REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Contemporary Physics for Women and Minorities

该奖项支持更新芝加哥大学物理学专业本科生的研究经验。该奖项支持八名本科生为期十周的暑期研究，主题包括高能物理、宇宙射线和天体物理、广义相对论、凝聚态物理、非线性动力学和生物物理。这些学生将进行前沿的物理研究，同时与他们的不同物理学生群体建立牢固的同龄人关系。研究项目的常规工作由教员就他们的研究进行正式报告，并对费米国家加速器实验室和阿贡国家实验室进行实地考察。实习生将通过提交书面报告和口头陈述他们的工作来学习交流科学。该项目让学生接触到物理学的广度和统一性，并使REU的学生相互接触。这在学生之间创造了同伴互动，增加了项目的刺激性和活力。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates site in Physics at the University of Chicago. The award supports eight undergraduate students for ten weeks of summer research in topics including high-energy physics, cosmic-ray and astrophysics, general relativity, condensed-matter physics, nonlinear dynamics, and biophysics. The students will conduct leading-edge physics research while developing strong peer relationships with their cohort of diverse physics students. Regular work on the research project is augmented with formal presentations from faculty members on their research, and with field trips to both Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. The interns will learn to communicate science by submitting a written report and making an oral presentation on their work. The program provides students with exposure to the breadth and unity of physics and brings the REU students into contact with one another. This creates the peer interactions among students that increase the program's excitement and vitality.