Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates Site at AAMU

AAMU的物理REU站点是一个为期10周的暑期项目，为24名有才华的本科生提供研究机会，这些本科生来自那些有限或无法获得科学和工程基础研究的机构。该项目扩大了STEM学科中代表性不足的群体成员的参与，尤其是女性。该项目吸引了来自少数民族服务机构的物理学本科生，他们参与积极研究的机会有限。参与者将获得技术写作和向各种受众展示他们的研究工作的经验，包括在以本科生研究为重点的地方、区域和国家科学会议上传播他们的成果，并在评审期刊上发表。通过对本科生进行研究培训，其目标是培养为国家技术进步和经济发展做出贡献的熟练专业人员。通过该计划，参与者将能够通过在实验设计，仪器，数据采集和分析方面取得独特的进步，以及参与最先进设备的实践研究经验，提高他们的专业和个人组合。参与的学生将在专门的教师导师的直接监督下积极从事前沿研究，在合作研究环境中完成为期十周的独立项目。每位参与者将有一个由外部资助机构资助的个人研究项目，并由一名教师通过个人指导进行一对一的指导，并与研究生进行充分的互动。这些项目将包括材料科学、光学、生物光子学、空间科学和纳米技术的前沿研究。该课程的主要目标是提高学生在物理不同领域的知识，技能和沟通能力；激励她们在STEM领域攻读研究生，在这些领域，女性和少数族裔的代表性不足尤为严重。接触动态和多样化的物理研究可以增强REU参与者对科学研究的理解，并拓宽他们对STEM相关职业生涯的看法。

The Physics REU Site at AAMU is a 10-week summer program that provides research opportunities to 24 talented undergraduate students from institutions with limited or no access to basic research in science and engineering. The project broadens the participation of members of groups that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, especially women. The program attracts physics undergraduates from minority serving institutions with limited opportunities to be involved in active research. The participants will gain experience in technical writing and presenting their research work to a variety of audiences, including dissemination of their results in local, regional, and national scientific conferences focused on undergraduate research and publishing in refereed journals. By training undergraduates in research, the goal is to produce skillful professionals who will contribute to the technological advancement and economic development of the nation. Through this program participants will be able to enhance their professional and personal portfolio by making unique advancements in experimental design, instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis, as well as engaging in a hands-on research experience with state-of-the-art equipment. Participating students will be actively engaged in cutting-edge research under the direct supervision of dedicated faculty mentors throughout the completion of self-contained ten-week projects in a collaborative research environment. Each participant will have an individual research project funded by an external funding agency with one-on-one mentoring from a faculty member through individual guidance as well as ample interactions with graduate students. The projects will include frontier research in Materials Science, Optics, Bio-photonics, Space Science, and Nanotechnology. The primary goal of the program is to increase the students' knowledge, skills, and communication capabilities in different areas of physics; inspiring them to pursue graduate work in STEM fields, where the underrepresentation of women and minorities is particularly acute. Exposure to a dynamic and diverse research in physics enhances the REU participants' understanding of scientific research and broadens their perspective on related professional careers in STEM.