1. Research Experience for Students and Teachers REU/RET Programs Wayne State University 2001

2. Host and Sponsors  Host: Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy Department Particle Physics Group  Prof. Giovanni Bonvicini  Prof. David Cinnabro Nuclear Physics Group  Prof. Rene Bellwied  Prof. Sean Gavin  Prof. Claude Pruneau - 313 577 1813  Sponsor National Science Foundation

3. REU - Program Goals  Educating students in modern research and in laboratory techniques  Giving students a clearer idea of their options for a future in research  Motivating students toward careers in Science  Giving students who will go on in other fields exposure to scientific research  Improving the written and oral communication skills of the students

4. RET – Program Goals  Expand Science Teachers knowledge of Science  Enable Science Teachers to get first hand experience in a Research Environment  Establish points of contact between Science Teachers and the Researchers so they can serve as advocates of Scientific Careers.

5. Research Fields  Research conducted at two Laboratories  High Energy Nuclear Physics Group Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY. Star Collaboration. Study of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions for the discovery of the Quark Gluon Plasma.  Particle Physics Group CLEO/CESR, Cornell University, Utica, NY. CLEO Collaboration Accelerator Physics + Vacuum Physics X-ray light source physics (CHESS) Study of Heavy Quark Physics (B-Physics)

6. REU/RET Format  Training/Preparation – Winter 2001 At Wayne State Weekly Lectures offered by WSU Faculty Computer Training Preparation and Presentation of Short Talks by Students/Teachers  Research Experience – Summer 2001 RET : 6 weeks at BNL or Cornell Beginning July 1st REU : 10 weeks at BNL or Cornell Beginning June 1 st.

7. Weekly Lectures  Lectures at Wayne State  Introduction to the Research conducted at BNL and Cornell  One contact hour per week.  Proposed Time : Friday, 4:30 PM  Location: Room 312, Physics Bldg.  See next page for Schedule

8. DateTopicLecturer 12 JanuaryOrientation Session - REU/RET Professor Pruneau 26 JanuaryIntroduction to High energy Nuclear PhysicsProfessor Gavin 2 FebruaryIntroduction to High Energy PhysicsProfessor Bonvicini 9 FebruaryIntroduction to StatisticsProfessor Cinabro 16 FebruaryIntroduction to High Energy Physics AnalysisProfessor Pruneau 23 FebruaryCleo ExperimentProfessor Bonvicini 2 MarchCleo softwareProfessor Cinabro 9 MarchSTAR experimentProfessor Bellwied 16 MarchSpring Break- 23 MarchSTAR Analysis and SoftwareProfessor Pruneau 30 MarchStudent presentations- Lecture Schedule

9. Computer Training  Goals Acquire basic computing skills to logon, use text editor, create web page, read c++ language  Task Obtain Computer Account See or email Dale Atems at atems@physics.wayne.edu Read documentation on REU/RET web site Produce web page that describes the goals (initially – due early May) and results (at the end of the summer) Use template.  Documentation http://rhic.physics.wayne.edu/REU/index.htm

10. RET Summer Program/Format  Teachers are coupled with a mentor. BNL Teacher Mentor: Dr. James Thomas Cornell: CHESS Faculty TBA  Teacher’s Projects BNL/CORNELL: To develop user friendly web based documentation about Star Physics and Technology Targeted audience for the documentation is High School students and public at large (I.e. non-scientists)

11. REU Summer Program/Format  Each student coupled with a mentor. BNL Teacher Mentor: TBA Cornell: TBA  Student’s Projects BNL: Strangeness Production, Resonance Production, Particle Production Fluctuations, etc CORNELL Varied.

12. End Summer Goals:  Completion of the assigned project May result in Scientific publication (immediately or eventually…)  Production of written reports In the form of a web page. The reports/web pages will be posted on the Wayne REU web site at the end of the summer.  Oral presentations or poster type presentations at BNL/Cornell at the end of the REU period along with other REU students at BNL/Cornell.