REU Site: Summer Bridge Program in Experimental Physics

REU 网站：实验物理暑期桥梁课程

• 批准号: 1757878
• 负责人: Srinivas Manne
• 金额: $ 37.9万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 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: 2018-05-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757878&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Bridge; Program

This award supports the continuation of the REU program in physics at the University of Arizona. Students may choose from a wide variety of forefront physics activities, under the direction of senior faculty members from the Department of Physics at the University of Arizona, or also from in research groups located in several other university academic units including Astronomy, Chemistry, Optical Sciences, Lunar and Planetary Studies, and Atmospheric Sciences. The primary source of participants is students who have completed the equivalent of the first or second year curriculum in science or engineering at Pima Community College, in preparation for transfer to a 4-year degree program (although all undergraduate students are eligible to apply). Graduate Teaching Assistants from the physics department serve as mentors for the participants. Special orientation and skills activities are individually tailored to enable the students to make significant contributions to the research projects. Students are trained for research in an intensive training camp for 1.5 weeks at the start of the REU. Here they learn essential lab skills such as machining, digital electronics and computer interfacing, taught by trained faculty and graduate mentors; they take part in team-building exercises such as scientific speaking and a catapult competition; and they tour the various research labs offering summer REU work. Participants are matched to research labs according to student preferences and skills, for a research experience lasting 8.5 weeks, culminating in a half-day REU symposium. Strong connections to past REU alumni are a priority throughout; the REU website, Facebook page and "REUnion barbecue" event strengthen bonds among past and present students.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.

该奖项支持亚利桑那大学继续开展 REU 物理学项目。学生可以在亚利桑那大学物理系高级教员的指导下，从各种前沿物理活动中进行选择，也可以从其他几个大学学术单位的研究小组中进行选择，包括天文学、化学、光学科学、月球和行星研究以及大气科学。参与者的主要来源是在皮马社区学院完成相当于科学或工程一年级或二年级课程的学生，准备转入四年制学位课程（尽管所有本科生都有资格申请）。物理系的研究生助教担任参与者的导师。特殊的定向和技能活动是单独定制的，使学生能够为研究项目做出重大贡献。 REU 开始时，学生将在强化训练营中接受为期 1.5 周的研究培训。在这里，他们由训练有素的教师和研究生导师教授机械加工、数字电子和计算机接口等基本实验室技能；他们参加科学演讲和弹射比赛等团队建设活动；他们参观了提供夏季 REU 工作的各个研究实验室。根据学生的喜好和技能，参与者将被匹配到研究实验室，获得持续 8.5 周的研究体验，最后在为期半天的 REU 研讨会中达到高潮。与过去的 REU 校友的牢固联系是整个过程的首要任务； REU 网站、Facebook 页面和“REUnion BBQ”活动加强了过去和现在学生之间的联系。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。