REU Site: Sustainable Physics at Penn State: From the Subatomic to the Cosmos

REU 网站：宾夕法尼亚州立大学的可持续物理学：从亚原子到宇宙

• 批准号: 2349159
• 负责人: Luiz De Viveiros Souza Filho
• 金额: $ 38.22万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 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=2349159&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Sustainable; Physics; Penn

This award supports a new Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Pennsylvania State University. The award will support eight students per year for summer research in multidisciplinary physics topics with a common theme of sustainability aimed at developing awareness for the many-faceted impact of physics research on the planet. The undergraduate students will participate in a 10 week summer research experience, together with career development training focused on the convergence between cutting edge physics research and its environmental, social, and global impacts. Research seminars and professional development activities will fortify students' research experience through communication skills training and sustainability-awareness, enhancing their qualifications and preparation for future research careers. Participants' culminating experience will be threefold: participation in a large,end-of-summer research symposium, an option to present at a national or local conference, and a written reflection on the sustainability aspects of their research to be shared with their research group.REU participants will contribute to research projects spanning particle and astroparticle physics,cosmology, gravitational wave astronomy, atomic molecular and optical physics, and condensed matter physics, mentored by one of the 28 physics faculty conducting experimental, theoretical or computational research with active undergraduate student participation. Specific topics include multi-messenger astrophysics, dark matter, quantum information, two-dimensional nanoscale materials, material memory and photonics. REU participants will develop research skills through their mentored projects, and will participate in career-forward activities for increased research confidence and success, including lab safety and ethics training, research seminars, lab visits, and scientific communication assignments.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.

该奖项支持宾夕法尼亚州立大学的本科生（REU）网站的新物理研究经验。 该奖项每年将为八名学生提供多学科物理主题的夏季研究，其可持续性旨在提高人们对物理学研究对地球的多面影响的认识。 本科生将参加为期10周的夏季研究经验，以及专注于尖端物理学研究与其环境，社会和全球影响之间的融合的职业发展培训。研究研讨会和专业发展活动将通过沟通技巧培训和可持续性意识来增强学生的研究经验，增强他们的资格和为未来研究职业的准备。 Participants' culminating experience will be threefold: participation in a large,end-of-summer research symposium, an option to present at a national or local conference, and a written reflection on the sustainability aspects of their research to be shared with their research group.REU participants will contribute to research projects spanning particle and astroparticle physics,cosmology, gravitational wave astronomy, atomic molecular and optical physics, and condensed matter物理学，由28位物理学教师之一指导，主动地进行实验，理论或计算研究，并有活跃的本科生参与。特定主题包括多通信的天体物理学，暗物质，量子信息，二维纳米级材料，材料记忆和光子学。 REU参与者将通过他们的指导项目来发展研究技能，并将参加职业前卫活动，以增加研究信心和成功，包括实验室安全和道德培训，研究研讨会，实验室访问和科学沟通任务。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子的优点和广泛的影响来评估CRETERIA的评估。