REU Site: Physics Research at the University of Washington Bothell

该奖项支持相对论和相对论天体物理学的研究，并阐述了美国国家科学基金会“宇宙之窗”重大理念的优先领域华盛顿大学博塞尔分校(UWB)的本科生物理学新研究体验(REU)项目将是太平洋西北地区仅有的几个REU项目之一。其目标是给不同的物理专业的学生提供短期的研究经验，包括引力波天文学、计算物理和天体物理、物理教育研究和凝聚态物理。该计划包括来自教师的密切指导和指导，通过专业发展研讨会、研讨会、外展机会、社会活动和研究项目演示，促进互动和学生的积极参与。在华盛顿大学博塞尔分校建立物理REU将通过吸引来自太平洋西北部和全国各地的不同物理学生来扩大UWB物理项目的影响。计划活动将纳入在招收、支持和培训不同的物理学生方面的最佳实践。总体而言，UWB物理REU项目旨在积极影响国家STEM管道的多样性和未来STEM专业人员的培训。该项目将在接下来的三年中每年让八名来自UWB以外的本科生有机会参加UWB为期十周的暑期研究项目。最多六名UWB学生将加入REU队列，从该计划活动中受益并做出贡献。该计划包括来自教师的密切指导和指导，通过专业发展研讨会、研讨会、外展机会、社会活动和研究项目演示，促进互动和学生的积极参与。拟议的REU网站将专注于现象学、实验和应用物理等前沿领域的研究。在引力波天文学方面，参与者将为最大限度地提高这一新观测领域的发现所需的数据分析开发做出贡献。在计算物理和天体物理学方面，学生将改进开发的分析天体物理现象的软件，并为开放源代码的科学计算做出贡献。在物理教育研究中，参与者将了解人们如何学习和实践物理和天文学。凝聚态研究项目将研究用于光学和电子应用的薄膜的特性。所有参与的学生将有机会通过REU培训讲习班和在他们的研究项目中的应用获得编程技能。REU学生对UWB物理研究小组的贡献将推动每个研究导师在其研究合作和更广泛领域的背景下领导的工作。在华盛顿大学博塞尔分校建立物理REU将通过吸引来自太平洋西北部和全国各地的不同物理学生来扩大UWB物理项目的影响。总体而言，UWB物理REU计划旨在积极影响国家STEM管道的多样性和未来STEM专业人员的培训。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 research in relativity and relativistic astrophysics and it addresses the priority areas of NSF's "Windows on the Universe" Big IdeaA new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in physics at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) will be one of the only physics REU programs in the Pacific Northwest. The goal is to give a diverse group of physics students short-term research experience in gravitational-wave astronomy, computational physics and astrophysics, physics education research, and condensed matter physics. The program includes close mentoring and guidance from faculty, fostering interaction, and active participation by students through professional development workshops, seminars, outreach opportunities, social activities, and presentation of research projects. Establishing an REU in Physics at the University of Washington Bothell will broaden the UWB Physics program's impact by attracting diverse physics students from the Pacific Northwest and across the country. The REU program's coordination with local UWB physics summer research students will bring a broad national perspective and awareness to the participating UWB physics students, encouraging them to continue their studies and research training to become part of the diverse STEM workforce. Program activities will incorporate best practices in recruiting, supporting, and training diverse physics students. Overall, the UWB Physics REU program is designed to positively impact the diversity of the national STEM pipeline and the training of future STEM professionals.The program will give eight undergraduate students from outside UWB the opportunity to participate in a ten-week summer research program at UWB during each of the next three years. Up to six UWB students supported by faculty grants will join the REU cohort to benefit from and contribute to the program activities. The program includes close mentoring and guidance from faculty, fostering interaction, and active participation by students through professional development workshops, seminars, outreach opportunities, social activities, and presentation of research projects. The proposed REU site will focus on research in frontier areas of phenomenological, experimental, and applied physics. In gravitational wave astronomy, participants will contribute to data analysis developments needed to maximize discoveries in this new observational field. In computational physics and astrophysics, students will improve developed software to analyze astrophysical phenomena and contribute to open source scientific computing. In physics education research, participants will understand how people learn and practice physics and astronomy. Condensed matter research projects will investigate the characteristics of thin films for optical and electrical applications. All participating students will have the opportunity to gain programming skills through REU training workshops and in application to their research projects. REU student contributions to UWB Physics research groups will advance the work led by each research mentor within the context of their research collaborations and the broader field. Establishing an REU in Physics at the University of Washington Bothell will broaden the UWB Physics program's impact by attracting diverse physics students from the Pacific Northwest and across the country. Overall, the UWB Physics REU program is designed to positively impact the diversity of the national STEM pipeline and the training of future STEM professionals.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.