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

该奖项支持哥伦比亚大学尼维斯实验室本科生高能物理和天体物理实验研究经验（REU）站点的更新。该网站每年夏天为10名本科生提供培训，让他们从事原创的、前沿的物理研究，每个人都作为一个团队的一部分，在一群专门的教师导师的直接指导下工作。学生们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，寻求解决具有根本性重要性的科学问题，包括质量的起源、中微子振荡和暗物质。这些问题的答案将对我们对宇宙的理解产生深远的影响。该项目为本科生提供了身临其境的研究机会，让他们加入这些追求的兴奋之中，并参与实现这些追求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，形成了培养学生的独特环境。学生有机会在所有实验方面获得经验，从探测器的研发和硬件开发，到软件开发和数据分析。在为期十周的暑期项目中，学生们还参加了个人和职业发展项目，其中包括动手计算教程、科学伦理培训、STEM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参观，以及到附近的布鲁克海文美国国家实验室的实地考察，学生们也接触到了许多其他物理领域令人兴奋的研究问题。除了提供身临其境的科学研究体验外，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STEM领域的人群的参与，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和多样化的劳动力至关重要，这是继续领导日益技术化的世界所必需的。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 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.