REU Site: University of Washington Physics

该奖项支持更新西雅图华盛顿大学本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该项目提供了来自几乎每个物理学子领域的广泛的学生项目选择。它利用了华盛顿大学强大的内部“桌面”实验计划；它的机器车间设施，包括一流的学生商店；CENPA，美国能源部在核物理和天体物理方面的卓越中心；从核理论研究所到生物物理研究所，到使用20万亿浮点本地集群的理论机会，以及对物理教育的研究。该奖项每个暑期资助12名学生。遴选将是竞争性的，考虑到过去的学术表现，推荐信，并考虑到对学生职业生涯的潜在影响。每个学生参与者将与一名UW教师顾问合作。几名物理系教员作为顾问参加了会议，从附属部门挑选出来的教员也是如此。学生的工作包括：仪器的设计、建造和调试；数据收集和分析；数值建模；此类建模软件的开发；以及理论。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为是值得支持的。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Washington, Seattle. The program offers a broad selection of student projects from almost every sub-field of physics. It makes use of the University of Washington's strong in-house "table-top" experimental programs; its machine-shop facilities including a first-rate student shop; CENPA, a DOE center-of-excellence in nuclear physics and astrophysics; and theory opportunities ranging from the Institute for Nuclear Theory to Biophysics to use of a twenty-teraflop local cluster, as well as research into physics education. The award supports twelve students per summer. Selection will be competitive, considering past academic performance, letters of recommendation, and taking into account the potential for impacting the student's career.Each student participant will be partnered with a UW faculty adviser. Several Physics faculty members participate as advisers, as do selected faculty from affiliated departments. Student work includes: design, construction, and commissioning of instrumentation; data collection and analysis; numerical modeling; the development of software for such modeling; and theory. Not infrequently this work culminates in a journal publication.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.