REU Site: Physics REU and RET Programs at the University of Notre Dame

该大学的物理REU和RET课程旨在为本科生和高中物理教师提供现实的研究经验。参与者将与一位教师导师一起研究一个特定的研究项目，并将通过每周的研讨会，研讨会，与其他参与者的互动以及到附近国家实验室的实地考察来接触其他领域的物理研究。他们将在课程结束时准备一份研究报告，并在REU-RET研讨会上做口头报告。他们还将保持每天的研究日志，并将有机会参加计算机编程，电子，机械车间和辐射安全的短期课程。将举办一个关于申请研究生院和准备GRE的研讨会。作为“道德操守”部分的一部分，将举办一系列讲习班，最多四次。 参与者将能够体验并参与天文学，天体物理学，生物物理学，凝聚态物理学，高能粒子物理学和核物理学领域的前沿研究。该计划的目标是通过指导和培训来提高参与者理解和做物理的能力，并培养他们领导，激励和教导他人的潜力。对于大多数REU学生来说，这将是他们第一次接触到令人兴奋的物理学研究，并将帮助他们决定物理学研究生教育是否适合他们。主要影响是培养下一代物理学家，他们对我们社会和经济的持续发展至关重要。RET部分旨在培养热情的高中教师，反过来，他们将把物理学的兴奋传递给他们的学生，未来的物理学家。该奖项由物理和材料研究部门以及数学和物理科学局多学科活动办公室共同资助。

The Physics REU and RET programs at the University aim to provide realistic research experience to undergraduate students and high school physics teachers. The participants will work with a faculty mentor on a specific research project and will be exposed to physics research in other areas via weekly seminars, workshops, interactions with other participants, and field trips to nearby national laboratories. They will prepare a research report at the end of the program and make oral presentations at an REU-RET Symposium. They will also maintain a daily research log book and will have opportunity to participate in short courses in computer programming, electronics, machine shop, and radiation safety. A workshop will be held on Applying to Graduate Schools and Preparing for GRE's. A series of up to four workshops will be held as part of the "Ethics" component. The participants will be able to experience, and be part of, forefront research in the areas of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, High-Energy Particle Physics, and Nuclear Physics. The goal of the program is to increase, via mentoring and training, the participants's capacity to understand and do physics, and foster their potential to lead, inspire, and teach others. For most of the REU students, this will be their first exposure to how exciting physics research is, and will help them decide whether graduate education in physics is the right option for them. The primary impact is in training of the next generation of physicists who will be essential for the continued well being of our society and economy. The RET component aims at creating enthusiastic high school teachers who, in turn, will convey the excitement of physics to their students, the future physicists. This award is co-funded by the Divisions of Physics and Materials Research and by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.