REU Site: Nevis Laboratories Columbia University for Summers 2024-2026

REU 网站：哥伦比亚大学尼维斯实验室 2024-2026 年暑假

• 批准号: 2349438
• 负责人: Georgia Karagiorgi
• 金额: $ 37.27万
• 依托单位: Columbia 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: 2024-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349438&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Nevis; Laboratories; Columbia

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in experimental high energy physics and astrophysics at Nevis Labs, Columbia University. The site supports ten undergraduate students each summer to train and engage in original, cutting-edge physics research, each working as part of a team and under the direct guidance of a dedicated cohort of faculty mentors. The students are involved in research projects that include current and future particle physics and astrophysics experiments, seeking to address scientific questions of fundamental importance, including the origin of mass, neutrino oscillations, and dark matter. Answers to these questions will have profound implications for our understanding of the universe. The program provides immersive research opportunities for undergraduate students to join the excitement of these pursuits, and participate in the development of the technological and computational tools required to achieve them. The strength of the ongoing experimental research program at Nevis Labs, coupled with the Nevis infrastructure of world class electronics design, forms a unique environment for training students. Opportunities exist for students to gain experience in all experiment aspects, from detector R&D and hardware development, to software development and data analysis. Over the course of the ten-week summer program, the students also participate in personal and professional development programs that encompass hands-on computational tutorials, training in scientific ethics, career path options in STEM, research and communication skills, and scientific writing. Through an extensive series of lectures and lab visits, as well as a field trip to nearby Brookhaven U.S. National Laboratory, the students are also exposed to exciting research problems in many other physics fields. In addition to providing an immersive scientific research experience, key goals of the program include increasing the knowledge and interest of students in physics research, increasing participation of historically-excluded populations in STEM, and motivating students to pursue graduate studies in STEM fields. Achieving these goals is critical for providing the future well-trained and diverse workforce required to continue to lead an increasingly technological world.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.

该奖项支持哥伦比亚大学Nevis Labs实验性高能物理和天体物理学的本科生研究经验的更新。该网站每年夏天为十名本科生提供支持，以培训和参与原始的，尖端的物理研究，每个研究都是团队的一部分，并在专门的教职员工的直接指导下进行。这些学生参与了包括当前和未来的粒子物理和天体物理学实验的研究项目，试图解决有关基本重要性的科学问题，包括质量，中微子振荡和暗物质的起源。这些问题的答案将对我们对宇宙的理解产生深远的影响。该计划为本科生提供了沉浸式的研究机会，以加入这些追求的兴奋，并参与实现这些追求的技术和计算工具的开发。 Nevis Labs正在进行的实验研究计划的实力，再加上世界一流电子设计的Nevis基础设施，为培训学生构成了独特的环境。存在机会让学生获得从探测器研发和硬件开发到软件开发和数据分析的所有实验方面的经验。在为期十周的夏季计划的过程中，学生还参加了个人和专业发展计划，这些计划包括动手计算教程，科学伦理学培训，STEM的职业道路选择，研究和沟通技巧以及科学写作。通过一系列广泛的讲座和实验室访问，以及前往布鲁克黑文美国国家实验室的实地考察，这些学生还遇到了许多其他物理领域的令人兴奋的研究问题。除了提供身临其境的科学研究经验外，该计划的主要目标包括增加学生对物理研究的知识和兴趣，增加了历史悠久的人群参与STEM的知识和兴趣，并激励学生从事STEM领域的研究生学习。实现这些目标对于提供未来训练有素且多样化的劳动力至关重要，以继续领导越来越多的技术世界。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估审查标准的评估值得支持的。