The 2014 TUNL REU program will start on Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 and end on August 3rd, 2014.
The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is designed to provide
students with a valuable exposure to research in the sciences and mathematics. The REU programs are
especially valuable for students attending academic institutions without on-site research opportunities.
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the REU program at TUNL enables students to become involved
in low-energy, experimental nuclear physics research.
Students participate in a 10-week summer program combining research
experience, lectures, and social activities. The REU program dates for
this year are May 27, 2014 - August 3, 2014. Each student is assigned to a
project associated with ongoing research efforts at TUNL or Duke University.
Students that are selected to work with the Duke High Energy program will
have the opportunity to spend 5-weeks of the 10-week summer program at
CERN. The REU students will conduct research under the supervision of professors
from the TUNL consortium universities: Duke University, North Carolina State University
and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Each student is fully integrated
into a research group and works closely with graduate students, postdocs and
other undergraduate students in the group and has opportunities to interact
with other groups at TUNL and the High-Energy Physics group at Duke. The
students are assigned well-defined projects that are often part of a larger
research project or program. Often the REU project
contributes to a larger effort or experiment currently being developed by
the research group.
TUNL provides a lecture series for undergraduate students that covers a wide range of topics.
Subjects include an introduction to nuclear physics concepts, historical reviews of physics,
and the relationship between physics and everything else (for example, medicine, art, society).
In addition, various social activies on and off the TUNL site allow for comfortable interaction
between undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral research staff, and faculty. The
TUNL Informal Lunch Talks (TILT) gatherings every other week involve pizza and a presentation by
either a grad student or postdoc. Attended by only students and postdocs, the TILT meetings are a
great atmosphere for discussions both of physics and anything else.
REU students will receive a stipend of about $4300. To promote interaction
among participants, room and partial board on the Duke University campus will also be provided.
A limited amount of funds are available for travel reimbursement. We are interested in bringing together
a diverse group of undergraduates and encourage students from a variety of
backgrounds to apply to our program.
Please direct any questions or inquiries to Ms. Rhonda Simmons at reu@tunl.duke.edu or
contact by Phone (919) 843-2629. This research opportunity is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant No. NSF-PHY-08-51813).
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