REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Contemporary Physics

该奖项资助芝加哥大学物理学本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该网站每年将支持12名学生在芝加哥大学进行为期10周的暑期研究。每个学生项目的核心是在芝加哥大学一名教员的指导下，进行为期10周的暑期研究项目。该课程让学生接触到物理学的广度和统一性，学生将通过提交书面报告和口头陈述他们的工作来学习如何交流科学。本科生将被介绍许多前沿研究的想法，学生的专题包括：高能物理、宇宙射线物理、天体物理、广义相对论、凝聚态物理、非线性动力学、生物物理学和拓扑物理。教师发表的一系列演讲概述了目前在这些物理领域进行的一些最重要的研究课题。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award funds the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics at the University of Chicago. The site will support twelve students for ten weeks of summer research at the University of Chicago each year. The core of the program for each student is a well-defined 10- week summer research project under supervision of a University of Chicago faculty member. The program provides students with exposure to the breadth and unity of physics, and the students will learn to communicate science by submitting a written report and making an oral presentation on their work.The undergraduate students are introduced to many of the ideas of leading-edge research, and student projects are among: high-energy physics, cosmic-ray physics, astrophysics, general relativity, condensed-matter physics, non-linear dynamics, biophysics, and topological physics. A series of talks presented by faculty provides an overview of some of the most important research topics currently pursued in these areas of physics.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.