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Classroom experience only provides a groundwork for the real work of a physicist. Undergraduate research teaches students aspects of science that can be attained through participation. At the University of Idaho, in scenic northern Idaho, you can be a part of an established, well recognized physics department while enjoying a pleasantly rural setting.
For more information contact Professor Wei Jiang Yeh at wyeh@uidaho.edu.
Student Compensation
Undergraduate students will spend ten weeks at the University of Idaho doing research with an active research group composed of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students. They will receive a stipend of $4500. The housing and travel expenses are covered.
Where and When
The University of Idaho is located in Moscow, ID on the edge of the undulating hills of the Palouse, immediately below Moscow Mountain. (local information links) The Department of Physics is located in the Engineering/Physics Building with additional labs located in Gauss-Johnson and the Mines building. Students will be able to move into the dormitories in early June to begin work the following Monday (June 8). The nine-week program will end on August 7.
How to Apply
We invite undergraduate physics, science, or engineering majors who will not have graduated prior to the summer they wish to participate to apply. The application can be found here. The deadline for receiving applications is March 1, 2009.
Selection Process
We will start reviewing applications and selecting students for the summer of 2009 in the middle of March. The process will continue until seven students have accepted invitations.
Projects
The student REU project titles and the corresponding faculty mentor that we plan to offer for the summer of 2008 are given below. In addition, several projects list the skills to be acquired by the participants and the equipment with which the participants will become proficient. These projects are representative of the research activity in the Idaho Physics department. Some projects may require two or more students to work together. Upon request by the participants, other projects may be arranged.
Barnes
Astrophysics and Planetary Physics, Exploration of Saturn's Moon Titan
Bergman
UV Photoluminescence and Raman Spectroscopy of Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors and Nanostructures
Berven
Electron/Phonon Transport and Electro-Mechanical Effects in Discrete Nanosystems, Nano-Device Physics, Nano-Sensors
Machleidt
Non-Perturbative Renormalization of Chiral Effect Field Theory
McIlroy
Nanowires and Nanosprings - Mechanical and Electrical Properties and
their applications in biology, sensors, and hydrogen cells
Qiang
Size Dependent Magnetic Properties of Nanoparticles, Nanoparticle-Assembled Materials, and their applications in Biomedicine and Environment
Sammarruca
The Nuclear Equation of State: Applications to Terrestrial and Astrophysical Systems
Yeh
Spintronics and Magnetic Tunneling Junctions
Ytreberg
Computational and Theoretical Studies of Biological Molecules
Bart
Study of Lunar Landscape
Questions about the University of Idaho REU program?
Email Professor Wei Jiang Yeh at wyeh@uidaho.edu.
National Science Foundation REU site
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