REU Site: Physics Research at the University of Washington Bothell

该奖项支持相对论和相对论天体物理学的研究，它解决了NSF的“宇宙之窗”大创意的优先领域华盛顿大学博瑟尔（UWB）物理学本科生（REU）新的研究经验将是太平洋西北地区唯一的物理REU计划之一。其目标是给不同群体的物理学学生短期研究经验，在引力波天文学，计算物理学和天体物理学，物理教育研究，凝聚态物理。该计划包括教师的密切指导和指导，促进互动，并通过专业发展研讨会，研讨会，外展机会，社交活动和研究项目的演示由学生积极参与。在华盛顿大学博瑟尔建立一个物理学REU将通过吸引来自太平洋西北地区和全国各地的不同物理学学生来扩大UWB物理学项目的影响。REU计划与当地UWB物理暑期研究生的协调将为参与UWB物理的学生带来广泛的国家视角和认识，鼓励他们继续学习和研究培训，成为多元化STEM劳动力的一部分。计划活动将纳入招聘，支持和培训不同物理学生的最佳实践。总体而言，UWB物理REU计划旨在积极影响国家STEM管道的多样性和未来STEM专业人员的培训。该计划将为来自UWB以外的八名本科生提供在未来三年内每年参加UWB为期十周的夏季研究计划的机会。多达六名由教师赠款支持的UWB学生将加入REU队列，从项目活动中受益并为项目活动做出贡献。该计划包括教师的密切指导和指导，促进互动，并通过专业发展研讨会，研讨会，外展机会，社交活动和研究项目的演示由学生积极参与。拟议的REU网站将专注于现象学，实验和应用物理学的前沿领域的研究。在引力波天文学方面，参与者将为最大限度地利用这一新观测领域的发现所需的数据分析发展做出贡献。在计算物理学和天体物理学方面，学生将改进开发的软件来分析天体物理现象，并为开源科学计算做出贡献。在物理教育研究中，参与者将了解人们如何学习和实践物理学和天文学。凝聚态研究项目将研究薄膜的光学和电学应用特性。所有参与的学生将有机会通过REU培训研讨会获得编程技能，并应用于他们的研究项目。REU学生对UWB物理研究小组的贡献将推动每个研究导师在其研究合作和更广泛领域的背景下领导的工作。在华盛顿大学博瑟尔建立一个物理学REU将通过吸引来自太平洋西北地区和全国各地的不同物理学学生来扩大UWB物理学项目的影响。总体而言，UWB Physics REU计划旨在积极影响国家STEM管道的多样性和未来STEM专业人员的培训。该奖项反映了NSF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 research in relativity and relativistic astrophysics and it addresses the priority areas of NSF's "Windows on the Universe" Big IdeaA new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in physics at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) will be one of the only physics REU programs in the Pacific Northwest. The goal is to give a diverse group of physics students short-term research experience in gravitational-wave astronomy, computational physics and astrophysics, physics education research, and condensed matter physics. The program includes close mentoring and guidance from faculty, fostering interaction, and active participation by students through professional development workshops, seminars, outreach opportunities, social activities, and presentation of research projects. Establishing an REU in Physics at the University of Washington Bothell will broaden the UWB Physics program's impact by attracting diverse physics students from the Pacific Northwest and across the country. The REU program's coordination with local UWB physics summer research students will bring a broad national perspective and awareness to the participating UWB physics students, encouraging them to continue their studies and research training to become part of the diverse STEM workforce. Program activities will incorporate best practices in recruiting, supporting, and training diverse physics students. Overall, the UWB Physics REU program is designed to positively impact the diversity of the national STEM pipeline and the training of future STEM professionals.The program will give eight undergraduate students from outside UWB the opportunity to participate in a ten-week summer research program at UWB during each of the next three years. Up to six UWB students supported by faculty grants will join the REU cohort to benefit from and contribute to the program activities. The program includes close mentoring and guidance from faculty, fostering interaction, and active participation by students through professional development workshops, seminars, outreach opportunities, social activities, and presentation of research projects. The proposed REU site will focus on research in frontier areas of phenomenological, experimental, and applied physics. In gravitational wave astronomy, participants will contribute to data analysis developments needed to maximize discoveries in this new observational field. In computational physics and astrophysics, students will improve developed software to analyze astrophysical phenomena and contribute to open source scientific computing. In physics education research, participants will understand how people learn and practice physics and astronomy. Condensed matter research projects will investigate the characteristics of thin films for optical and electrical applications. All participating students will have the opportunity to gain programming skills through REU training workshops and in application to their research projects. REU student contributions to UWB Physics research groups will advance the work led by each research mentor within the context of their research collaborations and the broader field. Establishing an REU in Physics at the University of Washington Bothell will broaden the UWB Physics program's impact by attracting diverse physics students from the Pacific Northwest and across the country. Overall, the UWB Physics REU program is designed to positively impact the diversity of the national STEM pipeline and the training of future STEM professionals.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.