Sixteen students (7 women, 9 men) participated in the UC Davis Physics REU in summer 2015. These included two Mexican students in addition to those with full or partial funding from the National Science Foundation.
Research Projects (more details)
Projects were in Biological Physics, Complexity, Condensed Matter Physics, Cosmology, Nuclear Physics, and Particle Physics.Field Trips (more details)
Summer 2015 trips were to Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe City Field Station portion of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, the McClellan Nuclear Research Center, Armstrong Redwoods and Goat Rock Beach, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lick Observatory.Other Activities
Weekly lunch meetings included both practice for the GRE physics exam and brief, very informal presentations by the REU students. One meeting towards the end of the summer was devoted to information about graduate school and the admissions process, led by the chair of our graduate admissions committee.At the end of the program, each student gave a 15-minute research presentation and prepared a final write-up of the project. The talks were spread over two days to help the listeners stay focused.
Housing
