REU Site: Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Teachers

维吉尼亚的威廉与玛丽学院将为初级水平的本科生提供一个为期十周的物理研究项目。预计将有大约20名本科生参与该研究项目：10名由该基金支持，5名由其他基金支持，5名由德王尔德奖学金支持。德王尔德奖学金是由物理系的私人捐赠基金资助的，这在很大程度上要归功于威廉和玛丽大学REU项目的成功。包括与MINOS中微子项目相关的2个教师RET程序。威廉和玛丽物理系是一个大型的，全国排名第一的博士学位授予项目，与应用科学系一起，与美国宇航局兰利研究中心和杰斐逊实验室合作，在原子-原子，原子-离子，原子-表面散射，表面物理，超声波，激光物理和激光-原子相互作用，凝聚态物理与各种技术，核和粒子物理，聚合物物理，无损评价，等离子体物理，非线性动力学，量子计算和量子信息，天体物理学/宇宙学。这个项目为本科生提供了一个参与真正研究的机会，并深入到一个特定的研究领域。所学习的陈述技巧（摘要准备，短文陈述，长论文准备和陈述）是在富有成效的职业生涯中有用的技能。之前的大约250名参与者中，几乎所有人都进入了科学研究生院。部分项目活动将与汉普顿大学联合举办。这些教师将带领公众参观苏丹，并编写课程材料，将他们的经验与其他高中教师结合起来。该项目由数学和物理科学理事会多学科活动办公室和物理司共同资助。

The College of William and Mary in Virginia will offer a ten-week program of physics research for junior-level undergraduates. Approximately 20 undergraduates are expected to participate in the research program: 10 to be supported by this grant, 5 supported by other grants, and 5 supported by the DeWilde Fellowships. DeWilde Fellowships are funded by a private endowment to the physics department that owe their creation in large part to the success of the REU program at William and Mary. A 2 teacher RET program associated with the MINOS neutrino project is included. The William and Mary physics department, a large, nationally ranked Ph.D. granting program, together with the applied science department, and in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Center and Jefferson Lab provides mentors and projects in atom-atom, atom-ion, and atom-surface scattering, surface physics, ultra-sonics, laser physics and laser-atom interactions, condensed matter physics with a variety of techniques, nuclear and particle physics, polymer physics, non-destructive evaluation, plasma physics, non-linear dynamics, quantum computing and quantum information, and astrophysics/cosmology. This program provides an opportunity for undergraduates to take part in real research and to become deeply involved in a particular research field. The presentation skills learned (abstract preparation, short paper presentation, long paper preparation and presentation) are skills useful throughout productive careers. Almost all of the approximately 250 previous participants have gone on to graduate school in the sciences. Some program activities will be held jointly with Hampton University. The teachers will lead public tours at Soudan and will generate course material to integrate their experience with other high school teachers. This project is co-funded by the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities and Physics Division.