REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University

REU 网站：范德比尔特大学物理和天文学本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 1560035
• 负责人: David Ernst
• 金额: $ 36.92万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560035&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Undergraduates

Training the next generation of physicists for American competitiveness and technological leadershipAmerican competitiveness in basic science research and technology development depends crucially on a highly skilled, trained physics workforce. Physics is foundational to much of the fundamental research activity of US research and development efforts. The Vanderbilt University Summer REU program offers undergraduate physics students the opportunity to work closely with faculty on forefront research projects in a variety of subfields of physics. The areas include astronomy, biological physics, condensed matter physics including nanoscience, laser physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. The research mentors are all well funded researchers and all have committed to personally directing the students. The extensive research infrastructure, including the facilities of several large interdisciplinary centers, will be available to the students. Physics students will have the opportunity to visit major facilities at government laboratories, both domestic and international, including FermiLab, Brookhaven, Oak Ridge, and CERN.As part of the program's emphasis on leadership development, the program includes training in ethical conduct of research, and as part of the program's emphasis on developing the future workforce includes a focus on broadening participation of underrepresented groups in physics. The REU program will achieve broad impact. In particular, the track record of the program over the past six years shows that a high percentage of the participants will be underrepresented minority students, and the track record moreover shows that more than half of the participants will be from institutions with limited research opportunities. Finally, to achieve sustained impact, the program is designed to build ties between the Vanderbilt mentors, all of whom are supported with appropriate salary, and faculty at the student's home institution. This builds a larger community, provides for continued support for the student, and enhances the ability for continued mentoring and research participation of the student beyond the REU site experience.

培训下一代物理学家以提高美国的竞争力和技术领先地位美国在基础科学研究和技术开发方面的竞争力在很大程度上取决于高技能、训练有素的物理学劳动力。物理学是美国研发工作许多基础研究活动的基础。范德比尔特大学夏季 REU 项目为物理学本科生提供了与教师在各个物理学子领域的前沿研究项目上密切合作的机会。这些领域包括天文学、生物物理学、凝聚态物理学（包括纳米科学）、激光物理学、核物理学和粒子物理学。研究导师都是资金雄厚的研究人员，并且都致力于亲自指导学生。学生将可以使用广泛的研究基础设施，包括几个大型跨学科中心的设施。物理专业的学生将有机会参观国内和国际政府实验室的主要设施，包括费米实验室、布鲁克海文实验室、橡树岭实验室和欧洲核子研究中心。作为该项目强调领导力发展的一部分，该项目包括研究道德行为培训；作为该项目强调发展未来劳动力的一部分，包括扩大物理学领域代表性不足群体的参与。 REU 计划将产生广泛的影响。特别是，该项目过去六年的记录显示，很大一部分参与者是代表性不足的少数族裔学生，而且记录还显示，一半以上的参与者将来自研究机会有限的机构。最后，为了实现持续的影响，该计划旨在建立范德比尔特导师与学生所在机构的教师之间的联系，所有导师都获得适当的薪水支持。这建立了一个更大的社区，为学生提供持续的支持，并增强学生在 REU 现场体验之外继续指导和参与研究的能力。