REU Site: Physics Research at UC Merced

该奖项在加州-默塞德大学物理系建立了一个新的REU网站，每年夏天10名本科生将参加物理研究，涉及生物物理学，凝聚态，原子，分子和光学物理学，软凝聚态和天体物理学等一系列子领域。加州大学默塞德物理学院拥有专门的教师队伍和活跃的前沿研究项目，可吸引学生参与。该部门利用其支持本科生研究以及机构合作伙伴，包括本科生研究机会中心的强大历史，提供有针对性的研究机会，全面的专业发展计划，社区建设活动和专门的指导的全面计划。通过开展的研究项目产生的知识将影响各种科学学科。本项目将鼓励学生积极参与相关的研究社区，并鼓励他们发表和发表数据。本项目将吸引一批多元化且有才华的本科生，他们将在进入研究生院或科学工作队伍的形成阶段从从事物理和材料研究中受益匪浅。加州-默塞德大学，作为一个西班牙裔服务机构与第一代学生的比例很大，坐落在圣华金河谷在中部加州，既有机构资源和校园文化，以支持学生传统上在物理和科学代表性不足的多样化和有才华的队列。参与者将获得物理学研究技能，以及通过计划活动的科学自我效能。校园内的合作者，包括教师，研究生和博士后学者，将受益于促进与REU参与者的指导和合作的影响。参与者支持参加会议，介绍研究成果将扩大影响范围，影响各种物理子领域，并作为参与者的顶点体验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。

This award establishes a new REU site in the Department of Physics at the University of California – Merced, where each summer ten undergraduate students will participate in physics research across a range of subfields ranging from biophysics, condensed matter, atomic, molecular and optical physics, soft condensed matter, and astrophysics. UC Merced Physics has a dedicated faculty and active, cutting-edge research programs with which to engage students. The Department leverages its strong history of supporting undergraduate research as well as institutional partners, including the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center, to provide a comprehensive program of targeted research opportunities, comprehensive professional development plans, community building activities, and dedicated mentoring. Knowledge generated through the conducted research projects will impact a variety of scientific disciplines. Student presentation and publication of data will be encouraged to actively participate with the relevant research communities.The project will engage a diverse and talented cohort of undergraduate students who will benefit greatly from engaging in physics and material research research at a formative stage in their trajectories to graduate school or the scientific work force. The University of California – Merced, as a Hispanic-Serving Institution with a large percentage of first-generation students, situated in the San Joaquin Valley in central California, has both the institutional resources and campus culture to support a diverse and talented cohort of students traditionally underrepresented in physics and science. Participants will gain research skills in physics, as well as scientific self-efficacy through program activities. Collaborators on campus, including the faculty, graduate student and postdoctoral scholars, will benefit from the impacts of contributing to the mentoring and collaboration with the REU participants. Participant support to attend conferences to present research outcomes will extend the reach to impact a variety of physics subfields and serve as a capstone experience for participants.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.