REU Site: Broadening Participation and Resiliency in Physics

REU 网站：扩大物理学领域的参与度和弹性

• 批准号: 2244423
• 负责人: Jennifer Curtis
• 金额: $ 48.16万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244423&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Broadening; Participation; Resiliency

Non-Technical Summary Georgia Tech will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program that provides holistic summer research opportunities to a diverse population of undergraduates. The REU's significance is its development and sustained support of the next generation of physicists. It is structured to address the leaky STEM pipeline for underrepresented minorities and women by providing (i) high-quality research experiences in an inclusive climate, (ii) hard and soft skills that support success in STEM fields, and (iii) embedding participants in a supportive network of REU alumni, mentors, and supporters that extends well beyond the summer. A central component of the Georgia Tech Physics REU program is its partnership with the local HBCUs, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College, which prioritizes four out of twelve REU positions for their students. Students are exposed to a broad range of physics through weekly discussions of their progress (Monday Mentoring Meetups), a Frontiers in Physics seminar series, and a trip to a National Laboratory. Participants will gain timely technical skills in a three-day hands-on Computational Physics workshop. Beyond the summer, long-term mentoring and facilitated peer networking will improve outcomes. The combined impact of a high-quality, immersive summer research experience in a supportive and inclusive environment and the possibility of joining a diverse lifelong community of like-minded physicists in the Georgia Tech REU alum network will ultimately improve the number, the success, and the well-being of underrepresented minorities, women, and all REU participants who pursue higher education in physics or another STEM field. Hence, these activities serve national interest by advancing the field of physics, supporting education and diversity, and fostering a new generation of knowledgeable, resilient, and well-prepared scientists so that they may pursue their highest goals.Technical SummaryThe Georgia Tech Physics REU site has a longstanding focus on broadening participation in physics. The aims of this NSF REU program are to: (i) provide high-quality inclusive research experiences, in combination with a series of professional and scientific development activities, (ii) motivate and prepare resilient undergraduates to pursue, and succeed in, graduate study, (iii) assemble a cadre of participants that reflects the diversity of the U.S., (iv) attract students from institutions that have limited research activities, (v) continue engagement of the participants beyond the summer and throughout their careers, and (vi) foster collaborations between Georgia Tech and the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC: Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta) to enhance inclusive educational and research opportunities for students in the AUCC. Each participant will work with a faculty member who has an active research group in an area of interest to the student. Available physics research projects will range from quantum materials to the physics of living systems to astrophysics. The program will benefit from shared activities with established REU programs (~5) in other disciplines within the College of Sciences. At the end of the program, students share their research in poster and oral presentations at a College-wide REU Research Symposium. Students will be encouraged to present at external conferences, and AUCC students will have the option to continue research at Georgia Tech beyond the summer. Long-term mentoring of REU alums will strengthen their resilience and support their journeys beyond college. Networking between the REU alum cohorts will be facilitated via the 'Alum in the Hot Seat' series, a newsletter, and the GT REU Physics Linked In Group.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.

非技术摘要佐治亚理工学院将为本科生（REU）计划提供研究经验，该计划为各种本科生提供整体研究机会。 REU的意义在于它的发展和对下一代物理学家的持续支持。它的结构是通过在包容性气候中提供（i）支持STEM领域成功的硬性和软技能的高质量研究经验来解决代表性不足的少数群体和女性的漏水型茎管道，以及（iii）将参与者嵌入Reu Alumni，导师，导师，以及夏季的支持者的支持性网络中。佐治亚理工学院REU计划的核心组成部分是与当地的HBCUS，Clark Atlanta大学，Morehouse College和Spelman College的合作伙伴关系，该学院优先考虑其学生的十二个REU职位中的四个职位。通过每周讨论自己的进度（星期一指导聚会），物理研讨会系列的前沿以及前往国家实验室的旅行，学生会接触到广泛的物理学。参与者将在为期三天的动手计算物理研讨会上及时获得技术技能。除夏季外，长期指导和促进的同行网络将改善结果。 高质量，身临其境的夏季研究经验在支持性和包容性的环境中的综合影响，以及在佐治亚理工学院REU校友网络中加入多样化的志趣相投的物理学家的终身社区的可能性最终会改善人数，成功，妇女，妇女，所有REU参与者的福祉，以及其他较高的人教育的人，以及其他较高的人教育或其他较高的人。因此，这些活动通过促进物理学领域，支持教育和多样性，并促进新一代知识渊博，有弹性且准备充分的科学家来满足国家的利益。该NSF REU计划的目的是：（i）提供高质量的包容性研究经验，结合一系列专业和科学发展活动，（ii）激励和准备追求和成功的本质上的有弹性的大学生研究，研究生学习，（iii）（iii）参与者的参与者的参与者的参与者（IV）的参与者（IV）的参与者（iv）的参与者（IV）（IV）（iv）（iv）（iv）（iv）（iv）（iv）（iv）（iv）（iV除了夏天和整个职业生涯之外，以及（VI）促进了佐治亚理工学院与亚特兰大大学中心财团（AUCC：Morehouse College，Spelman College，Clark Atlanta，Clark Atlanta）之间的合作，以增强AUCC学生的包容性教育和研究机会。每个参与者将与拥有一个活跃的研究小组在学生感兴趣的领域的教职员工一起工作。可用的物理研究项目的范围从量子材料到生命系统的物理学到天体物理学。该计划将从科学学院的其他学科中的既定REU计划（〜5）中受益。在计划结束时，学生在大学范围内的REU研究研讨会上分享了他们在海报和口头演讲中的研究。 鼓励学生在外部会议上介绍，AUCC学生可以选择在夏季以后继续在佐治亚理工学院进行研究。对REU明矾的长期指导将增强其韧性并支持大学以外的旅程。 REU校友队列之间的网络将通过“热门座位中的明矾”系列，新闻通讯和GT REU物理学的链接来促进。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审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来支持的。