REU Site: UC Davis Physics Department

该奖项支持更新加州大学戴维斯分校物理系的REU网站。REU的学生将参与了解量子引力、利用纳米颗粒开发光伏、精确确定宇宙的年龄、治愈普里子疾病等许多方面的工作。根据学生的技能和所声称的兴趣，他们被分配到研究实验室。该项目为学生提供了典型课程中看不到的物理观点：亲身体验研究的乐趣和挫折，以及接触到几种类型的物理职业。这些学生不仅将受益于他们的具体研究项目，还将受益于与戴维斯学院的教职员工、研究生和其他REU学生的互动，以及在不同环境中展示与物理相关的工作的实地考察。在项目结束时，每个参与者都要做15分钟的研究报告，并写一篇简短的论文来描述这项工作。在REU学生和参与该项目的不同教职员工之间有一个正式和非正式的会谈和讨论计划。REU网站面向混杂的学生群体，强烈鼓励来自加利福尼亚州北部非研究机构的申请，并从全国各地的四年制学院和大学中挑选许多参与者。该奖项由数学和物理科学局的物理和材料研究部门提供支持。

This award supports the renewal of an REU site in the Department of Physics of the University of California at Davis. The REU students will be part of efforts to understand quantum gravity, develop photovoltaics from nanoparticles, pinpoint the age of the universe, cure prion diseases, and many more. Students are assigned to research labs based on their skills and stated interests. The program gives students views of physics not seen in typical coursework: first-hand experience of the joys and frustrations of research, and exposure to several types of physics careers. The students will benefit not only from their specific research projects but also from interactions with Davis faculty, graduate students, and other REU students; and from field trips showing physics-related work in diverse settings. At the end of the program, each participant gives a 15-minute research presentation and writes a short paper describing the work. There is a program of both formal and informal talks and discussions among the REU students and various faculty involved in the program. The REU site targets a mixed group of students, strongly encouraging applications from non-research institutions in northern California as well as selecting many participants from four-year colleges and universities across the nation. This award is supported by the Divisions of Physics and Materials Research in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.