REU Site: Physics REU and RET Programs at the University of Notre Dame

该奖项支持更新圣母大学的本科生研究经验(REU)和教师研究经验(RET)网站。该网站的目标是为本科生和高中物理教师提供现实的研究体验。主要影响是培养下一代科学家，他们将对我们社会和经济的持续福祉以及维持强大的国防至关重要。更进一步，RET部分旨在培养热情的高中教师，他们反过来将物理的兴奋传达给他们的学生，即未来的物理学家。参与者将与一名教师导师就特定的研究项目进行合作，并将通过每周的研讨会、研讨会、与其他参与者的互动以及对附近国家实验室的实地考察，接触到其他领域的物理研究。他们将与来自普渡大学和密歇根州立大学的Reus一起参加“物理奥林匹克”，在项目结束时准备一份研究报告，并在REU-RET研讨会上做口头报告。他们还将保留一本研究日志，并将有机会参加计算机编程和辐射安全课程，以及GRE预备班和“申请研究生院”工作坊。还将举办一系列讲习班，作为道德操守部分的一部分。项目将在天文学、天体物理、生物物理学、宇宙学、凝聚态物理、高能粒子物理、核物理和物理教育研究等领域进行。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) site at the University of Notre Dame. The goal of the site is to provide realistic research experiences to undergraduate students and high school physics teachers. The primary impact is in training of the next generation of scientists who will be essential for the continued well being of our society and economy, and for maintaining a robust national defense. Taking it a step further, the RET component aims at creating enthusiastic high school teachers who, in turn, will convey the excitement of physics to their students, the future physicists. The participants will work with a faculty mentor on a specific research project and will be exposed to physics research in other areas via weekly seminars, workshops, interactions with other participants, and field trips to nearby national laboratories. They will participate in a "Physics Olympics" with REUs from Purdue and Michigan State Universities, prepare a research report at the end of the program, and make oral presentations at the REU-RET Symposium. They will also maintain a research logbook and will have the opportunity to attend courses in computer programming and radiation safety, as well as a GRE-preparation class and an "Applying to Graduate School" workshop . A series of workshops will also be held as part of the Ethics component. Projects will be available in the areas of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biophysics, Cosmology, Condensed Matter Physics, High-Energy Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Physics Education Research.