REU Site: Broadening Participation and Resiliency in Physics

REU 网站：扩大物理学领域的参与度和弹性

• 批准号: 2244423
• 负责人: Jennifer Curtis
• 金额: $ 48.16万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244423&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Broadening; Participation; Resiliency

Non-Technical Summary Georgia Tech will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program that provides holistic summer research opportunities to a diverse population of undergraduates. The REU's significance is its development and sustained support of the next generation of physicists. It is structured to address the leaky STEM pipeline for underrepresented minorities and women by providing (i) high-quality research experiences in an inclusive climate, (ii) hard and soft skills that support success in STEM fields, and (iii) embedding participants in a supportive network of REU alumni, mentors, and supporters that extends well beyond the summer. A central component of the Georgia Tech Physics REU program is its partnership with the local HBCUs, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College, which prioritizes four out of twelve REU positions for their students. Students are exposed to a broad range of physics through weekly discussions of their progress (Monday Mentoring Meetups), a Frontiers in Physics seminar series, and a trip to a National Laboratory. Participants will gain timely technical skills in a three-day hands-on Computational Physics workshop. Beyond the summer, long-term mentoring and facilitated peer networking will improve outcomes. The combined impact of a high-quality, immersive summer research experience in a supportive and inclusive environment and the possibility of joining a diverse lifelong community of like-minded physicists in the Georgia Tech REU alum network will ultimately improve the number, the success, and the well-being of underrepresented minorities, women, and all REU participants who pursue higher education in physics or another STEM field. Hence, these activities serve national interest by advancing the field of physics, supporting education and diversity, and fostering a new generation of knowledgeable, resilient, and well-prepared scientists so that they may pursue their highest goals.Technical SummaryThe Georgia Tech Physics REU site has a longstanding focus on broadening participation in physics. The aims of this NSF REU program are to: (i) provide high-quality inclusive research experiences, in combination with a series of professional and scientific development activities, (ii) motivate and prepare resilient undergraduates to pursue, and succeed in, graduate study, (iii) assemble a cadre of participants that reflects the diversity of the U.S., (iv) attract students from institutions that have limited research activities, (v) continue engagement of the participants beyond the summer and throughout their careers, and (vi) foster collaborations between Georgia Tech and the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC: Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta) to enhance inclusive educational and research opportunities for students in the AUCC. Each participant will work with a faculty member who has an active research group in an area of interest to the student. Available physics research projects will range from quantum materials to the physics of living systems to astrophysics. The program will benefit from shared activities with established REU programs (~5) in other disciplines within the College of Sciences. At the end of the program, students share their research in poster and oral presentations at a College-wide REU Research Symposium. Students will be encouraged to present at external conferences, and AUCC students will have the option to continue research at Georgia Tech beyond the summer. Long-term mentoring of REU alums will strengthen their resilience and support their journeys beyond college. Networking between the REU alum cohorts will be facilitated via the 'Alum in the Hot Seat' series, a newsletter, and the GT REU Physics Linked In Group.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.

非技术摘要格鲁吉亚理工学院将举办本科生研究经验（REU）计划，为不同的本科生群体提供全面的夏季研究机会。REU的意义在于它的发展和对下一代物理学家的持续支持。它的结构是通过提供（一）在包容性的气候中的高质量的研究经验，（二）支持在干领域的成功的硬和软技能，以及（三）嵌入参与者的支持网络REU校友，导师和支持者，远远超出了夏天。格鲁吉亚理工物理REU计划的一个核心组成部分是与当地HBCU，克拉克亚特兰大大学，莫尔豪斯学院和斯佩尔曼学院的合作伙伴关系，该学院优先考虑12个REU职位中的4个。学生通过每周讨论他们的进展（周一辅导聚会），物理学前沿系列研讨会和国家实验室之旅接触到广泛的物理学。参与者将在为期三天的动手计算物理研讨会中获得及时的技术技能。在夏季之后，长期的指导和促进同侪网络将改善成果。 在支持性和包容性的环境中，高质量，沉浸式的夏季研究体验的综合影响，以及加入格鲁吉亚Tech REU明矾网络中志同道合的物理学家的多样化终身社区的可能性，最终将提高数量，成功和代表性不足的少数民族，妇女和所有REU参与者的福祉，他们追求物理学或其他STEM领域的高等教育。因此，这些活动服务于国家利益，推进物理学领域，支持教育和多样性，培养知识渊博，适应能力强，准备充分的科学家，使他们可以追求自己的最高目标的新一代。技术摘要该格鲁吉亚技术物理REU网站有一个长期的重点扩大参与物理。这个NSF REU计划的目的是：（一）提供高质量的包容性研究经验，结合一系列的专业和科学发展活动，（二）激励和准备弹性本科生追求，并在研究生学习中取得成功，（三）组装一个反映美国多样性的参与者骨干，(iv)吸引来自研究活动有限的机构的学生，（v）在夏季之后和整个职业生涯中继续参与参与者的参与，以及（vi）促进格鲁吉亚理工学院和亚特兰大大学中心联盟（AUCC：莫尔豪斯学院，斯佩尔曼学院，克拉克亚特兰大）之间的合作，以增强AUCC学生的包容性教育和研究机会。每个参与者将与一名在学生感兴趣的领域拥有活跃研究小组的教师合作。可用的物理学研究项目将从量子材料到生命系统物理学再到天体物理学。该计划将受益于与科学学院内其他学科的既定REU计划（~5）的共享活动。在课程结束时，学生们在全校范围的REU研究研讨会上分享他们的海报和口头报告。 学生将被鼓励出席外部会议，AUCC学生将有机会在夏季之后继续在格鲁吉亚理工学院进行研究。REU校友的长期指导将加强他们的韧性，并支持他们的大学以外的旅程。REU校友群体之间的网络将通过“热座校友”系列、时事通讯和GT REU物理链接组来促进。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。