REU Site: Neutrino Physics at Virginia Tech

该奖项全部（或部分）根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。该奖项支持在弗吉尼亚理工学院州立大学（弗吉尼亚理工大学）的物理本科生（REU）的新的研究经验的网站。该网站每年将支持9名本科生进行为期10周的中微子物理学各种项目的夏季研究。中微子物理中心的教师将直接指导学生，特别强调学生的专业发展。该计划将有助于提高学生在中微子物理学各个方面的知识，技能和沟通能力，从而有助于培养高技能的毕业生在科学必不可少的快节奏和快速发展的技术世界。将有各种项目可在广泛的研究领域，直接关注中微子物理学，包括电子/中微子散射实验，寻找无菌中微子，现象学研究，DUNE的长基线优化以及核反应堆和超新星中微子实验和理论的中微子光谱研究。REU学生将有机会在既定的教职员工团队的指导下，从事独立和富有成效的活动。除了体验一线研究的兴奋，学生们将发展一个成功的科学家的基本技能，如批判性的自我评价和自我评估。该计划将为他们提供在研究生院和超越研究的现实方面，如实验的设计和运行，数据的采集和分析，计算机代码的开发和测试，适当的数学/分析技术的学习，理论思想的制定，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识产权进行评估来支持。优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。

This award is funded in whole (or in part) under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The award supports a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The site will support nine undergraduate students per year for ten weeks of summer research in various projects in neutrino physics. The Center for Neutrino Physics faculty will mentor the students directly, with special emphasis on the students professional development. The program will contribute to enhancing the students' knowledge, skills, and communication capabilities in the various aspects of neutrino physics, thereby contributing to the training of skilled graduates in science essential for a fast-paced and rapidly growing technological world.There will be various projects available in a broad spectrum of research areas with a direct focus on neutrino physics, including electron/neutrino scattering experiments, the search for sterile neutrinos, phenomenology studies, long baseline optimization for DUNE and the study of the neutrino spectrum from nuclear reactors and supernovae neutrino experiments and theory. REU students will have the opportunity to pursue independent and productive activities, guided by an established team of faculty members. In addition to experiencing the excitement of front-line research, the students will develop the essential skills of a successful scientist, such as critical self evaluation and self-assessment. The program will provide them with the realistic aspects of research at graduate schools and beyond, such as the design and running of experiments, the acquisition and analysis of data, the development and testing of computer codes, the learning of appropriate mathematical/analytic techniques, the formulation of theoretical ideas, as well as the preparation of results for publications and presentations.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.