REU Site: Frontier Physics & Astronomy Research with Technical Presentations

该奖项支持加州大学洛杉矶分校物理学本科生研究体验(REU)网站。REU项目的重点是向学生参与者传达研究过程中涉及的各种活动。该计划的核心活动包括一个为期10周的研究项目，由加州大学洛杉矶分校的一名教职员工监督。整个范围包括以现实的方式仔细定义项目，实际执行计划的研究活动(数据获取、数据分析、理论探索和最终解释的组合)，最后是最终结果的书面和口头陈述。这些项目涵盖了该系代表的各个领域，如等离子体物理、凝聚态物理、核物理、加速器物理、宇宙线物理、高能物理、天体物理和生物物理。所有学生都被要求提交一份以专业格式撰写的论文，并必须在课程结束的研讨会上做20分钟的口头和图形陈述。这些研究经验还得到了其他辅助培训的补充，如机械车间、物理GRE预备课程、每周一次的教员研讨会系列、伦理研讨会和如何申请研究生院研讨会。社会活动与学术活动相辅相成，努力培养团体之间和部门内部的社区意识。

This award supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics at the University of California - Los Angeles. The focus of the REU program is to convey to the student participants the full range of activities involved in the research process. The core of the program's activities consists of a 10-week research project under the supervision of a UCLA faculty member. The full gamut includes carefully defining the project in a realistic way, actually carrying out the planned research activities (a mix of data acquisition, data analysis, theoretical exploration, and final interpretations), and finally the written and oral presentation of the final results. The projects span the various fields represented in the department, such as plasma physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, accelerator physics, cosmic ray physics, high-energy physics, astrophysics, and biophysics. All students are required to submit a paper written in a professional format and must give a 20-minute oral and graphical presentation at the end-of-program symposium. These research experiences are supplemented by other auxiliary training such as a machine shop workshop, a physics GRE prep course, a weekly faculty seminar series, an ethics workshop, and a how-to-apply-to-graduate-school seminar. Social activities supplement the academic activities in an effort to foster a sense of community among the group and within the department.