REU Site: Summer Research Program for Community College Students in Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

REU 网站：德克萨斯州社区学院物理和天文学学生暑期研究计划

• 批准号: 2050277
• 负责人: Heungman Park
• 金额: $ 23.67万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University-Commerce
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050277&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Research; Program

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Texas A&M University-Commerce provides opportunities for six students each summer for ten weeks from 2-year community colleges in the middle south region of the US near northeast Texas, which borders the neighboring states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Students in this isolated region have very few research opportunities and may come from school districts with few STEM resources. The students will participate in physics education, nuclear physics, astrophysics, experimental surface physics, experimental organic semiconductor physics, and astronomy. In addition to participating in research with a research advisor, the REU students will engage in weekly activities to ensure that their research stays on track and have an engaging collegial and scholarly experience. At the end of the program, each student will write a research paper and present their work results in a small group conference on campus.This REU site will have several broader impacts, focusing on providing research opportunities for undergraduates to help prepare them for future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. It also focuses on providing research opportunities for students in two-year community colleges and facilitates four-year universities' transition. The site has developed strategies to ensure that non-traditional students, women, and underrepresented minorities can participate in a summer research experience. Early involvement in research beginning in the first year is one of the most effective ways to attract and retain talented undergraduate students in STEM careers. Special efforts will be made to help the REU students to become independent researchers in the near future.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.

德克萨斯 A&M 大学商学院的本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站每年夏天为 6 名学生提供为期十周的来自美国中南部地区德克萨斯州东北部附近的两年制社区学院的机会，该地区与邻近的俄克拉荷马州接壤、阿肯色州和路易斯安那州。这个偏僻地区的学生研究机会很少，而且可能来自 STEM 资源很少的学区。学生将参与物理教育、核物理、天体物理学、实验表面物理、实验有机半导体物理和天文学。除了与研究顾问一起参与研究外，REU 学生还将参加每周的活动，以确保他们的研究保持在正轨上，并拥有引人入胜的大学和学术体验。项目结束时，每个学生将撰写一篇研究论文，并在校园内的小组会议上展示他们的工作成果。REU 网站将产生几个更广泛的影响，重点是为本科生提供研究机会，帮助他们为未来的科学做好准备、技术、工程和数学职业。它还致力于为两年制社区学院的学生提供研究机会，并促进四年制大学的过渡。该网站制定了策略，确保非传统学生、女性和代表性不足的少数群体能够参与夏季研究体验。从第一年开始尽早参与研究是吸引和留住 STEM 职业中有才华的本科生的最有效方法之一。我们将做出特别努力，帮助 REU 学生在不久的将来成为独立研究人员。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

项目成果

Photometric Monitoring of the ZZ Ceti Star PG 1541+651

ZZ Ceti Star PG 1541 651 的光度监测

• DOI: 10.3847/2515-5172/acdc93
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Research Notes of the AAS
• 作者: Clausen, Mabel E.;Williams, Kurtis A.
• 通讯作者: Williams, Kurtis A.

Determining the Lightcurves and Rotational Periods of Five Main Belt Asteroids

确定五颗主带小行星的光变曲线和自转周期

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Minor planet bulletin
• 作者: Ahmed, Harum;Montgomery, Kent;Cheek, Michael
• 通讯作者: Cheek, Michael