REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University

该奖项支持范德比尔特大学本科生暑期研究体验(REU)计划的续签，该计划为本科生物理和天文学专业的学生提供与教师在物理学各个子领域的前沿研究项目上密切合作的机会。这些领域包括天文学、生物物理学、凝聚态物理(包括纳米科学)、激光物理、核物理和粒子物理。广泛的研究基础设施，包括几个大型跨学科中心的设施，将向学生开放。天文学专业的学生将有机会进行国际合作研究：他们将获取数据，并与南非天文台和贝尔法斯特女王大学天体物理研究中心的导师一起参与系外行星研究。他们还可能在智利塞罗托洛市的Smarts设施获取数据。物理专业的学生将有机会参观国内外政府实验室的主要设施，包括费米拉实验室、布鲁克海文实验室、橡树岭实验室和欧洲核子研究中心。该计划的目的是在学生和参与其中的教职员工之间建立社区，并让学生广泛接触前沿物理和天文学的许多领域。学生还有机会通过菲斯克-范德比尔特物理学和天文学路演推广计划，接受研究与教育相结合的培训。该站点由国防部与NSF REU计划以及NSF内的国际科学与工程办公室共同出资。

This award supports the renewal of the Vanderbilt University Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), program, which offers undergraduate physics and astronomy students the opportunity to work closely with faculty on forefront research projects in a variety of subfields of physics. The areas include astronomy, biological physics, condensed matter physics including nanoscience, laser physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. The extensive research infrastructure, including the facilities of several large interdisciplinary centers, will be available to the students. The Astronomy students will have opportunity for collaborative international research: they will take data and participate in exoplanets research with mentors at the South African Astronomical Observatory and at the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen's University Belfast. They may also take data at the SMARTS facilities in Cerro Tololo, Chile. Physics students will have the opportunity to visit major facilities at government laboratories, both domestic and international, including FermiLab, Brookhaven, Oak Ridge, and CERN. The program is designed to build community among the students and the participating faculty as well as expose the students broadly to many areas of forefront physics and astronomy. Students are also offered the opportunity for training in the integration of research with education through the Fisk-Vanderbilt Physics & Astronomy Roadshow outreach program. The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program and by the Office of International Science and Engineering within NSF.