REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy

石溪物理和天文学本科生研究体验项目每年夏天都会有13名本科生来到石溪校区，参加石溪物理和天文学教职员工实验室为期八周的前沿研究项目。该计划的直接目标是提供对物理学科学研究的培训，鼓励人们对科学研究的兴趣和欣赏，并通过在大学环境中实际进行研究，通过实地访问石溪和布鲁克海文国家实验室的研究实验室，通过每周举办一次关于当前物理问题的研讨会，最后通过在正式研讨会上介绍学生的研究成果和在项目结束时提交书面报告，来促进职业规划。优秀的项目将在全国学生研究研讨会上提交。该项目提供天文学、大气物理、高能粒子物理、教学实验室仪器、激光和光学、核物理和固态/凝聚态物理等领域的研究机会。大多数项目都是试验性的，但也有少数是理论性的。招聘工作集中在学术地位较高的大二和大三物理专业，其中许多人来自研究机会有限的大学。该计划的更广泛的目标包括增加全国合格的科学研究人员队伍，并促进那些继续从事其他领域工作的人对研究方法的理解，例如，科学/工程管理、专利法或中学教学。特别努力吸引来自代表人数不足的少数群体的妇女和学生。

The Stony Brook Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy brings 13 undergraduate students to the Stony Brook campus each summer for participation in an eight-week program of forefront research in the laboratories of Stony Brook physics and astronomy faculty members. The immediate aim of the program is to provide training in, encourage interest in, and appreciation of, scientific research in physics and to facilitate career planning by the actual doing of research in a collegial setting, by site visits to research laboratories at Stony Brook and Brookhaven National Laboratory, by weekly seminars on current problems in physics and finally by presentations of student research results in a formal symposium and a written report at the conclusion of the program. Outstanding projects are submitted for presentation at national student research symposia.The program offers research opportunities in the areas of astronomy, atmospheric physics, high-energy particle physics, instructional laboratory instrumentation, lasers and optics, nuclear physics and solid-state/condensed matter physics. Most projects are experimental but a few are theoretical. Recruiting efforts concentrate on sophomore and junior level physics majors of high academic standing, many from colleges in which research opportunities are limited. The broader aims of the program include increasing the national pool of qualified scientific researchers, and fostering understanding of research methods to those who go on to other fields of endeavor such as, for example, science/ engineering administration, patent law, or secondary school teaching. Particular efforts are made to attract women and students from under-represented minorities.