Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site

非线性动力学培训和研究经验(TREND)REU网站专注于非线性动力学，因为它广泛适用于日益重要的最新研究领域，而且它对简单系统的考虑特别适合于实现我们让本科生参与一线研究的目标。该项目位于马里兰大学电子和应用物理研究所(IREAP)，这是一个跨学科中心，汇集了工程学和物理科学的教员。该项目涉及10名学生，他们将在暑期在校园里度过11周，参与由本科生、研究生和教师导师组成的小组进行研究。研究项目将是理论项目、实验项目或两者兼而有之。研究课题的例子有：时空混沌的理论研究，颗粒介质中图案的实验研究，流体和固体中奇点的发展，光学系统中的非线性动力学，带电粒子束和器件中的非线性动力学，以及等离子体中的湍流和非线性现象。将举办一系列研讨会，以补充和加强学习经验。在课程结束时，学生们将在一个小型会议上展示他们的研究成果。还将鼓励他们与小组成员保持联系，以促进他们的研究成果，并为在期刊上发表和在国家会议上介绍做好准备。目标学生是已经完成物理科学和工程专业二年级的顶尖本科生，他们对从事研究和/或教育事业的可能性感兴趣。将努力从代表性不足的群体中招收学生，并从缺乏类似研究机会的学校招生。马里兰大学和非马里兰大学的学生之间将保持平等的平衡。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作提供支持。

The Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics (TREND) REU Site focuses on nonlinear dynamics because of its wide applicability to increasingly important state-of-the-art research areas and because its consideration of simple systems is particularly suited to achieve our goal of involving undergraduates in front-line research. The program is located in the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP) of the University of Maryland, an interdisciplinary center, which brings together faculty from engineering and physical sciences. The program involves ten students who will spend 11 weeks in the summer on campus involved in research in small teams consisting of undergraduates, graduate students and facultyadvisors. Research projects will be theoretical, experimental or both. Examples of research topics are: theoretical studies of chaos in time and space, experimental studies of patterns in granular media, the development of singularities in fluids and solids, nonlinear dynamics in optical systems, nonlinear dynamics in charged particle beams and devices, and turbulence and nonlinear phenomena in plasmas. A seminar series will be given to complement and reinforce the learning experience. Students will present the results of their research at a mini-conference at the end of the session. They will also be encouraged to maintain contact with group members to further their research findings and prepare them for publication in journals and presentation at national meetings. Targeted students are top undergraduates who have completed their sophomore year in the Physical Sciences and Engineering and who are interested in the possibility of a career in research and/or education. Effort will be made to recruit students from under represented groups and students from schools lacking similar research opportunities. An equal balance between University of Maryland and non-University of Maryland students will be maintained. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.