REU Site: Accelerator and Nuclear Physics

该奖项支持由Old自治领大学（ODU）与杰斐逊实验室合作主办的本科生研究经验（REU）网站的更新。该网站每年夏天为十名本科生提供十周的加速器和核物理主题研究的机会。学生们住在杰斐逊实验室和他们的研究项目位于那里。他们是一个充满活力的国家实验室社区的一部分，其中包括来自世界各地的教师和研究生，以及来自其他暑期项目的本科生，无论是在杰斐逊实验室和ODU。根据每个学生的兴趣，为他们仔细选择导师，并注意确保每个项目在计划的过程中顺利进行。加速器和核物理都是具有重要社会影响的研究领域，包括医学，基础科学，国土安全和能源生产领域。通过让本科生接触这些令人兴奋的领域，该计划将增加有才华的学生流入这些领域，无论是加速器科学，核科学还是工业工作的研究生课程。学生可以选择实验和理论项目。他们通过在第九周发表演讲，并在最后一天写一篇关于他们工作的期末论文和展示海报来发展他们的沟通技巧。除了实验室的许多其他常规活动外，每周还为本科生安排两次科学/技术/专业发展讲座。学生还接受技术写作培训，并鼓励和指导每个学生在夏季研究后的学年期间在会议上展示他/她的成果。 该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。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。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site hosted by Old Dominion University (ODU) in partnership with Jefferson Lab. The site provides opportunities to ten undergraduate students each summer for ten weeks of research on topics in accelerator and nuclear physics. Students are housed at Jefferson Lab and their research projects are located there. They are part of a vibrant national laboratory community, which includes faculty and graduate students from around the world, as well as undergraduates from other summer programs, both at Jefferson Lab and at ODU. Mentors are chosen carefully for each student, based on their interests, and care is taken to ensure that each project progresses well over the course of the program. Both accelerator and nuclear physics are research areas with applications of important societal impact, including in the areas of medicine, basic science, homeland security, and energy production. By exposing undergraduates to these exciting fields, the program will increase the flow of talented students into these areas, whether that be a graduate program in accelerator science, nuclear science, or jobs in industry. Students can choose from experimental and theoretical projects. They develop their communication skills by presenting a talk in the ninth week and writing a final paper on their work and presenting a poster on the last day. There are two scientific/technical/professional development talks scheduled each week for the undergraduates, in addition to the many other regular activities at the lab. The students also receive training on technical writing, and each student will be encouraged and mentored to present his/her results at a conference during the academic year following their summer research. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.