REU Site: Championing Physics in Multicultural Miami: Dismantling Barriers for New Research Perspectives

REU 网站：在多元文化的迈阿密倡导物理学：消除新研究视角的障碍

• 批准号: 2244126
• 负责人: Olga Korotkova
• 金额: $ 42.98万
• 依托单位: University of Miami
• 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=2244126&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Championing; Physics; Multicultural

This award supports a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics at the University of Miami. The site aims to engage eight students each summer in cross-cutting, frontier Physics research set in the dynamic and multicultural city of Miami. Through one-on-one mentoring and hands-on research, the students will get an in-depth, “insider” view of the scientific process, and come to see themselves as important actors in advancing the discipline. A robust set of “excursions” is also planned, as well as opportunities for community engagement. Close links between scientists and their communities are critical to counter disinformation and distrust of science, to create a better informed and more empowered citizenry, and to ensure relevant, responsible, and compelling research. Community engagement supported by the REU engagements will go beyond sharing research; it will encourage support for science from families and inspire even younger participants to pursue science careers.Undergraduate students will be involved in projects including studying the biophysics of marine larvae, circadian clocks of Drosophila (fruit-fly), navigation of crawling insects, random light design with high photonic states, transport properties of novel materials, developing the next generation of mm-wave and X-ray instruments, quantum computing, simulations of exploding stars, and using modern computing to take on traditional, non-trivial physics problems. Emphasis will be on developing skills in experimental design, critical thinking, problem solving, scientific computing, data acquisition and analysis, and communication. With access to cutting-edge facilities and accomplished researchers, participants will be able to contribute to advancing knowledge in their respective fields, with work leading to presentations at conferences and peer-reviewed publications.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.

该奖项支持迈阿密大学的一个新的物理学本科生研究体验网站，该网站旨在每年夏天让八名学生在充满活力的多元文化城市迈阿密进行跨领域的前沿物理学研究。通过一对一的指导和实践研究，学生将对科学过程有深入的“内部”看法，并逐渐将自己视为推进学科发展的重要参与者。还计划了，以及科学家与其社区之间的密切联系对于抵制虚假信息和对科学的不信任、创建更知情和更有权力的公民以及确保 REU 参与支持的相关、负责任和引人注目的研究至关重要。不仅仅是分享研究成果；还将鼓励家庭对科学的支持，并激励更年轻的参与者追求科学事业。本科生将参与包括研究海洋幼虫的生物物理学、果蝇生物钟在内的项目（果蝇）、爬行昆虫的导航、高光子态的随机光设计、新型材料的传输特性、开发下一代毫米波和 X 射线仪器、量子计算、爆炸恒星的模拟以及使用现代技术重点将是发展实验设计、批判性思维、问题解决、科学计算、数据采集和分析以及通信方面的技能。将能够为推进做出贡献该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。