速器研究所的REU网站的持续支持。 新奖项包括与劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室（LLNL）的合作和一个显着改进的外展活动，街头物理。核科学咨询委员会最近在一份报告中强调，需要加强努力，招募下一代年轻人从事核科学工作。在本科阶段参与研究被认为是增加进入研究生课程的学生数量和准备的重要组成部分。 通过该奖项支持的学生将在TAMU的夏季会议期间居住10周，他们将获得5000美元的奖学金，住房，旅行，最重要的是有机会与国际知名科学家密切合作一流的大学核设施。研究项目处于核科学的前沿，包括核天体物理学，弱相互作用，核动力学和热力学，核结构，RHIC，原子电离和辐射效应等子领域。在理论和实验核科学方面都有提议的项目。 一些学生将在回旋加速器研究所工作，这是一个卓越的能源部核物理中心。这些设施包括一个K500超导回旋加速器、一个K150回旋加速器和相关的最先进的探测器系统。回旋加速器研究所和物理系也是参与其他设施实验的基地，如RHIC，ANL和TRIUMF。TAMU的教师是该领域的领先科学家，并在他们的研究计划中与本科生合作。