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

该奖项支持在实验高能物理和天体物理学在尼维斯实验室，哥伦比亚大学本科生（REU）网站的研究经验的更新。该网站每年夏天支持10名本科生进行培训和从事原创，前沿的物理研究，每个人都作为团队的一部分，并在一群专门的教师导师的直接指导下工作。学生参与的研究项目包括当前和未来的粒子物理学和天体物理学实验，寻求解决具有根本重要性的科学问题，包括质量起源，中微子振荡和暗物质。这些问题的答案将对我们理解宇宙产生深远的影响。该计划为本科生提供沉浸式研究机会，让他们加入这些追求的兴奋，并参与实现这些目标所需的技术和计算工具的开发。尼维斯实验室正在进行的实验研究项目的实力，加上尼维斯世界一流的电子设计基础设施，形成了一个独特的环境，培养学生。学生有机会获得所有实验方面的经验，从探测器研发和硬件开发，到软件开发和数据分析。&在为期十周的暑期课程中，学生们还参加了个人和专业发展计划，包括动手计算教程，科学道德培训，STEM职业道路选择，研究和沟通技能以及科学写作。通过一系列广泛的讲座和实验室参观，以及到附近的布鲁克海文美国国家实验室实地考察，学生们还接触到许多其他物理领域令人兴奋的研究问题。除了提供沉浸式的科学研究体验外，该计划的主要目标还包括增加学生对物理研究的知识和兴趣，增加历史上被排除在外的人口在STEM中的参与，并激励学生在STEM领域进行研究生学习。实现这些目标对于提供未来训练有素且多元化的劳动力至关重要，这些劳动力是继续引领技术日益进步的世界所需的。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的知识价值进行评估，被认为值得支持影响审查标准。

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.