REU Site: Quantum and Materials Physics

该奖项支持蒙大拿州立大学物理学本科生(REU)网站的新研究体验。该网站每年将支持8名学生进行为期10周的关于尖端量子和材料物理主题的暑期研究。他们的工作将促进当前的研究知识，并有助于发表结果和在科学会议上发表演讲。拟议的REU研究项目将是明确和灵活的，以帮助确保在10周内完成研究。学生将获得独特的技术技能，REU经验将为他们未来的教育和职业决策提供参考。学生参与者将在与量子信息科学和其他量子物理项目中正在进行的研究活动密切相关的研究项目中得到指导，并与经验丰富的研究人员合作，后者将在项目期间指导他们。每周一次的会议将被用来培养对科学道德行为、当前研究、科学在社会中的重要性以及科学和工程领域的职业机会的认识。这些会议也将被用来发展沟通技能，并将培养REU学生和密歇根州立大学教师导师之间更多的互动时间。将在整个计划中进行评估，以确保每个参与者都得到了适当的指导，并达到了他们的目标。该项目由物理部和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)共同资助。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 Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics at Montana State University. The site will support eight students for ten weeks of summer research per year in cutting edge Quantum and Materials Physics topics. Their work will advance current research knowledge and contribute to publishable results and presentations at scientific conferences. Proposed REU research projects will be well defined and flexible to help ensure completion of the research in the ten-week period. Students will gain unique technical skills and REU experience will inform their future education and career decisions. Student participants will be guided in research projects closely associated with ongoing research activities in Quantum Information Science and other Quantum Physics projects and teamed with experienced researchers who will mentor them during the program. Weekly meetings will be used to develop an awareness of ethical conduct in science, current research, the importance of science in society, and career opportunities in science and engineering. These meetings will also be used to develop communication skills and will foster additional periods of interaction among the REU students and MSU faculty mentors. Assessment will be exercised throughout the program to make certain that each participant is appropriately mentored and reaches their goals. This project is jointly funded by the Division of Physics and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) 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.