REU Site: Nevis Labs, Columbia University for Summers 2017-2019

该奖项支持哥伦比亚大学尼维斯实验室本科生高能物理和天体物理实验研究经验（REU）站点的更新。该网站将支持本科生参与原创的、前沿的物理研究，并与教师导师一起工作。每年有两名学生将在瑞士的欧洲核研究组织的大型强子对撞机上进行夏季研究。REU的主要目标是增加学生对物理研究的知识和兴趣，增加传统上代表性不足的人群的参与，并激励学生追求科学和工程方面的研究生学习。实现这些目标对于提供国家未来训练有素的劳动力至关重要，这是继续领导一个日益科技化的世界所必需的。学生们在夏季花10周的时间参与尼维斯高能物理和粒子天体物理研究项目，该项目旨在解决这些领域最紧迫的问题，包括质量的起源、中微子振荡问题和暗物质的寻找。这些问题的答案将对我们理解宇宙的基本结构和进化产生深远的影响。尼维斯研究项目的优势，加上尼维斯世界一流的电子设计和机械结构基础设施，形成了一个独特的环境，为学生提供了培训机会。由于各种各样的实验都处于不同的发展阶段，尼维斯为学生提供了从最初的探测器设计、硬件开发和构建到软件开发和数据分析等各个方面获得实验经验的机会。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in experimental high energy physics and astrophysics at Nevis Labs, Columbia University. The site will support undergraduate student participation in original, cutting-edge physics research, working with a faculty mentor. Two students per year will spend the summer conducting research at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland at the Large Hadron Collider. Key goals of the REU are increasing the knowledge and interest of students in physics research, increasing participation of traditionally under-represented populations, and motivating students to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering. Achieving these goals is critical for providing the Nation's future well-trained workforce required to continue to lead an increasingly technological world.The students spend 10 weeks during the summer participating in the broad Nevis high energy physics and particle astrophysics research program, which seeks to address the most pressing issues of these fields, including the origin of mass, the question of neutrino oscillations, and the search for Dark Matter. Answers to these questions will have profound implications for our understanding of the fundamental structure and evolution of the universe. The strength of the Nevis research program, coupled with the Nevis infrastructure of world class electronics design and mechanical construction, forms a unique environment with opportunities for training of students. As the variety of experiments are at different stages in their development, Nevis provides the opportunity for students to gain experience in all aspects of the experiments, from initial detector design, hardware development and construction, to software development and data analysis.