REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the Rice Quantum Institute

该奖项是为了支持位于莱斯大学赖斯量子研究所的本科生研究经验网站。由莱斯量子研究所（RQI）开展的REU计划将来自外部大学的学生带到莱斯大学进行为期十周的跨学科夏季研究计划。每个学生直接在RQI科学和工程部门的教师导师的研究小组中工作。每个项目都是由教师导师设计的长期研究计划的一部分，但对学生来说是单独的，并在十周内完成。学生们通过与其他实验室的各种研究小组的接触，每周一次的莱斯大学研究生研讨会，以及与其他REU学生频繁的科学和社会互动（以及共同居住），集体接触不同的学科。在课程中间，学生们互相做简短的电脑演示，并就项目的背景、目标、障碍和长期预期收益进行PI汇报。在最后一周，学生们要上交书面报告，进行离职面谈，在最后一天，学生们要在RQI研讨会上展示他们的作品。这个一年一度的活动聚集了大量的观众，包括REU的学生，莱斯大学的研究小组和其他人员，以及来自邻近学校和行业的感兴趣的外部人员，展示了研究所内正在进行的研究。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作，以及物理部门、材料研究部门和数学与物理科学理事会的化学部门共同资助。

This award is in support of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates site located the Rice Quantum Institute at Rice University. The REU program conducted by the Rice Quantum Institute (RQI) brings students from outside universities to Rice University for a ten-week interdisciplinary summer research program. Each student works directly within the research group of a faculty mentor from science and engineering departments within RQI. Each project is designed to be part of a long-range research program by the faculty mentor, but individual to the student and manageable within ten weeks. The students are collectively exposed to different disciplines by contact with a variety of research groups in other labs, weekly seminars by Rice grad students and frequent scientific and social interactions (as well as joint housing) with the other REU students. In mid-session, the students present brief computer presentations to each other and the PI of the context, goals, hurdles and long-range expected yield of their projects. During the final week, written reports are turned in, exit interviews are performed, and, on the last day, students present their work at the RQI Colloquium. This annual event, which assembles a large audience made up of REU students, of research groups and others from Rice, as well as interested outsiders from neighboring schools and industries, showcases research going on within the Institute. This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program, and by the Physics Division, the Division of Materials Research, and the Chemistry Division within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.