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新的本科生物理研究体验 (REU) 网站。 该奖项每年将支持八名学生进行多学科物理主题的夏季研究，其共同主题是可持续发展，旨在提高人们对物理研究对地球的多方面影响的认识。 本科生将参加为期 10 周的暑期研究体验，以及侧重于前沿物理研究与其环境、社会和全球影响之间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发展意识增强学生的研究经验，提高他们的资格并为未来的研究职业做好准备。 参与者的最终体验将有三重：参加大型夏末研究研讨会、选择在国家或地方会议上发言，以及与研究小组分享其研究的可持续性方面的书面反思.REU 参与者将为涵盖粒子和天体粒子物理学、宇宙学、引力波天文学、原子分子和光学物理学以及凝聚态物理学的研究项目做出贡献，并由 28 名进行实验、理论的物理教师之一指导或有本科生积极参与的计算研究。具体主题包括多信使天体物理学、暗物质、量子信息、二维纳米材料、材料记忆和光子学。 REU 参与者将通过他们指导的项目培养研究技能，并将参加职业发展活动，以提高研究信心和成功，包括实验室安全和道德培训、研究研讨会、实验室参观和科学交流任务。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，并被认为值得支持。