REU Site: Physics and Astronomy Research at Brigham Young University

REU 网站：杨百翰大学物理与天文学研究

• 批准号: 2348770
• 负责人: Jean-Francois Van Huele
• 金额: $ 60.13万
• 依托单位: Brigham Young University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-05-01 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348770&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Physics; Astronomy; Research

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Brigham Young University will provide students from a diverse pool of undergraduate institutions with a memorable and formative experience in physics and astronomy research to solidify their commitment to further study and careers in scientific fields. The leaders will guide participants in short but intense research projects in one of the many active research areas in physics and astronomy at Brigham Young University. The whole cohort is mentored from initial research prospectus to final report and intermediate presentations in addition to the one-on-one faculty mentoring. Professional preparation and skill development are complemented with informal activities for social cohesion and networking. The individual participants' projects explore a broad spectrum of currently unsolved problems through hands-on activities under a faculty mentor's direct supervision to provide significant and lasting educational and intellectual benefits to the participants. As the participants' projects are integrated into the current research program of active research groups, they are likely to contribute to the advance of knowledge and produce results that can be published and/or presented at professional meetings. Participants are immersed in an intense collaborative experiment centered around collegiality and scientific practice at a significant time in their educational development. By assembling a vast group of diverse participants from different walks of life but with a common purpose and interest in physics, the program intends to create lifelong connections and a resource network that will benefit all participants, their scientific productivity, and professional trajectory. A particular aspect of the program is the inclusion of two RET participants, typically one local. There are identical research expectations for REU and RET participants, and both groups benefit from the association.The program offers experimental, computational, and theoretical projects in a wide variety of sub fields of physics. Although each student's project is unique, participants indicate that they benefit from the broader exposure to physics through the REU cohort. The areas covered include: Quantum Information and Dynamics, Semiconductor and Solar Energy Nanomaterials, Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanet Atmospheres, Coherent Lenses Imaging and Optics, Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication, Galactic Astronomy Deep Imaging, Local Structure of Quantum Materials, Materials Structure, Properties and Symmetries, Modeling Complex Systems, Nanomagnetism, Nonlinear Acoustics, Numerical Relativity, Observational Astronomy, Particle Theory, Physics and Astronomy Education, Pulsating Star Astronomy, and Underwater Acoustics, Material Physics for Space Observation, 3D printing in Science Teaching, Active Galactic Nuclei, Computational Biophysics, Orbits of Exoplanets and Solar System Small Bodies, Acoustics and Vibration. This award is supported by the Division of Physics, the Division of Materials Research, and the Division of Astronomical Sciences within the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.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.

这个研究经验的本科生（REU）网站在杨百翰大学将提供学生从本科院校的多元化池在物理学和天文学研究难忘的和形成的经验，以巩固他们的承诺，进一步研究和职业生涯在科学领域。领导者将指导参与者在杨百翰大学物理学和天文学的许多活跃研究领域之一进行简短但激烈的研究项目。除了一对一的教师指导外，整个队列从最初的研究计划书到最终报告和中间演示文稿都得到了指导。专业准备和技能发展还辅之以促进社会凝聚力和建立联系的非正式活动。个人参与者的项目通过在教师导师的直接监督下进行的实践活动，探索目前尚未解决的广泛问题，为参与者提供显著而持久的教育和智力利益。由于参与者的项目被纳入活跃的研究小组的当前研究计划，他们很可能有助于知识的进步，并产生可以在专业会议上发表和/或介绍的结果。参与者沉浸在一个激烈的合作实验围绕合议和科学实践在他们的教育发展的重要时刻。通过聚集来自各行各业但对物理学有共同目的和兴趣的众多参与者，该计划旨在建立终身联系和资源网络，使所有参与者，他们的科学生产力和专业轨迹受益。该方案的一个特殊方面是纳入两名可再生能源技术参与者，通常是一名当地人。REU和RET参与者有相同的研究期望，两个团体都从协会中受益。该计划提供各种物理子领域的实验，计算和理论项目。虽然每个学生的项目是独特的，参与者表示，他们受益于更广泛的接触物理通过REU队列。所涉领域包括：量子信息和动力学，半导体和太阳能纳米材料，褐矮星和系外行星大气，相干透镜成像和光学，电子显微镜和纳米纤维，银河天文学深度成像，量子材料的局部结构，材料结构，性质和对称性，复杂系统建模，纳米磁学，非线性声学，数值相对论，观测天文学，粒子理论，物理学和天文学教育，脉动星星天文学、水下声学、空间观测材料物理学、科学教学中的3D打印、活动星系核、计算生物物理学、系外行星和太阳系小天体轨道、声学和振动。 该奖项由数学和物理科学理事会的物理部、材料研究部和天文科学部支持。该奖项反映了NSF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。