Research Experience for Undergraduates at Physics/JILA

University Of Colorado At Boulder, Boulder CO

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Abstract

JILA (formerly Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics) and the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado continue to offer an REU summer program introducing 12-15 undergraduates to active, ongoing physics research. The 30 participating faculty are well recognized contributors to the fields of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Biophysics, Chemical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Geophysics, and Gravitational physics. Special efforts are made to include significant participation levels from women and minorities, as well as from students coming from smaller institutions that do not have as many research opportunities. Although the main emphasis of the summer is centered around each student's individual research lab, where the students are expected to master at least a part of a large task, a variety of other activities are planned for the summer. Highly successful electronics and machining classes are offered in the first two weeks of the program, and weekly seminar series, lab tours, and field trips round out the program.