June 11-13, 2008
American Center for Physics
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program has been funding undergraduate research site programs for over 20 years.
Workshop participants discussed how to:
The workshop allowed participants to set an agenda for further study of the impact of the physics NSF-REU site program on undergraduate physics education. The broader undergraduate research community can benefit from the dissemination of presentation resources used at the workshop and resources relevant to undergraduate research programs that were identified at the workshop. In addition, a summary of the workshop discussions will be written and made available at this website.
Workshop Grant PIs
Workshop Steering Committee
Workshop Participants
The workshop is funded by the National Science Foundation, grant PHY-0819023.
All meetings will be held at the American Center for Physics (ACP) unless otherwise indicated. Shuttles will run from the Holiday Inn to ACP at times listed.
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Bus from hotel to ACP
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Dinner and Presentation
Presenter: David Lopatto, author of Survey of Undergraduate
Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Discussion: What Defines Success For:
6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast at hotel
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Bus to ACP
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
What do the Physics REU programs look like?
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Patrick Mulvey, AIP statisical research group:
Summary of Undergraduate Research Participation by Physics and Astronomy Degree Recipients of 2006-2007
Discussion: Assessment and Evaluation: What are we measuring? What would we like to measure?
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break and Poster Session
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
REU Site Directors Panel: "Effective Methods for Increasing Diversity of REU Participants"
Discussion: How can the program as a whole tap underrepresented groups?
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch at ACP
1:30 p. m. – 3:00 p.m.
Panel of faculty engaged in research with two year college students
Discussion: Engaging students from two year colleges and younger students in research experiences
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
BREAK
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Effective Practices Beyond the Lab: Gathering Ideas from Participants
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Reporting back and beginning to think about programmatic issues we should address as a community.
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Bus to hotel
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Dinner at hotel
6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast at the hotel
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Bus to ACP
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Discussion: How do we make the collective set of 50 excellent REU sites more than simply the sum of the parts?
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Closing: