REU Site: UC Davis Physics

该奖项支持更新加州大学戴维斯分校的本科生物理研究体验(REU)网站。每年，REU计划将为来自美国各地的12名学生提供参加为期10周的暑期研究计划的机会。REU的学生与一位教师导师密切合作，从不同的物理子领域中挑选出一个为期十周的研究项目。这些项目跨越天体物理、生物物理、复杂系统、凝聚态物质、核物理和粒子物理等子领域。项目的例子包括努力了解量子引力，利用纳米颗粒开发光伏，研究暗能量和暗物质，模拟阿尔茨海默病的工作原理，生产具有重要医学意义的放射性同位素，等等。除了他们的具体研究项目外，学生们还从他们与教师、研究生和其他REU学生的互动中学习，以及从实地考察中学习，展示在不同环境中与物理相关的工作。学生们将参观麦克莱伦核研究中心、利克天文台和高级光源等设施。在项目结束时，每个参与者都要做一份正式的研究报告，并提交一份书面的项目报告，这份报告可能会导致同行评议的出版。作为一个整体，REU活动传授对进一步的科学努力有用的技能，让学生对未来可能的道路有一个广阔的视角，并帮助他们建立一个专业联系网络。该奖项由国家科学基金会数学和物理科学局内的物理部和材料研究部支持。该奖项反映了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。

This award supports the renewal of the Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of California, Davis. Each year, the REU program will provide twelve students from around the United States an opportunity to participate in a ten-week summer research program. REU students work closely with a faculty mentor on a ten-week research project chosen from a variety of physics subfields. The projects span the subfields of astrophysics, biophysics, complex systems, condensed matter, nuclear and particle physics. Examples of projects include efforts to understand quantum gravity, develop photovoltaics from nanoparticles, investigate dark energy and dark matter, model the workings of Alzheimer's disease, produce medically important radioactive isotopes, and many more. In addition to their specific research project, the students learn from their interactions with faculty, graduate students, and other REU students, and from field trips showing physics-related work in diverse settings. Students will visit facilities such as the McClellan Nuclear Research Center, Lick Observatory, and the Advanced Light Source. At the end of the program, each participant gives a formal research presentation and presents a written project report that can lead to a peer reviewed publication. Taken as a whole, the REU activities teach skills useful for further scientific endeavors, give students a broad perspective on possible future paths, and help them build a network of professional contacts. This award is supported by the Division of Physics and the Division of Materials Research within the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation.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.