REU Site: From the Cosmos to the Living Cell - Scientific Tools and Best Practices for Successful Careers in Physics

该奖项支持伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校本科生研究经验（REU）网站的更新。该校物理系每年为12名本科生举办为期10周的暑期研究项目，这些本科生被整合到由高级教师领导的现有研究小组中。学生们将在一所大型公立研究型大学中体验生活，这所大学在物理学的各个子领域都有广泛的研究活动。在这个项目中，学生们对重要的科学问题进行动手研究。除了研究技能，参与者还将接受物理计算、错误分析、技术通信、研究合作实践和职业道德技能方面的培训，这些对他们未来的成功至关重要。REU的学生还可以通过讲座和研讨会了解职业选择，并在申请研究生院和研究生研究奖学金方面获得建议。该课程的智力重点是教学生不仅如何做物理学，而且如何成为物理学家。学生从事前沿研究项目，将物理工具应用于传统物理分支学科以及材料科学、纳米技术、分子生物学和高性能计算领域的重要问题。学生也有充分的机会学习技术交流，研究合作和网络，以及负责任的研究行为。该项目无形但真实的贡献是大学的研究基础设施。REU学生拥有最先进的研究实验室，非凡的计算机和可视化设施，桌面访问图书馆藏书和服务，以及卢米斯实验室的学生计算机实验室。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. The Department of Physics at the University hosts an intensive 10-week summer research program for 12 undergraduates per year, who are integrated into existing research groups led by senior faculty. Students are exposed to life at a large public research university that has extensive research activities across a full range of physics subfields. During the program, students perform hands-on research in projects on important scientific problems. In addition to research skills, participants are trained in computing in physics, error analysis, technical communications, research collaboration practices, and professional ethics skills which are essential to their future success. The REU students are also exposed to career options through talks and workshops and receive advice on applying for graduate school and graduate research fellowships.The intellectual focus of the program is to teach students not only how to do physics, but also how to be physicists. Students work on cutting-edge research projects that apply the tools of physics to important problems in traditional physics subdisciplines as well as in materials science, nanotechnology, molecular biology, and high-performance computing. Students also have ample opportunities to learn about technical communications, research collaboration and networking, and responsible conduct of research. An intangible but real contribution to the project is the University's research infrastructure. The REU students have the benefit of state-of-the-art research laboratories, extraordinary computer and visualization facilities, desk-top access to library collections and services, and the student computer laboratory in Loomis Laboratory.