REU Site: University of Washington Physics

该奖项支持西雅图华盛顿大学本科生研究经验（REU）网站的更新。该计划提供了一个广泛的选择，从几乎每一个物理子领域的学生项目。它利用了华盛顿大学强大的内部“桌面”实验项目；它的机械车间设施包括一个一流的学生车间；美国能源部核物理和天体物理卓越中心；以及从核理论研究所到生物物理学的理论机会，以及使用20万亿次浮点运算的本地集群，以及对物理教育的研究。该奖项每年夏天资助12名学生。选择将是竞争的，考虑过去的学习成绩，推荐信，并考虑到影响学生职业生涯的潜力。每个学生参与者将与威斯康星大学的指导老师合作。几位物理系教师作为顾问参加，从附属院系选出的教师也参加。学生工作包括：设计、建造和调试仪器；数据收集和分析；数值模拟;建模软件的开发；和理论。这项工作经常在期刊上发表。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 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Washington, Seattle. The program offers a broad selection of student projects from almost every sub-field of physics. It makes use of the University of Washington's strong in-house "table-top" experimental programs; its machine-shop facilities including a first-rate student shop; CENPA, a DOE center-of-excellence in nuclear physics and astrophysics; and theory opportunities ranging from the Institute for Nuclear Theory to Biophysics to use of a twenty-teraflop local cluster, as well as research into physics education. The award supports twelve students per summer. Selection will be competitive, considering past academic performance, letters of recommendation, and taking into account the potential for impacting the student's career.Each student participant will be partnered with a UW faculty adviser. Several Physics faculty members participate as advisers, as do selected faculty from affiliated departments. Student work includes: design, construction, and commissioning of instrumentation; data collection and analysis; numerical modeling; the development of software for such modeling; and theory. Not infrequently this work culminates in a journal publication.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.