REU Site: The Physics of Waves from the Nanoscale to the Cosmic Scale

REU 站点：从纳米尺度到宇宙尺度的波物理学

• 批准号: 2050886
• 负责人: Brian Collins
• 金额: $ 34.75万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing 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=2050886&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Physics; Waves; Nanoscale

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University (WSU) provides students advanced 10-week research internships that demonstrate how the concept of waves pervades all aspects of our physical universe. These internships will take place in world-class facilities under the direct supervision of faculty who are experts in their respective disciplines and highly experienced undergraduate research mentors. Recruitment and support for underrepresented and underserved groups in STEM are a significant focus of the program. This includes a major partnership with the NSF-funded Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program at WSU. Peer and team mentoring and professional development are integral parts of the holistic experience within both the research setting and living experience. This is achieved in part through the WSU Community of Scholars program that includes scholars in all REU programs on campus (involving approximately 80 REU scholars each summer) and uniquely engenders relationships and networking opportunities with student peers across the country. This REU program will host 6-10 scholars each summer to foster their research skills and post-graduate career opportunities in physics, astronomy, and related fields to help create the next generation of STEM leaders. This REU program will provide undergraduate students with internships in world-class research groups spanning fields that include gravity waves, shock physics, low-dimensional and complex materials, and quantum atomic phenomena. Each student will select a project of interest from within the department and be paired with a faculty mentor who has extensive experience mentoring WSU undergraduates. State-of-the-art research facilities available include the Institute of Shock Physics, the WSU Dodgen Research Nuclear Reactor, the Center for Materials Research, the Franceschi Microscopy Center, and multiple Bose-Einstein Condensate instruments, including one on the International Space Station. Individual projects will be connected through the common concept of waves. Seminars in each subfield will be presented to all trainees to highlight this pervasive and connective physics and astronomy phenomenon. Professional development field trips to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Hanford Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory will give students a broad experience of research settings, engage in meaningful discussions with researchers, and get insights into career opportunities. A University-wide, summer “Community of Scholars” program at WSU provides an interdisciplinary and social living environment and professional development opportunities for numerous REU and REU-like summer programs to engender social and professional relationships among its typically 80 undergraduate participants. This is of strategic importance to develop a network of peer support among students and is particularly important for underrepresented STEM disciplines groups. A partnership with the NSF-LSAMP program will synergize recruitment and support for underrepresented and underserved scholars.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.

华盛顿州立大学（WSU）的本科生（REU）物理与天文学计划的研究经验为学生提供了高级10周的研究实习，这些研究证明了波浪概念如何遍及我们物理宇宙的各个方面。这些实习将在教职员工的直接监督下，在各自学​​科和经验丰富的本科研究导师的直接监督下进行。对STEM中代表性不足和服务不足的群体的招聘和支持是该计划的重要重点。这包括与NSF资助的路易斯·斯托克斯联盟（Louis Stokes Alliance）在WSU举行的少数民族计划（LSAMP）计划的主要合作伙伴关系。同伴和团队的心理和专业发展是研究环境和生活经验中整体体验的组成部分。这部分是通过WSU社区的学者计划来实现的，该计划包括校园所有REU计划中的学者（每年夏天约有80个REU学者），并与全国各地的学生同行建立了独特的关系和网络机会。该REU计划每年夏天将举办6-10名学者，以培养其研究技能和物理，天文学和相关领域的研究生职业机会，以帮助创建下一代STEM领导者。该REU计划将在世界一流的研究小组中为本科生提供包括重力波，冲击物理学，低维和复杂材料以及量子原子现象在内的领域的国际职业。每个学生将从部门内选择一个感兴趣的项目，并与具有丰富经验心态的教师心态相结合。可用的最先进的研究设施包括休克物理研究所，WSU DODGEN研究核反应堆，材料研究中心，Franceschi显微镜中心以及多个Bose-Einstein冷凝器仪器，包括国际空间站的一种。单个项目将通过波浪的共同概念联系起来。每个子领域的研讨会将颁发给所有学员，以突出这种普遍存在的相互联系的物理和天文学现象。对西北国家实验室和汉福德激光干涉仪重力波动台的专业发展实地考察将为学生提供广泛的研究环境经验，与研究人员进行有意义的讨论，并了解对职业机会的见解。 WSU范围内的夏季“学者社区”计划为众多类似REU和REU的夏季计划提供了跨学科和社会生活环境以及专业发展的机会，以在其通常80位本科参与者之间建立社交和专业关系。这对于在学生之间建立同伴支持网络至关重要，对于代表性不足的STEM学科群体尤为重要。与NSF-LSAMP计划的合作伙伴关系将综合招聘和支持不足和服务不足的学者。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响来通过评估来支持的。

项目成果

Green Additive Limits Runaway Crystallinity in PM6:Y6 Organic Solar Cells but Causes Field-Independent Geminate Recombination

• DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01604
• 发表时间: 2023-10
• 期刊: ACS Energy Letters
• 影响因子: 22
• 作者: O. Alqahtani;Awwad Alotaibi;Michael Burnes;Brian A. Collins