REU Site: Physics and Chemistry Research at The College of Wooster

REU 网站：伍斯特学院物理和化学研究

• 批准号: 1560093
• 负责人: John Lindner
• 金额: $ 28.79万
• 依托单位: College of Wooster
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560093&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Physics; Chemistry; Research

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the Wooster REU site is to enable undergraduates and faculty to work closely together on original, publishable research involving a broad range of materials science, physics, and chemistry projects. Wooster is a liberal arts college long recognized for its mentored undergraduate research. The faculty have designed on-going research programs that are both innovative and accessible to undergraduates. Dedicated and individualized mentoring in the tools, techniques, and process of research trains and inspires young students to persist in science while contributing to publishable research. The site specifically targets beginning students, often having completed just one year of college, and often from institutions where research opportunities are scarce; it encourages the full participation of women and underrepresented groups by providing a vibrant supportive environment, and it has partnered with nearby two-year colleges to recruit students who might otherwise not major in a science or even complete college. Each student takes ownership of an individual project, conducts original research, and becomes a practicing scientist through the research project, oral and poster presentations, and written reports.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the Wooster REU site is to provide an environment for young students to learn the tools and techniques of scientific research while working closely with a faculty mentor on exciting and publishable research projects. The research spans a broad range of fields including condensed matter, granular materials, nanowires, spatiotemporal pattern formation, light-emitting polymers, quantum optics, nonlinear dynamics, and astrophysics. It uses experimental, computational, and theoretical techniques. Highlights include controlling spatio-temporal dynamics with noise and disorder, experimentally realizing arrays of one-way coupled oscillators, and understanding granular flows using bead piles. Research projects are intentionally designed so that even novice undergraduates can make significant scientific contributions. Past summer research has contributed to 32 scientific papers involving 54 undergraduate coauthors in journals such as Physical Review. Results have been featured twice on the cover of the American Journal of Physics and in news stories in Physical Review Focus and Nature News. Student researchers are trained in research skills including critical thinking, data analysis, and scientific writing.

非技术描述：Wooster REU网站的目的是使本科生和教职员工能够在涉及广泛的材料科学、物理和化学项目的原创的、可发表的研究上密切合作。伍斯特是一所文科大学，长期以来一直以其有指导的本科生研究而闻名。教师们设计了正在进行的研究项目，既有创新性，也有本科生可以接触到的项目。在研究的工具、技术和过程中提供专门的和个性化的指导，培养和激励年轻学生在为可发表的研究做出贡献的同时坚持科学。该网站专门面向初学者，他们通常只读完一年大学，而且往往来自研究机会稀缺的机构；它通过提供充满活力的支持性环境，鼓励女性和代表性不足的群体充分参与；它还与附近的两年制大学合作，招收可能不是科学专业的学生，甚至是大学毕业生。每个学生都拥有个人项目的所有权，进行原创研究，并通过研究项目、口头和海报演示以及书面报告成为一名实习科学家。技术描述：Wooster REU网站的目的是为年轻学生提供一个学习科学研究工具和技术的环境，同时与教师导师密切合作，开展令人兴奋和可发表的研究项目。这项研究涵盖了广泛的领域，包括凝聚态物质、颗粒材料、纳米线、时空图案形成、发光聚合物、量子光学、非线性动力学和天体物理。它使用实验、计算和理论技术。亮点包括用噪声和无序控制时空动力学，通过实验实现单向耦合振荡器阵列，以及使用珠堆了解颗粒流。研究项目是故意设计的，这样即使是新手本科生也能做出重大的科学贡献。去年夏天的研究在《物理评论》等期刊上发表了32篇科学论文，涉及54名本科生合著者。研究结果曾两次出现在《美国物理学杂志》的封面上，以及《物理评论焦点》和《自然新闻》的新闻报道中。学生研究人员在研究技能方面接受培训，包括批判性思维、数据分析和科学写作。