REU/RET Site: Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota

该奖项支持明尼苏达大学双子城分校物理学和天文学本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该网站每年将邀请10名本科生参与暑期研究项目。每个学生都在一个研究小组中工作，从掌握旧知识过渡到参与创造新知识。正如美国国家科学院在《在风暴中崛起》的报告中所描述的那样，未来几年，全国对训练有素的科学家和工程师的需求预计将大幅增加。课堂教学是科学教育的重要组成部分，但培养下一代研究科学家的主要方式是让他们通过这个网站进行科学研究。除了参与前沿研究外，参与者还参加教职员工每周举行的研究研讨会，参观明尼苏达州北部的灰河新星中微子探测器，观看在单一大学实验室外进行的大科学范例，并接受伦理和安全培训。本科生的研究课题包括凝聚态物理、粒子物理、生物物理学、高能天体物理和宇宙学、空间和行星物理以及天文学和天体物理学。在暑期项目结束时，参与者通过向同龄人口头演示、海报演示和书面报告来描述他们的结果。该奖项由物理系和天文科学系的本科生研究经验项目支持。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The site will engage ten undergraduates per year in summer research projects. Each student works in a research group to make the transition from mastering old knowledge to participating in the creation of new knowledge. As described in the National Academy of Sciences report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, the national need for trained scientists and engineers is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years. Classroom instruction is an important component of a scientific education, but the primary way of preparing the next generation of research scientists is by having them perform scientific research as enabled through this site.In addition to participating in frontier research, the participants attend weekly research seminars given by faculty members, tour the Ash River NOvA Neutrino Detector in northen Minnesota to see an example of big science performed outside of a single university laboratory and take ethics and safety training. Undergraduate research topics include projects in Condensed Matter Physics, Particle Physics, Biophysics, High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology, Space and Planetary Physics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. At the conclusion of the summer program, participants describe their results through oral presentations to their peers, in poster presentations, and through a written report. This award is supported by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Programs in the Division of Physics and the Division of Astronomical Sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.