REU Site: Championing Physics in Multicultural Miami: Dismantling Barriers for New Research Perspectives

该奖项支持迈阿密大学物理学专业的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该网站的目标是每年夏天吸引八名学生参与交叉的前沿物理学研究，研究背景设在充满活力的多元文化城市迈阿密。通过一对一的指导和动手研究，学生们将对科学过程有一个深入的、“内部”的看法，并逐渐将自己视为推动学科发展的重要参与者。还计划了一系列强有力的“短途旅行”，以及社区参与的机会。科学家与他们的社区之间的密切联系对于打击虚假信息和对科学的不信任、创造更知情和更有能力的公民以及确保相关、负责任和令人信服的研究至关重要。由REU活动支持的社区参与将不仅仅是分享研究；它将鼓励家庭对科学的支持，并激励更年轻的参与者追求科学事业。本科生将参与的项目包括研究海洋幼虫的生物物理学、果蝇(果蝇)的生物钟、爬行昆虫的导航、高光子状态的随机光设计、新材料的传输特性、开发下一代毫米波和X射线仪器、量子计算、恒星爆炸的模拟，以及使用现代计算来解决传统的、重要的物理问题。重点是培养实验设计、批判性思维、解决问题、科学计算、数据采集和分析以及沟通方面的技能。通过使用尖端设施和有成就的研究人员，参与者将能够为促进各自领域的知识进步做出贡献，工作导致在会议和同行评议的出版物上发表演讲。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 a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics at the University of Miami. The site aims to engage eight students each summer in cross-cutting, frontier Physics research set in the dynamic and multicultural city of Miami. Through one-on-one mentoring and hands-on research, the students will get an in-depth, “insider” view of the scientific process, and come to see themselves as important actors in advancing the discipline. A robust set of “excursions” is also planned, as well as opportunities for community engagement. Close links between scientists and their communities are critical to counter disinformation and distrust of science, to create a better informed and more empowered citizenry, and to ensure relevant, responsible, and compelling research. Community engagement supported by the REU engagements will go beyond sharing research; it will encourage support for science from families and inspire even younger participants to pursue science careers.Undergraduate students will be involved in projects including studying the biophysics of marine larvae, circadian clocks of Drosophila (fruit-fly), navigation of crawling insects, random light design with high photonic states, transport properties of novel materials, developing the next generation of mm-wave and X-ray instruments, quantum computing, simulations of exploding stars, and using modern computing to take on traditional, non-trivial physics problems. Emphasis will be on developing skills in experimental design, critical thinking, problem solving, scientific computing, data acquisition and analysis, and communication. With access to cutting-edge facilities and accomplished researchers, participants will be able to contribute to advancing knowledge in their respective fields, with work leading to presentations at conferences and peer-reviewed publications.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.