REU Site: Summer Research in Physics and Astronomy at UC Santa Barbara

该奖项支持加州大学圣巴巴拉分校一个新的本科生物理学研究体验网站。该网站每年将支持8名学生进行为期9周的暑期研究，主题包括天文学/天体物理、原子、分子和光学物理、生物物理/生命系统物理、凝聚态物理、引力和基本粒子物理。REU旨在成为参与者，特别是那些来自研究机会较少的机构的参与者的职业道路上的一次变革性的经历，通过提供必要的导师来探索他们对物理的兴趣，并发展在学术界或行业成功所需的专业技能。该项目将通过让本科生有机会参与尖端研究，培养下一代学术物理学家和STEM劳动力的研究和专业技能，让从一年级到高级水平的本科生具有丰富的研究经验。REU的学生将从事探索黑洞熵的研究，在大型强子对撞机上搜索新物理，研究形态发生的动力学，处理吸积盘物理，使用超冷量子气体进行量子模拟，或发现系外行星，在广泛的研究领域创造和发展知识，同时学习转移到各种STEM职业中的技能。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 site in Physics at the University of California-Santa Barbara. The site will support eight students per year for nine weeks of summer research in topics including Astronomy/Astrophysics, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Biophysics/Physics of Living Systems, Condensed Matter Physics, Gravity, and Elementary Particle Physics. The REU is intended to be a transformative experience in the career path of the participants, particularly those from institutions with fewer research opportunities, by providing the necessary mentorship to explore their interest in Physics and develop the professional skills needed to succeed in a career in academia or industry.The project will develop research and professional skills of the next generation of academic physicists and the STEM workforce by giving undergraduates the opportunity to participate in cutting edge research, with faculty who have extensive experience in fostering undergraduate research from Freshman to Senior level students. The REU students will engage in research to explore black hole entropy, search for new Physics at the Large Hadron Collider, study the dynamics of morphogenesis, tackle the Physics of accretion disks, perform quantum simulation using ultracold quantum gases, or discover exoplanets, contributing to the creation and advancement of knowledge in a broad variety of research areas, at the same time learning the skills that transfer to a variety of STEM careers.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.