REU Site: Summer Research in Physics at the University of Arkansas

REU 网站：阿肯色大学物理学暑期研究

• 批准号: 1851919
• 负责人: Reeta Vyas
• 金额: $ 35.89万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1851919&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Research; Physics

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The Physics research experience for undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Arkansas continues to provide exciting research opportunities to students, mostly from, but not limited to, undergraduate institutions in the Ozark region and surrounding states with limited or no infrastructure to support undergraduate research. Each year, a diverse group of students including women and underrepresented minorities are targeted for recruiting. The success with this aspect is assured by a network of faculty and alumni contacts at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and institutions with significant Native American and Hispanic populations, and the University's infrastructure for minority recruiting. Additionally, a few students who may have not performed well in courses, but show indication of originality and creativity, are included. The selected students participate in experimental and theoretical research projects in nanoscale materials, condensed matter, soft matter, biophysics, photonics, lasers, and quantum optics. They acquire skills and practices essential to scientific problem solving and for working in a collaborative environment through mentoring from faculty, post-doctoral scholars, and senior graduate students. They visit high-tech industries, participate in professional development activities that include weekly seminars, workshops on laboratory safety, library database searches, graduate school applications, oral and written communications skills, a participatory scientific ethics course, and social/cultural activities with other REU groups. The evaluation process incorporates both direct measures of student success and indirect measures (student, mentor, alumni survey) of learning and achievements to provide guidance to continually upgrade the REU program and broaden its impact. Many participants in the REU site continue with graduate studies or find employment directly after graduation in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields.TECHNICAL DETAILS: The REU participants work on carefully chosen research projects on topics of current interest such as properties of nanoscale materials, thermal motion of free standing grapheme using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), atomically thin material quantum devices, solid-state nanopore fabrication for detection of DNA, phase transition in two dimensional atomic materials beyond graphene, light-quantum dot interaction, lasers, structured light beams, quantum correlations in light, super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, and statistical and nonlinear physics of extremophiles and the brain. Through engagement with their research projects for ten weeks, the participants receive technical training in using the state of the art instruments, and computational and analytical research techniques. They experience the creative process involved in scientific research starting from the formulation of a problem to its solution, the ups and downs, and the eventual thrill of a new discovery. At the end of the summer, students present their research at a REU symposium. Many go on to present the results of their research at national/international scientific conferences and publish papers based on their work in scientific research journals. Each REU participant leaves having acquired technical skills in the use of advanced scientific instruments and softer skills to be a productive member of the nation's scientific and technical workforce.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.

非技术描述：物理研究经验的本科生（REU）网站在阿肯色州的大学继续提供令人兴奋的研究机会给学生，主要是从，但不限于，本科院校在欧扎克地区和周边国家有限或没有基础设施，以支持本科研究。每年，包括妇女和代表性不足的少数民族在内的各种学生群体都是招聘的目标。这方面的成功是由教师和校友联系网络在历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）和机构与显着的美洲原住民和西班牙裔人口，以及大学的基础设施少数民族招聘保证。此外，一些学生谁可能没有表现得很好的课程，但显示的原创性和创造力的迹象，包括在内。被选中的学生参加纳米材料，凝聚态物质，软物质，生物物理学，光子学，激光和量子光学的实验和理论研究项目。他们通过教师，博士后学者和高年级研究生的指导，获得解决科学问题和在协作环境中工作所必需的技能和实践。他们参观高科技行业，参加专业发展活动，包括每周研讨会，实验室安全研讨会，图书馆数据库搜索，研究生院申请，口头和书面沟通技巧，参与式科学道德课程，以及与其他REU团体的社会/文化活动。评估过程包括学生成功的直接措施和学习和成就的间接措施（学生，导师，校友调查），以提供指导，不断升级REU计划，扩大其影响。REU网站的许多参与者继续研究生学习或毕业后直接在科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）领域找到工作。REU参与者致力于精心挑选的研究项目，这些项目涉及当前感兴趣的主题，例如纳米材料的特性，使用扫描隧道显微镜（STM）的独立石墨烯的热运动，原子薄材料量子器件，用于检测DNA的固态纳米孔制造、石墨烯以外的二维原子材料中的相变、光量子点相互作用、激光、结构化光束、光中的量子相关性、超分辨率荧光显微镜以及极端微生物和大脑的统计和非线性物理。通过参与他们的研究项目十周，参与者接受技术培训，使用最先进的仪器，计算和分析研究技术。他们经历了科学研究中涉及的创造性过程，从问题的形成到解决问题，起起唐斯，以及新发现的最终兴奋。在夏季结束时，学生们在REU研讨会上展示他们的研究。许多人继续在国家/国际科学会议上介绍其研究成果，并在科学研究期刊上发表基于其工作的论文。每个REU参与者都拥有使用先进科学仪器的技术技能和软技能，成为国家科学和技术劳动力中的一员。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Optical enhancement of photoluminescence with colloidal quantum dots

胶体量子点光致发光的光学增强

• DOI: 10.1117/12.2188362
• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: SPIE Proceedings
• 作者: Abraham, Gabrielle;French, David A.;Bajwa, Pooja;Heyes, Colin D.;Herzog, Joseph B.
• 通讯作者: Herzog, Joseph B.

Modeling and optimization of Au-GaAs plasmonic nanoslit array structures for enhanced near-infrared photodetector applications

• DOI: 10.1117/1.jnp.11.016017
• 发表时间: 2017-01-01
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF NANOPHOTONICS
• 影响因子: 1.5
• 作者: Brawley, Zachary T.;Bauman, Stephen J.;Herzog, Joseph B.
• 通讯作者: Herzog, Joseph B.

Tuning energy barriers by doping 2D group-IV monochalcogenides

• DOI: 10.1063/5.0008502
• 发表时间: 2020-05
• 期刊: Journal of Applied Physics
• 影响因子: 3.2
• 作者: A. Du;Zachary Pendergrast;S. Barraza‐Lopez

Real-Time Imaging of Laser-Induced Nanowelding of Silver Nanoparticles in Solution

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c00184
• 发表时间: 2021-05
• 期刊: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 作者: A. Rogers;I. Niyonshuti;Alice Cai;Feng Wang;M. Benamara;Jingyi Chen;Yong Wang

Giant hyperferroelectricity in LiZnSb and its origin

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.107.094108
• 发表时间: 2023-03
• 期刊: Physical Review B
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: Shaohui Qiu;Steven Rhodes;H. Fu