REU Site in Physics and Astronomy: Supporting Undergraduate Research at Geneseo (SURGE)

REU网站在物理学和天文学：支持本科生研究在Geneseo（浪涌）浪涌提供了一个令人兴奋的十周的研究经验，每年在州立大学的六至八名本科生在纽约Geneseo，卓越的物理教育的国家认可的中心队列。REU学生被整合到与教师导师密切合作的本科研究人员的小团队中，他们培养他们的实验，分析和沟通技能。学生们还通过参观区域设施，在那里他们与实践物理学家互动，体验物理学的作用。社区学院的积极招生为代表性不足的学生和研究前景有限的学生扩大了研究机会。通过向学生展示物理学研究如何解决与社会相关的问题，以及通过在夏季体验结束后持续存在的在线辅导社区，支持学生，特别是女性和其他代表性不足的群体保留物理学。SURGE的学生通过直接应用物理学概念来加深他们对物理学和天文学的理解，使用最先进的仪器来解决有趣的问题。他们为惯性约束聚变实验设计探测系统，开发新的材料科学技术，分析大质量恒星和附近疏散星团的观测数据，采用扫描探针显微镜，设计自动定位系统，并测量大气气溶胶的光学特性。SURGE还扩大了对本科生研究经验的影响的知识，基于国家规范的评估，独立评估和经验后评估调查。

REU Site in Physics and Astronomy: Supporting Undergraduate Research at Geneseo (SURGE)SURGE provides an exciting ten-week research experience to a cohort of six to eight undergraduates each year at the State University of New York at Geneseo, a nationally recognized center of excellence in physics education. REU students are integrated into small teams of undergraduate researchers working closely with a faculty mentor, who nurtures their experimental, analytical, and communication skills. Students also experience physics in action by visiting regional facilities, where they interact with practicing physicists. Active recruitment at community colleges expands research opportunities for underrepresented students and for those with limited research prospects. Retention of students in physics, especially women and other underrepresented groups, is supported by showing them how physics research addresses societally relevant problems, and also through an online mentoring community that persists after completion of the summer experience.Students in SURGE deepen their understanding of physics and astronomy through direct application of physics concepts to solve intriguing problems using state-of-the-art instrumentation. They design detection systems for inertial confinement fusion experiments, develop novel materials science techniques, analyze observational data on massive stars and on nearby open clusters, employ scanning probe microscopy, engineer automated positioning systems, and measure the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols. SURGE also expands knowledge about the impact of undergraduate research experiences, based on nationally normed assessments, independent evaluations, and post-experience assessment surveys.