Renewal of REU Site in Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University-Commerce

德克萨斯农工大学商学院的本科生研究体验项目（REU）每年夏天为来自社区学院的八名学生提供为期十周的机会，研究主题包括天体物理学、天文学、计算物理学、工程物理学、光学、材料科学和核物理。除了与经验丰富的导师一起参与研究外，REU的学生还将参加每周的活动，不仅确保他们的研究保持在轨道上，而且确保他们有一个引人入胜的大学和学术经历。在课程结束时，每个学生都要写一份研究报告，并在演讲中展示他们的研究成果。这个REU网站将有许多更广泛的影响，其重点是为本科生提供研究机会，帮助他们为未来的科学、技术、工程和数学职业做好准备。此外，该网站还致力于为社区大学的学生提供研究机会，并帮助他们过渡到四年制大学。该网站制定了一些策略，以确保非传统学生（其中许多人有家庭）能够参加暑期研究体验。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Texas A&M University - Commerce provides opportunities to eight students from community colleges each summer for ten weeks of research on topics in astrophysics, astronomy, computational physics, engineering physics, optics, material sciences and nuclear physics. In addition to participating in research with an experienced mentor, the REU students will engage in weekly activities to ensure not only that their research stays on track but that they have an engaging collegial and scholarly experience. By the end of the program, every student will have written a research report and presented the results of their work in a talk. This REU site will have a number of broader impacts with its focus on providing research opportunities to undergraduates to help prepare them for future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Additionally, the site focuses on providing research opportunities to students from community colleges and assists them with the transition to a four-year college. The site has put strategies in place to ensure that non-traditional students, many of whom have families, are able to participate in a summer research experience.