REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Astrophysics, Nuclear, and Particle Physics

REU 网站：天体物理学、核物理学和粒子物理学本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 1460853
• 负责人: Alexey Petrov
• 金额: $ 29.12万
• 依托单位: Wayne State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-15 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460853&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Undergraduates

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program hosted at Wayne State University. The program consists of a preparation phase involving a one-hour course given over the winter to student participants, followed by ten weeks of summer research at either Wayne State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), or the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in topics including Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, or Particle Physics. The one-hour course introduces the students to the physical, mathematical and computational concepts relevant for the summer experience. It includes a computer training homework and an ethics component. The participants then merge with other existing REU programs at each site for social activities and lectures on various scientific topics. Students are mentored by PhD researchers working on leading edge physics topics and/or technologies chosen for good mentorship qualities as well as their leadership in their respective scientific fields. Students are given an opportunity to choose to participate in one of two domains of activities hosted at Wayne State University and FNAL or SLAC (the choice of the away site depends on the availability of projects in a given year). The program features many research avenues and activities, including: studies of the properties of supernovae observed photometrically, development of new detection instruments for particle physics or astrophysics, development of systems to manage a large number of computers, designing and coding advanced software for data analysis, research and development of the design of an optical all sky survey focused on measuring cosmology, data analysis in experimental nuclear and particle physics, development of science education and outreach projects, and theoretical studies of properties of strong interactions. Students are required to submit a report in the form of a paper at the end of their experience and deliver oral presentations.

该奖项支持在韦恩州立大学举办的本科生研究经验（REU）计划的续签。该计划包括一个准备阶段，涉及冬季给学生参与者的一小时课程，随后在韦恩州立大学，费米国家大学（Fermi National National Accelerator Laboratory）（FNAL）或斯坦福大学线性加速器中心（SLAC）进行了十周的夏季研究，包括主题，包括天体物体，核物理学或粒子物理学。一小时的课程向学生介绍了与夏季体验相关的物理，数学和计算概念。它包括计算机培训作业和道德成分。然后，参与者与每个站点的其他现有REU计划合并，以进行各种科学主题的社交活动和讲座。学生受到博士学位研究人员的指导，从事领先物理主题和/或以良好的指导质量以及他们在各自科学领域的领导地位的技术和/或技术的指导。 让学生有机会选择参加在韦恩州立大学举办的两个活动领域之一和FNAL或SLAC（客场的选择取决于给定年份的项目的可用性）。 The program features many research avenues and activities, including: studies of the properties of supernovae observed photometrically, development of new detection instruments for particle physics or astrophysics, development of systems to manage a large number of computers, designing and coding advanced software for data analysis, research and development of the design of an optical all sky survey focused on measuring cosmology, data analysis in experimental nuclear and particle physics, development of science education and outreach projects, and theoretical studies of强相互作用的特性。 学生必须在经验结束时以论文的形式提交报告，并提供口头介绍。