REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics at Lafayette College

该奖项支持拉斐特学院数学系本科生研究经验（REU）网站。REU网站将在夏季运营八周，在2022年、2023年和2024年每年的学年运营一周。每年，来自拉斐特学院数学系和利哈伊谷周边机构的导师将带领从美国各地选出的10名学生进行数学、应用数学和统计学等各个领域的创新研究项目。学生将被引导发展各种在研究过程中重要的技能，包括文献综述、批判性思维、数学写作和口头陈述。夏季活动将包括著名演讲嘉宾的演讲，指导毕业后的经历，以及讨论数学领域的社会影响和多样性问题。学生还将发展重要的社交技能，从而在研究和社会中建立富有成效的伙伴关系。夏季的经历将在联合数学会议上发表演讲，并准备向高质量期刊提交文章，向学生介绍数学领域提供的直接个人接触的机会。教师和导师都将通过这一经历得到成长，因为研究和指导的技能得到培养，从而有望在本国机构和其他机构继续取得成功。每年将提供三个项目，适合不同水平的数学背景和兴趣的学生。项目池范围从统计概念到应用数学，包括模拟放射治疗和股票市场的波动指数，再到图论、分形和组合学的理论项目。一名导师将每天与三到四名学生一起完成其中一个项目，帮助学生培养独立研究的习惯和技能，以适应成功的数学研究。这种经验将导致有形的产品，这些产品将在会议和会议上或在评审期刊上展示，并使学生和导师发展成为数学研究的熟练的积极贡献者。此外，该网站将通过教育间接推进数学领域的多样性目标，并直接与巴尔的摩地区hbcu的学生和教师合作。所有参与者——无论是学生还是导师——都将积极地为数学领域的新知识做出贡献。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site in the Department of Mathematics at Lafayette College. The REU Site will operate for eight weeks in the summer and one week in the academic year in each of the years 2022, 2023, and 2024. Each year, mentors from the Lafayette College mathematics department and from institutions in the surrounding Lehigh Valley will lead ten students chosen from across the United States on innovative research projects in various fields in mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. Students will be guided in developing a variety of skills important in the research process, including literature review, critical thinking, mathematical writing, and oral presentation. Summer activities will include talks by renowned guest speakers, instruction in navigating post-college experiences, and discussions of issues of social impact and diversity in the mathematical fields. Students will also develop important social skills, leading to productive partnerships in research and society. The summer experience will culminate in presentations at the Joint Mathematical Meetings and the preparation of articles for submission to high-quality journals, introducing students to the opportunities the mathematical fields offer with direct personal exposure. Both faculty and mentors will grow through the experience as skills for research and mentoring are fostered, leading to the promise of continued success at their home institutions and beyond. Three projects will be offered each year, appropriate for students with varying levels of mathematical background and a diversity of interests. The pool of projects ranges from statistical concepts to applied mathematics including modeling radiotherapy treatment and the volatility index for the stock market to theoretical projects in graph theory, fractals, and combinatorics. A mentor will work daily with three to four students on one of these projects, helping students to develop independent research habits and skills appropriate for successful mathematical research. The experience will lead to tangible products that are presented at meetings and conferences or in refereed journals as well as to the development of both students and mentors as skilled active contributors to mathematical research. In addition, the site will advance goals in diversity in the mathematical fields indirectly through education and directly with partnerships with students and faculty from HBCUs from the Baltimore area. All participants---students and mentors alike---will actively contribute to new knowledge in the mathematical fields.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.