REU Site: Nuclear Science at Texas A&M University

该奖项支持在得克萨斯州农工大学核物理本科生（REU）网站的研究经验的更新。 该网站将支持每年12名本科生在10个星期的研究在夏季。 在本科阶段参与研究是增加进入研究生课程的学生数量和准备的重要组成部分。该网站主要针对那些没有机会在其家乡机构进行核科学领域研究的学生。 学生的研究项目处于核科学的前沿，包括核天体物理学，弱相互作用，核动力学和热力学，核结构，相对论重离子对撞机（RHIC），原子电离和辐射效应等子领域。在理论和实验核科学方面都有提议的项目。 回旋加速器研究所是能源部（DOE）核物理卓越中心。这些设施包括一个K500超导回旋加速器、一个K150回旋加速器和相关的最先进的探测器系统。回旋加速器研究所和物理系也是参与其他设施实验的大本营，教师是该领域的领先科学家，并有与本科生在他们的研究计划中合作的历史。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in nuclear physics at Texas A&M University. The site will support twelve undergraduates per year in ten weeks of research during the summer months. Involvement in research at the undergraduate level is an important component in increasing the numbers and preparation of students entering graduate programs. This site primarily targets students who lack opportunities to do research in the field of Nuclear Science at their home institutions. The student research projects are at the leading edge of Nuclear Science, including sub-fields such as nuclear astrophysics, weak interactions, nuclear dynamics and thermodynamics, nuclear structure, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), atomic ionizations, and radiation effects. There are proposed projects both in theoretical and experimental Nuclear Science. The Cyclotron Institute is a Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Physics Center of Excellence. The facilities include a K500 superconducting cyclotron, a K150 cyclotron and associated state-of the art detector systems. The Cyclotron Institute and the department of physics are also home base for involvement in experiments at other facilities, and the faculty are leading scientists in the field and have a history of working with undergraduates in their research programs.