REU Site: Physics Research in the Nation's Capital

REU 网站：国家首都的物理研究

• 批准号: 2349155
• 负责人: Tanja Horn
• 金额: $ 34.6万
• 依托单位: Catholic University of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-01 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349155&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Physics; Research; Nation

This award supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics at the Catholic University of America (CUA). The REU site will host eight undergraduate students per year, who will spend ten weeks during the summer engaged in research topics in physics, mathematics, and engineering. The main goal of our program is to reach out to and engage young undergraduate students - who would otherwise not have the opportunity - in cutting-edge research at the exciting interface between basic research in nuclear and particle physics and applied science leveraging cutting-edge algorithmic advancements. Through guided mentorship by faculty members and interactions with other undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs, undergraduates will gain hands-on laboratory experience and practical problem-solving skills in the context of scientific research by participating in real-life physics research. The program offers seminars on a wide variety of subjects, e.g., skill development, learning reinforcement, and the path to becoming a researcher including graduate school and careers in academia and beyond, and aims to recruit educate, and retain the next generation of scientists and engineers.Sophisticated detectors and instruments using nuclear physics principles are all around us and used in everyday life including MRIs (proton spin) in medical applications and gamma ray detectors in oil well logging. Instrumentation initiatives thus provide a unique education and training environment for attracting undergraduate students into the field. This REU program includes advanced nuclear physics detector design and construction that offer undergraduates meaningful engagement in state-of-the-art research projects that can be approached and explored in a short period. Research topics include nuclear and particle physics experiments, data analyses, artificial intelligence for detector design, investigating particle identification and novel focusing lenses for particle detectors, and detector construction projects that are carried out on campus. CUA has a unique position because of its proximity to and collaborations with flagship national laboratories and strong expertise in materials. The REU program will build on CUA's demonstrated experience of the mutually beneficial involvement of undergraduate students in cutting edge research projects, including some that have led to the successful construction of detectors. Students will have the opportunity to give oral presentations and participate in a poster session on the final day of the program, and funding will be provided to all students to subsequently present their work at a relevant national or regional conference.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.

该奖项支持美国天主教大学（CUA）物理学本科生（REU）的研究经验。 REU网站每年将举办八名本科生，他们将在夏季花费十个星期，从事物理，数学和工程学研究主题。我们计划的主要目标是与年轻的本科生接触并吸引年轻的本科生（否则将没有机会）在核和粒子物理学基础研究与应用科学之间的令人兴奋的界面进行尖端研究，并利用尖端的算法进步。通过教职员工的指导指导以及与其他本科生，研究生和博士后的互动，本科生将通过参与现实生活中的物理学研究，在科学研究的背景下获得动手实验室的经验和实践解决问题的技能。 The program offers seminars on a wide variety of subjects, e.g., skill development, learning reinforcement, and the path to becoming a researcher including graduate school and careers in academia and beyond, and aims to recruit educate, and retain the next generation of scientists and engineers.Sophisticated detectors and instruments using nuclear physics principles are all around us and used in everyday life including MRIs (proton spin) in medical applications and gamma ray detectors in oil well记录。因此，仪器举措为吸引本科生进入该领域提供了独特的教育和培训环境。该REU计划包括先进的核物理探测器设计和建筑，提供了本科生在最先进的研究项目中有意义的参与，这些项目可以在短时间内进行和探索。研究主题包括核和粒子物理实验，数据分析，用于检测器设计的人工智能，研究粒子识别以及粒子探测器的新型聚焦镜头以及在校园内进行的检测器构造项目。 CUA由于其靠近并与旗舰国家实验室的合作和材料方面的强大专业知识而具有独特的位置。 REU计划将基于CUA的展示经验，即本科生参与尖端研究项目的互惠互利的经验，其中包括一些导致探测器成功构建的经验。学生将有机会在该计划的最后一天进行口头演讲并参加海报会议，并将向所有学生提供资金，随后在相关的国民或地区会议上展示他们的作品。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估该基金会的知识分子功能和广泛的影响来审查Criteria。