REU Site in Physics at Rensselaer

这个本科生研究体验（REU）网站的目标是在伦斯勒理工学院的夏季，通过将8名本科生与经验丰富的教师匹配10周，积极参与前沿物理研究。研究项目包括天体物理学和天体生物学、凝聚态和光学物理、太赫兹科学、粒子和核物理。该计划的特点是：由经验丰富的教师通过使用现有设施精心设计的动手项目，建立简单的仪器和接口，为数据采集编程，或使用计算机建模和执行数据分析。除了参与者、教师、博士后和研究生之间的日常接触外，每周还有研讨会和实地考察等小组活动。每个研究小组每周举行小组会议，讨论有关实验或建模的技术问题。在第一周结束时，会有重点目标的展示。在第6周，每位参与者将进行口头进度介绍和书面进度报告。在第十周，每个参与者将准备一张海报，做一个演示，并提交一份书面的最终报告。这些项目和活动旨在让学生体验课堂外物理研究的挑战、兴奋和有时的挫折，并培养他们成为创造性的思想家、终身学习者和团队合作者。拟议活动的更广泛影响是吸引、鼓励和培养有才能的学生，特别是代表性不足的群体从事科学事业。该项目由物理系和天文学系共同资助。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site's objective is to actively involve 8 undergraduates in frontier physics research by matching them up with experienced faculty for 10 weeks during the summer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The research projects include topics in astrophysics and astrobiology, condensed matter and optical physics, terahertz science, particle and nuclear physics. The program features are: hands-on projects carefully designed by experienced faculty by using existing facilities, building simple instruments and interfaces, programming for data acquisition, or using computer modeling and performing data analysis. In addition to daily contact among participants, faculty, postdocs, and graduate students, there are weekly group activities such as seminars and field trips. Each research group will hold weekly group meetings to discuss technical issues regarding experiments or modeling. At the end of the first week, there are presentations of focused goals. In the 6th week, each participant will deliver an oral progress presentation and a written progress report. In the 10th week, each participant will prepare a poster, make a presentation, and submit a written final report. The projects and activities are designed to allow students to experience the challenge, the excitement, and sometimes frustration involved in physics research outside the classroom as well as nurturing them to become creative thinkers, life-long learners and team players. The broader impact of the proposed activities is to attract,encourage and prepare talented students especially underrepresented groups for a career in the sciences. This project is co-funded by the Divisions of Physics and Astronomy.