REU Site: Broadening participation in undergraduate research in physics: A multi-institutional REU program

佐治亚理工学院物理学院的REU网站为本科生提供身临其境的夏季研究体验，为参与者提供对物理研究的见解，并鼓励他们开始研究生学习。为了与国家在STEM学科中建立一支训练有素的多元化劳动力队伍的利益保持一致，佐治亚理工学院与亚特兰大大学中心（AUC）的机构之间的合作伙伴关系为招募和培训来自全国各地的多元化参与者提供了机会。该网站的其他组成部分包括团队建设活动，定期小组会议，研究研讨会系列，研讨会系列（例如，道德，演讲技巧，研究生机会），本科生研究专题讨论会，以及工业和/或政府实验室的实地考察。技术描述本科生将参与一系列物理项目，从原子、分子和光学物理到凝聚态物理；从生物物理学到天体物理学；从凝聚态物质到计算物理。该项目旨在加强佐治亚理工学院与AUC之间的互动，从而提高以少数民族本科生为主的院校的研究能力。本科生暑期项目的目的是给参与者在他们的实验方法上最大的灵活性，并促进从一个开始的研究者发展成为一个独立的研究者。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONThe REU site in the School of Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) enrolls undergraduate students in an immersive summer research experience that provides participants with insights into physics research and encouragement to embark on graduate study. In keeping with the nation's interests in creating a highly-trained, diverse workforce in the STEM disciplines, a partnership between Georgia Tech and the institutions in the Atlanta University Center (AUC) provides an opportunity to recruit and train a diverse group of participants from across the nation. Other components of the site include team-building activities, regular group meetings, a research seminar series, a workshop series (e.g., ethics, presentation skills, graduate opportunities), undergraduate research symposia, and field trips to industrial and/or government laboratories.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONUndergraduates will participate in an array of projects in physics, ranging from atomic, molecular and optical physics to condensed matter physics; from biophysics to astrophysics; and from condensed matter to computational physics. The program seeks to enhance interactions between Georgia Tech and the AUC and thereby enhance the capacity for research at predominantly undergraduate minority-serving institutions. Undergraduate summer projects are designed to give the participants maximum flexibility in their experimental approach and to foster development of a beginning researcher into an independent investigator.