REU Site: UC Davis Physics and Astronomy

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。该奖项支持在加州大学戴维斯分校的本科生物理研究经验（REU）网站的更新。每年，REU计划将提供来自美国各地的12名学生参加为期十周的夏季研究计划的机会。REU学生与教师导师密切合作，进行为期十周的研究项目，从各种物理子领域中选择。个人研究项目涉及天体物理学、生物物理学、复杂系统、凝聚态物质、核和粒子物理学等几个物理学子领域的前沿研究。学生们将有机会成为努力从纳米粒子开发光子学的一部分，为新的粒子加速器设计探测器，生产医学上重要的放射性同位素，了解量子引力，中子星和星系的起源等等。学生将直接为这些项目产生的知识和潜在应用做出贡献。除了他们的具体研究项目，学生们从他们与教师，研究生和其他REU学生的互动，并从实地考察显示在不同的设置物理相关的工作学习。他们还将练习重要的技能，包括科学沟通，协作和计算机编程。专业发展将包括有关研究生课程和有关物理相关的职业与没有研究生学位的信息。该计划的目标是来自加州非研究机构的学生，包括社区学院和全国四年制大学。总体而言，REU活动教授对进一步科学努力有用的技能，让学生对未来可能的道路有一个广阔的视角，并帮助他们建立专业联系网络。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。

This award is funded in whole (or in part) under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The award supports the renewal of the Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of California, Davis. Each year, the REU program will provide twelve (12) students from around the United States an opportunity to participate in a ten-week summer research program. REU students work closely with a faculty mentor on a ten-week research project chosen from a variety of physics subfields. The individual research projects involve cutting-edge research in several physics subfields of astrophysics, biophysics, complex systems, condensed matter, nuclear and particle physics. The students will have opportunities to be part of efforts to develop photovoltaics from nanoparticles, design detectors for new particle accelerators, produce medically important radioactive isotopes, understand quantum gravity, neutron stars, and the origin of galaxies, and many more. The students will directly contribute to the body of knowledge and potential applications that these projects produce. In addition to their specific research project, the students learn from their interactions with faculty, graduate students, and other REU students, and from field trips showing physics-related work in diverse settings. They will also practice important skills including scientific communication, collaboration, and computer programming. Professional development will include information about graduate programs and about physics-related careers with and without graduate degrees. The program targets students from non-research institutions in California, including community colleges, and from four-year colleges nationwide. Taken as a whole, the REU activities teach skills useful for further scientific endeavors, give students a broad perspective on possible future paths, and help them build a network of professional contacts.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.