REU Site: Research in Physics & Astronomy at Louisiana State University

该奖项支持路易斯安那州立大学物理天文学本科生（REU）研究经验。该计划的影响是通过向学生介绍物理学和天文学研究型职业的性质，并通过发展与研究相关的技能和知识，培养学生对科学职业的兴趣。REU学生在全国范围内招募;学生可以是任何学年的学生，不需要有申报的专业，但必须在他们的学校完成普通物理序列。在为期十周的课程中，参与者将根据学生的兴趣与教师导师进行匹配。学生们加入他们的导师在积极的研究项目，如：-表征光学元件的长基线引力波干涉仪探测器;-进行分析的数据从长基线中微子振荡实验T2 K;-模拟黑洞合并和超新星爆炸;研究新材料的磁热性能。每周的研讨会和讲习班向学生介绍教师的研究，技能发展，公共研究资源，以及职业发展主题，如道德和专利/知识产权。学生参加实地考察和其他活动，其中一些是与计算机科学，生物医学科学和其他领域的并行路易斯安那州立大学夏季科学计划协调。来自所有课程的学生都住在校园公寓式住宅附近，以促进团体互动和社区意识。

This award supports the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics & Astronomy at Louisiana State University. The impact of this program is fostering interest in careers in science by introducing students to the nature of research-oriented careers in physics and astronomy and by developing research-related skills and knowledge. REU students are recruited nationally; students can be of any academic year and need not have a declared major, but must have completed the general physics sequence at their school. For the ten-week program, the participants are matched with faculty mentors based on student interests. Students join their mentors in active research projects, such as:- characterizing optical components for long-baseline gravitational-wave interferometer detectors;- performing analysis on data from the long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment T2K;- simulating black hole mergers and supernova explosions; and- investigating the magnetocaloric properties of new materials.Weekly seminars and workshops introduce the students to faculty research, to skills development, to common research resources, and to professional development topics such as ethics and patents/intellectual property. Students participate in field trips and other activities, some of which are coordinated with concurrent LSU summer science programs in computer science, biomedical science and other areas. Students from all programs are lodged in proximity at on-campus apartment-style housing to foster group interactions and a sense of community.