REU/RET Physics Site at the University of Oklahoma

该奖项支持更新俄克拉荷马大学物理和天文学本科生研究经验(REU)和教师研究经验(RET)网站。每年将有八名本科生和两名高中教师参与天体物理、原子和分子物理、凝聚态物理或高能物理的暑期研究项目。教师将参与研究，还将开发和构建可在课堂上传输或复制的小规模实验、演示和课程。该网站的目标是通过一名教员每天指导的实质性、有结果的研究，弥合从学生(或教师)到科学家的差距。该计划将有助于改善STEM教育，发展更好的研究和教育基础设施，并培养国家所需的STEM劳动力。学生和教师将接触到从粒子物理到宇宙学，从抽象理论到具体应用物理的广泛科学。此外，该计划的一个关键组成部分包括半周一次的研讨会系列，涵盖物理研究和物理课程之间的差异，学术和行业物理学家的职业选择，对物理研究生活的洞察，职业发展，以及对申请和准备研究生院的洞察。学生们将在期末研讨会上展示他们自己的作品。最后，该网站将提供一系列志愿课程和研讨会，让学生接触到研究工具。教师将参与系列研讨会、研究和课堂准备实验的开发。这一奖项由数学和物理科学局内的物理部和材料研究部联合支持。这一奖项反映了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 the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site in physics and astronomy at the University of Oklahoma. Eight undergraduate students and two high school teachers per year will be involved in summer research projects in astrophysics, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, or high energy physics. Teachers will participate in research and will also develop and build small-scale experiments, demonstrations, and curriculum that can be transported or replicated in the classroom. The goal of the site is to bridge the gap from student (or teacher) to scientist through substantive, consequential research mentored daily by a faculty member. The program will help to improve STEM education, develop a better infrastructure for research and education, and develop the STEM workforce that is needed for the Nation. Students and teachers will be exposed to a broad range of science, from particle physics to cosmology, and from abstract theoretical to concrete applied physics. In addition, a key component of the program consists of a semiweekly seminar series covering the differences between physics research and physics classes, career options for physicists both in academics and industry, insight into life in physics research, career development, and insight on applying and preparing for graduate school. The students themselves presenting their own work will give the final seminars. Finally, the site will offer a series of voluntary courses and seminars that expose the students to research tools. Teachers will participate in the seminar series, in research, and in the development of classroom-ready experiments. This award is supported by a combination of the Division of Physics and the Division of Materials Research within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.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.