2018 REU Group overlaid with solar flare

REU Program

2021 REU Program

Summer 2021
May 31–August 6, 2021
Duration: 10 weeks
Stipend: $5,000

 

Applications must include two letters of recommendation, personal statement, biographical sketch, and unofficial transcript.

Application deadline is Sunday, January 31, 2021.

The Physics REU sites directors will utilize a common deadline of March 5, 2021, for students to accept or decline first round offers at domestic (non-international) sites. Sites may send offers to students at any time before this, but students will not be required to decide before March 5. Because of necessary organizational lead time, international REU sites may require earlier acceptance dates.

Due to COVID-19, there is a possibility that the UMN REU program may be conducted remotely. In the event this occurs, amenities, activities and events offered will vary.

Fields of Research

REU Participant, Vasiki Konneh, performing research
REU Participant, Vasiki Konneh, performing research

Our REU participants can choose from a variety of fields based on their interests. Our current offerings are:

Once a student is accepted, they will be matched with a faculty member in their preferred field and integrated into an ongoing research project.

About REU at Minnesota

Soudan Mine Visit: The Soudan Mine houses the MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) detector and the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) 1/2-mile underground.
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In addition to the stipend we provide:

  • Housing
  • Travel reimbursement
  • Access to University amenities

Activities include:

  • GRE prep sessions
  • Weekly luncheon seminars
  • Poster sessions
  • Safety and ethics training
  • Training and access to the machine shop and Nanofabrication Center

Social events may include:

  • Guthrie Theater production
  • Major league baseball game
  • Riverboat cruise
  • Science Museum of Minnesota visit

Education Eligibility:
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.

Questions?
For more information, contact physics@umn.edu.

Students of underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

Activities from Past Years

2020 REU Program

The 2020 REU Program ran from June 1st-August 7th, 2020. This year's program was entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however our students were more than up to the challenge

REU 2020 Zoom Conference
REU 2020 Zoom Conference

This years participants were:

Participant
Home Institution
Research Advisor
Research Presentation
Bernardo Barrera Monterrey Institute of Technology Liliya Williams Two-component Mass Models of the Lensing Galaxy in Quadruply Imaged Quasar WFI2033-4723
Grace Bratrud Loyola University, Chicago Greg Pawloski Solar Neutrino Prototype Detector Simulation
Olivia Chabowski Earlham College LHC Group A Search for Stealth Supersymmetry
Keegan Finger Drake University J. Woods Halley Dilute t-J Superconductivity using Chebyshev Polynomials
Jack Heinzel Carleton College Michael Coughlin Neutron Star Merger Inclination Angles from Kilonovae
Braden Kronheim Davidson College LHC Group Lepton Classification in Right-Handed W Decays
Katelyn Lydeen Illinois Institute of Technology Lindsay Glesener Solar Flare Forensics: Aggregation and Results
John McCauley Bethel University Ognjen Ilic Tailoring Optical Forces with Nano-structured Surfaces
Gavin Menning Drake University Andrew Furmanski SBND Wire Calibration
Chika Onubogu Florida State University Tom Jones Assessing Dynamics of Simulated Radio Galaxy Jets
Polina Petrov Carnegie Mellon University Michael Coughlin Optimizing the Search for Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources
Evan Strong St. Olaf College Jorge Vinals 2D Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals
Elatia Zaffke St. Cloud State University Lindsay Glesener Solar Flare Forensics: Mapping High Energy X-ray Sources

 

*LHC Group is comprised of Jeremy Mans, Roger Rusack, & Nadja Strobbe