REU Site: Sustainable Physics at Penn State: From the Subatomic to the Cosmos

该奖项支持宾夕法尼亚州立大学一个新的本科生物理研究体验(REU)网站。该奖项每年将支持8名学生进行多学科物理主题的夏季研究，其共同主题是可持续发展，旨在提高人们对物理研究对地球多方面影响的认识。本科生将参加为期10周的暑期研究体验，以及职业发展培训，重点是尖端物理研究与其环境、社会和全球影响之间的融合。研究研讨会和专业发展活动将通过沟通技能培训和可持续发展意识加强学生的研究经验，提高他们的资格，并为未来的研究生涯做好准备。参与者的最终体验将包括三个方面：参加一个大型的夏末研究研讨会，选择在国家或地方会议上发表，以及对他们研究的可持续性方面的书面反思，并与他们的研究小组分享。REU的参与者将为横跨粒子和天体粒子物理、宇宙学、引力波天文学、原子分子和光学物理以及凝聚态物理的研究项目做出贡献，由28名物理教师中的一人指导，这些教师从事实验、理论或计算研究，本科生积极参与。具体主题包括多信使天体物理、暗物质、量子信息、二维纳米材料、材料记忆和光子学。REU参与者将通过他们指导的项目发展研究技能，并将参与职业前瞻活动，以增强研究信心和成功，包括实验室安全和道德培训、研究研讨会、实验室访问和科学交流任务。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 new Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Pennsylvania State University. The award will support eight students per year for summer research in multidisciplinary physics topics with a common theme of sustainability aimed at developing awareness for the many-faceted impact of physics research on the planet. The undergraduate students will participate in a 10 week summer research experience, together with career development training focused on the convergence between cutting edge physics research and its environmental, social, and global impacts. Research seminars and professional development activities will fortify students' research experience through communication skills training and sustainability-awareness, enhancing their qualifications and preparation for future research careers. Participants' culminating experience will be threefold: participation in a large,end-of-summer research symposium, an option to present at a national or local conference, and a written reflection on the sustainability aspects of their research to be shared with their research group.REU participants will contribute to research projects spanning particle and astroparticle physics,cosmology, gravitational wave astronomy, atomic molecular and optical physics, and condensed matter physics, mentored by one of the 28 physics faculty conducting experimental, theoretical or computational research with active undergraduate student participation. Specific topics include multi-messenger astrophysics, dark matter, quantum information, two-dimensional nanoscale materials, material memory and photonics. REU participants will develop research skills through their mentored projects, and will participate in career-forward activities for increased research confidence and success, including lab safety and ethics training, research seminars, lab visits, and scientific communication assignments.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.