REU Site: Broadening Participation in Physics - A multi-institutional REU program

非技术描述：该研究经验的本科生（REU）网站在物理学院在技术（格鲁吉亚理工学院）的格鲁吉亚学院从事本科生沉浸式的夏季研究经验，为参与者提供动手物理研究和鼓励开始研究生学习。格鲁吉亚理工学院与亚特兰大大学中心的机构（莫尔豪斯学院，克拉克亚特兰大大学，斯佩尔曼学院）之间的这种多机构合作关系促进了国家在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）方面创造训练有素，多样化劳动力的利益。本网站的主要目的是：（1）提供高质量的研究经验，结合一系列的专业发展活动，为来访的本科生研究人员的队列，（2）激励和准备有才华的本科生追求，并成功地在研究生学习，（3）组装一个干部的参与者，反映了美国人口的多样性，（4）吸引来自研究活动有限的机构的学生，（5）在暑期课程结束后，当参与者返回他们的家乡机构时，继续参与，以及（6）培养联盟中四个机构之间的研究和教学合作。网站的其他组成部分包括团队建设活动、定期小组会议、研究研讨会系列、讲习班系列（例如，技术培训：在格鲁吉亚科技大学亚特兰大大学中心本科生研究经验（REU）网站的本科生参与者与教师导师和研究小组配对，与她/他的物理兴趣保持一致。暑期研究项目是从一系列的可能性，从原子物理学凝聚态物理学;从生命系统的物理学天体物理学和计算物理学。该网站旨在加强格鲁吉亚理工学院和亚特兰大大学中心的机构之间的互动，从而提高那些主要为本科生，少数民族服务的机构的研究能力。该网站是精心设计的交织高质量的研究经验，指导和社区建设之间的REU参与者，以便为学生提供丰富的，支持性的成长经验。谁完成这个夏天的经验的学生都配备了宝贵的技能（硬和软），一个增强的观点，并在追求他们的STEM职业生涯的一个永久的导师组，以帮助.这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估的支持.

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the School of Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) engages undergraduate students in an immersive summer research experience that provides participants with hands-on physics research and encouragement to embark on graduate studies. This multi-institutional partnership between Georgia Tech and the institutions in the Atlanta University Center (Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College) fosters the nation's interests in creating a highly-trained, diverse workforce in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The primary objectives of this Site are to: (1) provide high quality research experiences, in combination with a series of professional development activities, for cohorts of visiting undergraduate researchers, (2) motivate and prepare talented undergraduates to pursue, and succeed in, graduate studies, (3) assemble a cadre of participants that reflects the diversity of the U.S. population, (4) attract students from institutions that have limited research activities, (5) continue engagement of the participants beyond the summer program when they return to their home institutions, and (6) nurture collaborations in research and instruction between the four institutions in the consortium. Other components of the site include team-building activities, regular group meetings, a research seminar series, a workshop series (e.g., focused on ethics, presentation skills, and graduate opportunities), undergraduate research symposia, and field trips to industrial and government laboratories.TECHNICAL DETAILS: Undergraduate participants in the Georgia Tech - Atlanta University Center Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) site are paired with a faculty mentor and research group aligned with her/his physics interests. Summer research projects are selected from an array of possibilities ranging from atomic physics to condensed matter physics; from physics of living systems to astrophysics and computational physics. The Site aims to enhance interactions between Georgia Tech and the institutions in the Atlanta University Center and thereby increases the capacity for research at those predominantly undergraduate, minority-serving institutions. The Site is carefully structured to interweave high-quality research experiences, mentoring, and community building between the REU participants in order to provide students with a rich, supportive growth experience. Students who complete this summer experience are well-equipped with invaluable skillsets (hard and soft), an enhanced perspective, and a permanent set of mentors to aid in pursuit of their STEM careers.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.