REU Site: Applied Physics at the University of South Florida

非技术描述：应用物理本科生研究经验（REU）网站为全国范围内的本科物理专业学生提供了一个独特的机会，可以从事物理、数学、化学、生物和材料科学领域的研究项目。主要目标是：(1)让REU学生参与有意义的研究，制作同行评审的出版物，并在（国际）国家科学会议上发表演讲；(2)提供研究机会，特别是来自代表性不足群体的学生；(3)面向研究机会有限的院校（四年制和两年制院校）的学生；(4)通过帮助学生获得实验室和计算机技能，熟悉最先进的研究方法，批判性思维以及口头和书面演讲经验，对REU学生的职业生涯产生重大影响；(5)提高参与者被研究生院录取的兴趣和可能性；(6)通过教师、博士后学者和研究生的指导，让学生参与团队合作；(7)通过研讨会和研讨会为本科生从事科学/工程职业做好准备。其中包括在夏初举办的参与性伦理讲习班，以及由一名有小企业经验的科学家主持的企业家精神研讨会。许多应用物理REU网站的参与者继续在科学、技术、工程或数学领域进行研究生学习，或者在获得学士学位后直接在这些领域找到工作。技术描述：每个参与者花了一个夏天嵌入一个研究小组与14名参与教师导师之一工作。项目包括：(1)磁性材料的超快动力学特性研究；(2)生物材料激光光谱；(3)能源应用新材料；(4)用于纳米医学的混合磁性纳米颗粒；(5)低维功能电子材料的制备；(6)弛豫铁电体的热效应理论；(7)聚合物微致动器阵列的太赫兹光子相位调制；(8)蛋白质模块对细胞膜形状的控制；(9)塑性聚合物玻璃中塑性雪崩的理论与模拟；（10）神经系统疾病中离子动力学的数据驱动建模；（11）直接测量的实时光学计量；（12）极端条件下金刚石相变的分子动力学模拟；（十三）用于空间研究和航天应用的智能传感器技术；（14）拟周期铺层中新型磁有序的模拟。学生们每周参加科学和职业发展研讨会，并在仲夏和期末展示他们的科学发现。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。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in Applied Physics offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate physics majors nationwide to engage in research projects on the boundaries of physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and materials science. The main objectives are: (1) to involve the REU students in meaningful research, producing peer-reviewed publications and presentations at (inter)national scientific conferences; (2) to provide research opportunities, especially to students from underrepresented groups; (3) to target students from institutions with limited research opportunities (four- and two-year colleges); (4) to make a major impact on the REU students' professional careers by helping them gain laboratory and computing skills, familiarity with state-of-the-art research methods, critical thinking, and oral and written presentation experience; (5) to enhance participants' interest in and likelihood of admission to graduate school; (6) to engage students in team-work through mentoring from faculty, post-doctoral scholars, and graduate students; (7) to prepare undergraduate students for scientific/engineering careers through workshops and seminars. Among these are a participatory ethics workshop at the start of the summer and a seminar in entrepreneurship led by a scientist with small-business experience. Many participants in the Applied-Physics REU site continue with post-graduate study in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field or find employment in such an area directly after their bachelor's degrees.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Each participant spends the summer embedded in a research group working with one of 14 participating faculty mentors. Projects include the following: (1) ultrafast dynamical properties in magnetic materials; (2) laser spectroscopy of biomaterials; (3) new materials for energy-related applications; (4) hybrid magnetic nanoparticles for nanomedicine applications; (5) fabrication of low-dimensional functional electronic materials ; (6) theory of the electrocaloric effect in relaxor ferroelectrics; (7) THz photonic phase modulation by polymeric micro-actuator arrays; (8) control of cell-membrane shape by protein modules; (9) theory and simulation of plastic avalanches in ductile polymer glasses; (10) data-driven modeling of ion dynamics in neurological disorders; (11) real-time optical metrology by direct measurement; (12) molecular-dynamics simulations of phase transitions in diamond under extreme conditions; (13) smart-sensor technologies for space research and aerospace applications; and (14) simulation of novel magnetic ordering in quasiperiodic tilings. Students participate in weekly scientific and career-development seminars and present their scientific findings at mid-summer and again at the end.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.