REU Site: Accelerator and Nuclear Physics

该奖项支持由老道明大学与杰斐逊实验室合作主办的本科生研究经验(REU)网站的更新。该网站每年夏天为10名本科生提供为期10周的加速器和核物理研究机会。学生们住在杰斐逊实验室，他们的研究项目也设在那里。他们是充满活力的国家实验室社区的一部分，其中包括来自世界各地的教师和研究生，以及其他暑期项目的本科生。我们会根据每个学生的兴趣，仔细地为他们挑选导师，并注意确保每个项目在整个项目过程中进展顺利。加速器和核物理都是具有重要社会影响的研究领域，包括在医学、国土安全和能源生产领域。通过让本科生接触到这些令人兴奋的领域，该项目将增加有才华的学生进入这些领域，无论是加速器科学、核科学的研究生项目，还是工业工作。学生可以从实验和理论项目中进行选择。他们通过在第八周发表一次演讲，就他们的工作写一篇期末论文，并在最后一天展示一张海报来发展他们的沟通技能。除了实验室的许多其他常规活动外，每周还有两次为本科生安排的科学/技术/专业发展讲座。学生还接受技术写作培训，每个学生将在暑期研究结束后的学年里在一次会议上展示他/她的成果。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。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site hosted by Old Dominion University in partnership with Jefferson Laboratory. The site provides opportunities to ten undergraduate students each summer for ten weeks of research on topics in accelerator and nuclear physics. Students are housed at Jefferson Lab and their research projects are located there. They are part of a vibrant national laboratory community, which includes faculty and graduate students from around the world, as well as undergraduates from other summer programs. Mentors are chosen carefully for each student, based on their interests, and care is taken to ensure that each project progresses well over the course of the program. Both accelerator and nuclear physics are research areas with applications of important societal impact, including in the areas of medicine, homeland security, and energy production. By exposing undergraduates to these exciting fields, the program will increase the flow of talented students into these areas, whether that be a graduate program in accelerator science, nuclear science, or jobs in industry. Students can choose from experimental and theoretical projects. They develop their communication skills by presenting a talk in the eighth week and writing a final paper on their work and presenting a poster on the last day. There are two scientific/technical/professional development talks scheduled each week for the undergraduates, in addition to the many other regular activities at the lab. The students also receive training on technical writing, and each student will be mentored to present his/her results at a conference during the academic year following their summer research.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.