REU SITE: University of Kansas Physics and Astronomy Research Experiences for Undergraduates

REU 网站：堪萨斯大学本科生物理和天文学研究经验

基本信息

批准号：
2149897
负责人：
Hartwin Peelaers
金额：
$ 39.8万
依托单位：
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-03-01 至 2025-02-28
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149897&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU SITE University Kansas Physics

项目摘要

This award seeks to establish a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Kansas with the objective of exposing ten undergraduate participants for 10 weeks per summer to research in the areas of astronomy, astroparticle physics, high energy theory, and condensed matter theory and experiment. The mentoring faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas have experience designing short-term research projects and including student results in publications. At the same time participants will increase their computing skills through a computational bootcamp during the first week, and develop professional skills such as scientific writing, presenting, and discussing results.This REU site will offer participating students, after completion of their research projects, the opportunity to attend a scientific conference and present their results. In addition, this REU will provide ethics training, including workshops on implicit bias, bystander intervention, and research ethics. The scientific activities will be supplemented with graduate student mentoring and departmental social activities, including student-run Diversity in Physics gatherings. Participant recruitment efforts will be National, but will provide a particular focus on students from smaller colleges in the Midwest and underrepresented students (URM). Applications will be evaluated holistically including both cognitive and non-cognitive assessments, and a certain number of participant slots will be provided for underrepresented students and women/non-binary students. A keystone outcome of this REU program is to have participating students present at national scientific conferences. This will broaden their exposure to the fields of physics and astronomy while increasing their visibility, which is especially important in ensuring the success of URM students.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.

该奖项旨在在堪萨斯大学建立一个新的本科生研究体验 (REU) 站点，目标是让 10 名本科生参与者每年夏天进行 10 周的天文学、天体粒子物理、高能理论和凝聚态理论等领域的研究。物质理论和实验。堪萨斯大学物理与天文学系的指导教师拥有设计短期研究项目以及将学生成果发表在出版物中的经验。同时，参与者将在第一周通过计算训练营提高他们的计算技能，并培养科学写作、演示和讨论结果等专业技能。该 REU 网站将为参与的学生提供在完成其研究项目后，有机会参加科学会议并展示他们的成果。此外，该 REU 将提供道德培训，包括关于隐性偏见、旁观者干预和研究道德的研讨会。科学活动将辅以研究生指导和部门社交活动，包括学生举办的物理多样性聚会。参与者招募工作将是全国性的，但将特别关注中西部小型大学的学生和代表性不足的学生 (URM)。将对申请进行全面评估，包括认知和非认知评估，并将为代表性不足的学生和女性/非二元学生提供一定数量的参与者名额。 REU 项目的一个重要成果是让参与的学生出席全国科学会议。这将扩大他们对物理和天文学领域的接触，同时提高他们的知名度，这对于确保 URM 学生的成功尤为重要。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能力进行评估，被认为值得支持。更广泛的影响审查标准。