REU Site: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

非技术部分：这个REU站点（本科生研究经验）将在2015-2017年的每个夏天将10名本科生带到佛罗里达大学，在教师导师和其他研究小组成员的指导下进行研究。至少有一半的学生将来自研究机会有限的机构，来自代表性不足群体的学生将被积极招募到该项目中。学生还将参加专业发展活动，如关于当前研究领域和申请研究生院的研讨会，公开演讲和科学写作讲习班，以及实验室参观。参与者将被安置在校园附近的共享公寓，以创造一种群体体验。对于该项目的许多学生来说，这将是他们第一次接触研究。该项目旨在鼓励他们继续从事科学、技术和工程方面的职业。技术部分:这些研究项目涵盖了凝聚态物质和材料物理学的广泛领域，如寻找新的超导体中新材料的生长、利用碳纳米管薄膜作为单电极的晶体管的制造、利用光泵浦增强半导体中的核磁共振、利用分子动力学或密度泛函理论模拟现实材料。以及模型系统的模拟，比如那些经历量子相变的系统。REU的学生将有机会使用许多共享设施，如佛罗里达大学纳米研究设施和高性能计算中心，以及盖恩斯维尔和塔拉哈西的国家强磁场实验室。REU的许多参与者有望在科学会议上展示他们的成果，并成为论文的合著者。

NON-TECHNICAL PART: This REU Site (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) will bring ten undergraduates to the University of Florida for each summer 2015-2017 to conduct research under the guidance of a faculty mentor and other research group members. At least half of the students will come from institutions with limited research opportunities, and students from underrepresented groups will be actively recruited to the program. Students will also participate in professional development activities such as seminars on current areas of research and applying to graduate school, workshops on public speaking and scientific writing, and laboratory tours. Participants will be housed in shared apartments adjacent to campus to create a cohort experience. For many students in the program this will be their first exposure to research. The program is designed to encourage them to continue on to careers in science, technology, and engineering. TECHNICAL PART: The research projects cover a broad cross-section of condensed matter and materials physics such as growth of new materials in the search for new superconductors, fabrication of transistors which utilize carbon nanotube films for one electrode, use of optical pumping to enhance nuclear magnetic resonance in semiconductors, simulation of realistic materials using molecular dynamics or density functional theory, and simulation of model systems such as those that undergo quantum phase transitions. The REU students will have access to many shared facilities such as the University of Florida Nanoscale Research Facility and High Performance Computing Center, and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in both Gainesville and Tallahassee. Many of the REU participants are expected to present their results at scientific meetings and to be coauthors on papers.