Research Experience for Undergraduate Physics Majors

西南研究院2000年REU物理暑期项目将允许学生参与空间物理、天体物理、光学、极光和磁层物理、等离子体探测器开发、大气物理、天文学和行星科学等研究项目。学生将在全国范围内进行选择，优先考虑那些进入物理年级并反映德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥性别和种族人口结构的学生。学生将参加一个为期十周的暑期计划，以发展解决研究问题的技能，参加职业探索的研讨会，观察并参与正在进行的研究项目。该研究所的工作人员通过基本建模和理论研究、使用地面光学和射电观测站以及参与各种空间飞行任务，积极参与太阳系探索。与SWRI导师的互动将在个人研究和技能发展的一对一基础上进行。学生将亲身体验科学的进步，从认识到目前的知识差距，到提出和进行新的实验，再到分析结果数据。

The 2000 REU Physics Summer Program at Southwest Research Institute will allow students to participate in research programs in space physics, astrophysics, optics, auroral and magnetospheric physics, plasma detector development, atmospheric physics, astronomy, and planetary science. Students will be selected nationally with preference given to those entering their senior year in physics and who reflect the gender and ethnic demographics of San Antonio, Texas. Students will attend a ten-week summer program to develop skills for solving research problems, participate in seminars for career exploration, and observe, and participate in on-going research projects. SwRI staff actively participate in solar system exploration through basic modeling and theoretical research, use ground-based optical and radio observatories, and through involvement in various space missions. Interaction with SwRI mentors will be on a one-to-one basis for individual research and skills development. Students will experience first hand the advance of science from recognizing current gaps in knowledge to proposing and carrying through new experiments to analyzing the resulting data.