REU Site: Condensed Matter Physics and Applied Materials

非技术描述：这个项目将本科生带到佛罗里达大学进行材料物理及其应用的研究。让学生在本科期间进行研究是鼓励他们继续进行科学、技术和工程教育的最佳方式之一。申请来自全美各地，特别强调招收来自研究机会有限的学校和科学和工程领域代表性较低群体的学生。对于许多学生来说，这是他们第一次也可能是唯一一次体验高级科学研究的机会。这项研究为下一代材料在各种应用中的应用奠定了科学基础。技术细节：每个学生与一位来自物理、化学或材料科学与工程的教师导师合作，与他们研究小组的其他成员一起进行为期10周的计划。研究课题包括：测量纳米材料的电、磁、热和光学性质，生长包括超导体和具有拓扑性质的新材料，以及电子和生物材料的计算建模。研究成果为新材料的应用奠定了基础。该项目的学生参加关于书面和口头交流的专业发展研讨会，申请研究生院，尖端科学研究，并参观佛罗里达大学校园内外的科学设施。学生们在他们的研究领域获得了足够的知识，以至于他们在项目的第六周参观了他们的研究实验室。在项目结束时，参与者写一篇10到20页的论文，并就他们的研究做一个陈述。许多参与者还在科学会议上展示他们的成果和/或公布他们的结果。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: This project brings undergraduates to the University of Florida to conduct research on the physics of materials and their applications. Having students conduct research while an undergraduate is one of the best ways to encourage them to continue in science, technology, and engineering education. Applications come from across the United States, and there is a special emphasis on recruiting and accepting students from schools with limited research opportunities and from underrepresented groups in science and engineering. For many students this is their first and perhaps only opportunity to experience advanced scientific research. The research conducted lays the scientific foundation for the next generation of materials used in a myriad of applications.TECHNICAL DETAILS: Each student works with a faculty mentor from physics, chemistry or materials science and engineering, alongside other members of their research group in a 10-week program. The research topics include: measuring the electronic, magnetic, thermal, and optical properties of nanometer scale materials, growing new materials including superconductors and those with topological properties, and computational modeling of electronic and biomaterials. The research conducted lays the foundation for applications of new materials. Students in the program attend professional development workshops on written and oral communication, applying to graduate school, cutting edge scientific research, and visit scientific facilities both on and off the University of Florida campus. The students become sufficiently knowledgeable in their research area that they give tours of their research labs during week 6 of the program. At the end of the program participants write a 10 to 20-page paper and give a presentation on their research. Many participants also present their results at scientific meetings and/or publish their results.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.