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分校物理学本科生研究经验（REU）网站的延续。该网站包括教师研究经验（RET）组件。REU和RET站点将在最先进的设施中重点研究现象学，实验和应用物理学的前沿领域。其目标是为学生和教师提供在引力波天文学、光学天文学、激光和光子学、材料科学和/或生物物理学领域的研究经验，以激发学生成为科学家的愿望，并使教师更好地理解科学研究的过程。REU和RET项目包括教师和项目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，参与者将获得该领域连贯统一的观点，并将了解从这个新的天文学窗口获得的潜在天体物理信息财富的科学价值，以及在打开这个新窗口的过程中，在仪器水平上发展必要的技术专业知识所带来的挑战。在激光和光子学方面，他们将了解到这一快速发展的学科为新电子学带来的挑战和希望。在生物物理学中，参与者将接触到单分子光谱的最新技术，以及氨基酸在蛋白质结构和功能中的作用的研究。在材料科学方面，他们将学习热电材料及其在可再生能源方面的潜在用途。

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.