REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Astrophysics, Nuclear, and Particle Physics

该奖项支持在韦恩州立大学举办的本科生研究经验（REU）计划的更新。该计划包括一个准备阶段，包括在冬季为学生参与者提供一个小时的课程，然后在韦恩州立大学，费米国家加速器实验室（FNAL）或斯坦福大学线性加速器中心（SLAC）进行为期十周的夏季研究，主题包括天体物理学，核物理学或粒子物理学。一小时的课程向学生介绍了与夏季体验相关的物理，数学和计算概念。它包括计算机培训作业和道德操守部分。然后，参与者与每个地点的其他现有REU计划合并，进行各种科学主题的社会活动和讲座。学生由博士研究人员指导，研究前沿物理主题和/或技术，以获得良好的指导质量以及他们在各自科学领域的领导力。 学生有机会选择参加在韦恩州立大学和FNAL或SLAC主办的两个活动领域之一（客场地点的选择取决于在给定的一年项目的可用性）。该计划具有许多研究途径和活动，包括：研究用光度计观测到的超新星的性质，开发新的粒子物理学或天体物理学探测仪器，开发管理大量计算机的系统，设计数据分析高级软件并编写程序，研究和开发以测量宇宙学为重点的光学全天巡天设计，实验核和粒子物理学的数据分析，科学教育和推广项目的发展，以及强相互作用性质的理论研究。 学生必须在他们的经验结束时提交一份报告，并提供口头报告的形式。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program hosted at Wayne State University. The program consists of a preparation phase involving a one-hour course given over the winter to student participants, followed by ten weeks of summer research at either Wayne State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), or the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in topics including Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, or Particle Physics. The one-hour course introduces the students to the physical, mathematical and computational concepts relevant for the summer experience. It includes a computer training homework and an ethics component. The participants then merge with other existing REU programs at each site for social activities and lectures on various scientific topics. Students are mentored by PhD researchers working on leading edge physics topics and/or technologies chosen for good mentorship qualities as well as their leadership in their respective scientific fields. Students are given an opportunity to choose to participate in one of two domains of activities hosted at Wayne State University and FNAL or SLAC (the choice of the away site depends on the availability of projects in a given year). The program features many research avenues and activities, including: studies of the properties of supernovae observed photometrically, development of new detection instruments for particle physics or astrophysics, development of systems to manage a large number of computers, designing and coding advanced software for data analysis, research and development of the design of an optical all sky survey focused on measuring cosmology, data analysis in experimental nuclear and particle physics, development of science education and outreach projects, and theoretical studies of properties of strong interactions. Students are required to submit a report in the form of a paper at the end of their experience and deliver oral presentations.