REU Site: Physics Research in the Nation's Capital

该奖项支持美国天主教大学（CUA）一个新的本科生研究经验网站。该网站将为8名本科生提供实习机会，让他们在美国首都进行独立的物理研究。其目标是接触并吸引那些本来没有机会获得研究经验的学生参与研究，并教育学生成为研究人员的途径，包括研究生院和学术界及其他领域的职业。中大REU的研究项目包括几个核和粒子物理实验、数据分析和探测器建设项目，这些项目在校园内进行，并受益于中大在材料方面的强大专业知识。核物理和粒子物理的基础研究与应用科学之间的界面是一个特别丰富和令人兴奋的领域，吸引着本科生进入该领域。由于其与国家旗舰实验室的接近和合作，CUA具有独特的地位。REU计划将建立在CUA在前沿研究项目中展示的本科生互利参与的经验基础上，包括一些导致探测器成功构建的项目。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。

This award supports a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates site at the Catholic University of America (CUA). The site will provide internship opportunities for eight undergraduate students to carry out independent physics research in the Nation's Capital. The goal is to reach out to and engage students in research who would otherwise not have the opportunity for research experiences, as well as to educate students about the path to becoming a researcher including graduate school and careers in academia and beyond.The CUA REU research projects include several nuclear and particle physics experiments, data analyses, and detector construction projects that are carried out on campus and benefit from CUA's strong expertise in materials. The interface between basic research in nuclear and particle physics and applied science is a particularly rich and exciting area for attracting undergraduate students into the field. CUA has a unique position because of its proximity to and collaborations with flagship national laboratories. The REU program will build on CUA's demonstrated experience of the mutually beneficial involvement of undergraduate students in cutting edge research projects, including some that have led to the successful construction of detectors.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.