REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Atomic, Molecular, and Biological Physics

SRI国际分子物理实验室的本科生研究经验（REU）网站为六名本科生提供了在非大学研究实验室参加为期十二周的原子，分子和生物物理学主题夏季研究的机会。该计划产生的学生谁了解执行研究的过程，开始与问题的发展，并继续与方法的评估，执行测量，并得出结论。这种培训有助于为国家未来训练有素的劳动力做好准备，以继续领导一个日益技术化的世界。该计划还包括一个道德培训班，并积极与暑期实习生一起实地考察当地硅谷初创公司，以展示最具挑战性的初创阶段的科学研究和开发。除了与经验丰富的导师一起参与研究外，REU学生还将参加每周的活动，如研讨会，道德培训，安全培训和参观其他研究实验室，以确保他们的研究不仅保持在轨道上，但他们有一个从事合议和学术经验。到课程结束时，每个学生都将在30分钟的研讨会上展示工作成果。主办实验室以物理学研究和基于物理学研究的跨学科分支而闻名，其本科生研究的记录得到了证明，这一点可以通过期刊出版物中学生合著者的数量来证明。SRI将分配一个博士学位。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the Molecular Physics Laboratory at SRI International provides six undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in twelve weeks of summer research on topics in atomic, molecular and biological physics in a non-university research laboratory. This program produces students who understand the process of performing research, starting with the development of the problem and continuing with evaluation of the approach, performing measurements, and drawing conclusions. This training helps prepare the Nation's future well-trained workforce required to continue to lead an increasingly technological world. The program has also incorporated an ethics training class and has actively pursued field trips with summer interns to local Silicon Valley startups to showcase scientific research and development in its most nascent and challenging phase.In addition to participating in research with an experienced mentor, the REU students will engage in weekly activities such as seminars, ethics training, safety training, and visits to other research laboratories, to ensure not only that their research stays on track but that they have an engaging collegial and scholarly experience. By the end of the program, every student will have presented the results of the work in a thirty-minute seminar. The host laboratories, known for research in physics and interdisciplinary offshoots of physics based research, have a proven record of undergraduate research as evidenced by the number of student coauthors in journal publications. SRI will assign a Ph.D. mentor to each student, conduct an extensive program that includes field trips and seminars, provide training in laboratory safety, and develop a social program for the students.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.