NSF REU at K-State: Interactions of Matter, Light and Learning
The K-State REU program offers summer fellowships to do world-class research in our friendly physics department in the scenic Flint Hills. We are funded by the National Science Foundation.
Overview
The Kansas State summer research program offers students an opportunity to perform cutting-edge research. As a student in our program, you will be paired with a faculty research mentor. Time will also will be spent in a classroom setting, where faculty members will describe the physics behind your own project and your peers' projects as well. For 1-2 hours per week, Dr. Bruce Glymour, Professor of Philosophy and co-director for the K-State Center for the Understanding of Origins, and Amelia Hicks, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, will lead discussions of ethical issues in physics, including case studies of some famous ethical violations in recent years.
You will develop a web page on your project, and give regular updates on your research to your fellow student researchers. Your project will culminate in an oral or poster presentation summarizing your research project, and in the creation of a web page summarizing your experiences. Click here to see last years participants' final presentations, and click on individual students' names to view their web pages, where their personal experiences in the program are described in detail.
We will organize social activities with other REU groups on campus. In past years, we have had dinner at mentors' homes, ice-cream socials, canoe trips and other excursions.
Tentative 2022 Schedule
February 18 | Rolling admissions begins. Applications will be accepted until all spots are filled. |
~April 15 | Project descriptions posted. |
~ May 3 | Incoming students rank preferences for research projects and submit to Dr. Flanders at bret.flanders@phys.ksu.edu. |
| Monday, May 30 | Students arrive at K-State, move into dorms. Dinner off-campus. |
Tuesday, May 31 | Students start research, safety training, get parking permits, etc. |
Friday, June 3 | First public research progress report. |
Monday, July 4 | Independence Holiday observance |
Friday, August 5 | Public presentation of FINAL research report. |
Friday, August 5 | Last day of program. |
Saturday, August 6 | Departure |
Finances (Total value of more than $8,500 per student)
Each student will receive a stipend of $5,450.
Room and board will be provided in the dorms.
Student travel to Manhattan, KS, will be provided (up to $750).
Eligibility
College students who have completed a course in modern physics are eligible. US citizens and permanent residents are encouraged to apply.*
Research Project Areas
- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (AMO)
- Condensed Matter (CM), Soft and Biological Matter Physics
- Elementary Particle Physics
- Cosmology
- Physics Education Research
