REU Site: Physics at Kansas State University - Interactions of Matter, Light and Learning

REU 网站：堪萨斯州立大学物理学 - 物质、光与学习的相互作用

• 批准号: 1757778
• 负责人: Bret Flanders
• 金额: $ 43.75万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-06-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757778&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Physics; Kansas; State

This award supports the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics at Kansas State University. The site engages twelve students per year in significant research projects and related experiences during the summer with faculty mentors. A wide range of projects are available that involve undergraduates in state-of-the-art research. The experience of what real science is like helps the participants make better informed decisions about careers, graduate work and/or professional school. Whether they choose to continue in physics or a related technical field, or choose to move to a different area, bright students making good choices early in their careers is in the national interest.Students will do research on how atoms and molecules behave in intense and ultra-fast optical and x-ray pulses, precision spectroscopy in laser-cooled atoms, how light interacts non-linearly in optical fibers, the properties of nanoparticles in solution, and protein self-assembly with simplified models. They will help build next generation hardware for high-energy particle detection, improve measurements of neutrino oscillations, and help faculty use research-based assessment tools. This experience will be supplemented by a series of lectures that provide the background these students need to carry out their projects. The participants will gain experience in explaining their research work to a variety of audiences and will also read about and discuss ethical behavior in science. Social activities, both organized and spontaneous, will enrich this undergraduate research experience.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.

该奖项支持堪萨斯州立大学物理学本科生（REU）研究经验。 该网站每年有12名学生在夏季与教师导师一起参与重大研究项目和相关经验。一个广泛的项目是可利用的，涉及本科生在国家的最先进的研究。体验真实的科学是什么样的，有助于参与者对职业，研究生工作和/或专业学校做出更明智的决定。无论他们是选择继续在物理学或相关的技术领域，或选择转移到一个不同的领域，聪明的学生在他们的职业生涯早期做出良好的选择是在国家利益。学生将做原子和分子如何在强烈和超快的光学和X射线脉冲，激光冷却原子的精密光谱学，光如何在光纤中非线性相互作用，纳米粒子在溶液中的性质，以及蛋白质自组装的简化模型。 他们将帮助构建下一代高能粒子探测硬件，改善中微子振荡的测量，并帮助教师使用基于研究的评估工具。这种经验将通过一系列讲座来补充，这些讲座提供了这些学生开展项目所需的背景。参与者将获得向各种观众解释他们的研究工作的经验，并将阅读和讨论科学中的道德行为。社会活动，无论是有组织的和自发的，将丰富这个本科生的研究经验。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

项目成果

Molecular bond stabilization in the strong-field dissociation of O2+

O2 强场解离中的分子键稳定

• DOI: 10.1103/physreva.101.043410
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Physical Review A
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Abanador, P. M.;Pauly, T.;Thumm, U.
• 通讯作者: Thumm, U.

Median Statistics Analysis of Deuterium Abundance Measurements and Spatial Curvature Constraints

• DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aadf75
• 发表时间: 2018-08
• 期刊: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: J. Penton;J. Peyton;Aasim Zahoor;Bharat Ratra

Student epistemological framing on paper-based assessments

纸质评估的学生认识论框架

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevphyseducres.16.020101
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Physical Review Physics Education Research
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Shar, Kelli;Russ, Rosemary S.;Laverty, James T.
• 通讯作者: Laverty, James T.

Strong-field-induced bond rearrangement in triatomic molecules

• DOI: 10.1103/physreva.99.053412
• 发表时间: 2019-05
• 期刊: Physical Review A
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: S. Zhao;B. Jochim;Peyman Feizollah;J. Rajput;F. Ziaee;P. KanakaRaju;B. Kaderiya;K. Borne;Y. Malakar;B. Berry;J. Harrington;D. Rolles;A. Rudenko;K. Carnes;E. Wells;I. Ben-Itzhak;T. Severt