REU Site: Physics at Miami University

该奖项为迈阿密大学牛津校区物理学本科生研究经验（REU）网站提供资金。每年将支持10名学生进行为期10周的暑期研究，主题包括生物物理学、光学和量子光学/量子信息、凝聚态物理和物理教育研究。该网站的目标是提供(i)指导研究的机会，为不同群体的学生；（ii）专业发展主题；（iii）与其他学生和教师在专业和社会层面的互动。总体目标是促进物理学作为一种专业选择，并将更多有才华的学生送到STEM领域的研究生院。学生辅导将在多个层面上进行。REU学生以一到两名本科生和一名硕士研究生为小组工作。工作组将定期与导师会面，讨论进展或解决遇到的问题。该网站将提高参与者的研究和专业技能，学生们将定期会面，讨论专业发展主题。通过这些活动，该网站正在培养下一代物理学家。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award funds the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics at the Miami University Oxford Campus. Ten students will be supported for ten weeks of summer research each year in topics from biophysics, optics and quantum optics/quantum information, condensed matter physics, and physics education research. The goals of the site are to provide (i) mentored research opportunities for a diverse group of students; (ii) professional development topics; (iii) interactions with other students and faculty on a professional and social level. The overarching goal is to promote physics as a professional choice and send more talented students to graduate school in STEM fields.Student mentoring will take place on multiple levels. REU students work in groups with one or two undergraduate students and a Masters level graduate student. Working groups will meet regularly with the mentors and discuss progress, or solve problems encountered. The site will enhance the research and professional skills of the participants and the students will meet on a regular basis to discuss professional development topics. Through these activities, the site is training the next generation of physicists.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.