REU and RET Site in Physics at UTRGV

UTRGV 物理 REU 和 RET 站点

• 批准号: 1757830
• 负责人: Volker Quetschke
• 金额: $ 41.29万
• 依托单位: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• 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: 2018-04-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757830&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; RET; Site; Physics; UTRGV

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site in physics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The site will support twelve undergraduates and two teachers per year in research projects in gravitational wave detection, lasers and optics, radio and optical astronomy, blue energy, or materials science. The projects can be theoretical, computational, experimental, observational and/or oriented towards applied physics. As the students' research experience grows they will come closer to being independent, self-reliant scientists. The site will incorporate two high school teachers from the Rio Grande Valley area who will develop smaller subprojects to be carried on with their students during the school year. The research projects in this REU and RET site will focus on research in frontier areas of phenomenological, experimental and applied physics at state-of-the-art facilities. In gravitational wave detection students will be given a unified view of the field, and learn the scientific value of the potential wealth of astrophysical information to be obtained from this new astronomical window - along with the challenge of developing the technological expertise necessary to open it. In laser and optics science they will learn of challenges and promises for new communication technologies. The Radio and Optical Astronomy topics will expose participants to state-of-the-art techniques to see and listen to the farthest reaches of the universe and the entanglement with astrophysics. The program will have a close mentoring and guidance system from the faculty in place during the entire duration, fostering interaction and active participation by students and teachers through seminars, lunch meetings, colloquia and presentations.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.

该奖项支持德克萨斯大学格兰德谷分校物理学本科生研究经验（REU）和教师研究经验（RET）站点的更新。该网站每年将支持12名本科生和2名教师进行引力波探测、激光和光学、射电和光学天文学、蓝色能源或材料科学方面的研究项目。这些项目可以是理论的、计算的、实验的、观察的和/或面向应用物理的。随着学生研究经验的增长，他们将越来越接近独立自主的科学家。该网站将包括来自里约热内卢格兰德山谷地区的两名高中教师，他们将开发较小的子项目，并在学年期间与学生一起进行。研究项目将集中在现象学、实验和应用物理学的前沿领域，在最先进的设施中进行研究。在引力波探测课程中，学生将对该领域有一个统一的看法，并了解从这个新的天文学窗口获得的潜在丰富的天体物理信息的科学价值，以及发展必要的技术专业知识来打开它的挑战。在激光和光学科学中，他们将了解新通信技术的挑战和前景。射电和光学天文学主题将使参与者接触到最先进的技术，以看到和听到宇宙最远的距离以及与天体物理学的纠缠。该项目将在整个过程中由教师提供密切的指导和指导系统，通过研讨会、午餐会议、座谈会和演讲，促进学生和教师的互动和积极参与。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。