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

该奖项支持由韦恩州立大学主办的本科生研究体验(REU)项目的续签。该计划包括准备阶段，包括在冬季向学生参与者提供一小时的课程，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、核物理或粒子物理。这门一小时的课程向学生介绍了与暑期体验相关的物理、数学和计算概念。它包括一份计算机培训作业和一份道德部分。然后，参与者在每个地点与其他现有的REU项目合并，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，他们从事前沿物理主题和/或技术的工作，以获得良好的指导质量，以及他们在各自科学领域的领导能力。学生有机会选择参加韦恩州立大学和FNAL或SLAC主办的两个活动领域中的一个(选择离开地点取决于给定年份的项目可用性)。该计划以许多研究途径和活动为特色，包括：研究以光度方式观测到的超新星的性质，开发用于粒子物理或天体物理的新型探测仪器，开发管理大量计算机的系统，设计和编码用于数据分析的先进软件，研究和开发以测量宇宙学为重点的光学全天巡天设计，实验核物理和粒子物理中的数据分析，发展科学教育和推广项目，以及强相互作用性质的理论研究。学生需要在体验结束后以论文的形式提交一份报告，并进行口头陈述。

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.