REU and RET Site in Physics at The University of Texas at Brownsville

该奖项支持德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔大学物理学专业本科生研究经验(REU)网站的继续。该网站包括教师研究体验(RET)部分。REU和RET网站将在最先进的设施中专注于现象学、实验和应用物理前沿领域的研究。目标是让学生和教师在引力波天文学、光学天文学、激光和光子学、材料科学和/或生物物理学等领域获得研究经验，这将激发学生成为科学家的愿望，并让教师更好地了解科学研究的过程。REU和RET计划包括来自教员和计划管理团队的密切指导和指导系统，通过研讨会、午餐会议、座谈会、专业发展研讨会、外展机会和演讲，促进学生和教师的互动和积极参与。在引力波天文学中，参与者将获得对该领域的一致统一看法，并将学习从这一新的天文窗口获得的潜在丰富的天体物理信息的科学价值，以及在开发打开这一新窗口所需的仪器水平的技术专长方面提出的挑战。在激光和光子学中，他们将了解这一快速发展的学科对新电子学的挑战和承诺。在生物物理学方面，学员将接触到最先进的单分子光谱学技术，以及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。

This award supports the continuation of the 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. The goal is to give students and teachers a research experience in the areas of gravitational wave astronomy, optical astronomy, lasers and photonics, materials science, and/or biophysics that will stimulate students' desire to become scientists and give teachers a better understanding of the process of scientific research. The REU and RET programs include a close mentoring and guidance system from the faculty and program management team, fostering interaction and active participation by students and teachers through seminars, lunch meetings, colloquia, professional development workshops, outreach opportunities, and presentations.In gravitational wave astronomy participants will be given a coherent unified view of the field and will learn the scientific value of both the potential wealth of astrophysical information to be obtained from this new astronomical window and the challenges posed in developing the technological expertise necessary at the instrumental level in opening this new window. In lasers and 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 single molecule spectroscopy and in investigations of 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.