REU Site: BU-PRO: Boston University Physics Research Opportunities

该奖项支持波士顿大学一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。该网站每年夏天将为8名本科生提供为期10周的物理研究。该计划旨在为处于教育关键阶段的学生提供有意义的研究经验，这些经验以物理学为基础，但与其他物理科学（包括电气、机械和计算机工程、材料科学和化学）有密切联系。具体内容将包括：1)与同行和资深科学家在特定项目上进行小组合作的研究经验；2)科学研究的文化、方法和伦理方面的指导；3)为未来的职业生涯做准备，在未来的职业生涯中，他们将与来自不同背景的同事互动：智力、教育、地理和文化。此外，该计划将与波士顿大学的内部本科生研究机会（UROP）计划相关联，以便REU学生将成为更大的学生研究人员社区的成员。参与者经验的核心将是个别研究小组的指导研究。这些小组的兴趣跨越了学术物理学的研究范围：从粒子物理学到生物物理学，从凝聚态物质和材料物理学到光学物理学和光子学。领导这些研究小组的教师都是处于不同职业阶段的杰出学者，但都有指导本科生的经验。精心安排的全体会议活动将补充个人的研究经验，并使学生了解在未来的职业生涯中团队合作和跨学科意识的必要性。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会数学与物理科学理事会物理部和材料研究部资助。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 supports a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Boston University. The site will support eight undergraduate students per summer for ten weeks of research in various topics in physics. The program aims to give students at a critical point in their education meaningful research experiences grounded in physics but with strong links to other physical sciences, including electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering, materials science, and chemistry. The specific components will include 1) research experience working in groups with peers and senior scientists on specific projects; 2) instruction in the culture, methods, and ethics of scientific research; and 3) preparation for a future career in which they will be interacting with colleagues coming from a wide range of backgrounds: intellectual, educational, geographical and cultural. In addition, the program will be linked to BU's internal Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP) program so that the REU students will be members of a larger community of student researchers.The core of the participants' experience will be mentored research within individual research groups. The groups' interests span the range of research in academic physics: from particle physics to biophysics to condensed matter and materials physics to optical physics and photonics. The faculty leading these individual research groups are distinguished scholars at various stages of their careers but all have experience mentoring undergraduates. Carefully structured plenary activities will complement the individual research experiences and provide the students with an understanding of the need for teamwork and interdisciplinary awareness in their future careers. This award is funded through The Division of Physics and the Division of Materials Research in NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.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.