REU Site: UC Davis Physics

该奖项支持加州大学戴维斯分校本科生物理研究经验（REU）网站的更新。每年，REU项目将为来自美国各地的12名学生提供参加为期10周的暑期研究项目的机会。REU学生与教师导师密切合作，从各种物理子领域中选择一个为期十周的研究项目。这些项目涵盖了天体物理学、生物物理学、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理解量子引力，从纳米颗粒中开发光伏，研究暗能量和暗物质，模拟阿尔茨海默病的运作，生产医学上重要的放射性同位素等等。除了他们具体的研究项目，学生们从他们与教师、研究生和其他REU学生的互动中学习，并从实地考察中学习，在不同的环境中展示物理相关的工作。学生们将参观麦克莱伦核研究中心、利克天文台和先进光源等设施。在项目结束时，每个参与者都要做一个正式的研究报告，并提交一份书面的项目报告，该报告可能会被同行评审出版。总的来说，REU的活动教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野，并帮助他们建立一个专业联系网络。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会数学与物理科学理事会物理部和材料研究部资助。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 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.