Conference Experience for Undergraduates (CEU)

The goal of the Conference Experience for Undergraduates (CEU) is to provide a capstone conference experience for undergraduate students who have conducted research in nuclear science by giving them the opportunity to present their research to the larger professional community, explore the field of nuclear science, and learn about the community. Additionally, it enables the students to converse with faculty and senior scientists from graduate institutions about graduate school opportunities. The CEU program will also include a nuclear physics career panel in 2026.

The CEU began in 1998 and is held in conjunction with the fall Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) meeting. It includes a poster session for student research presentations, as well as several activities scheduled throughout the DNP meeting for the benefit of participating undergraduates.

Acceptance into the CEU program, along with funding for conference registration and housing are awarded on a competitive basis. Students will be accepted into the CEU program only once during their undergraduate studies. No applications to attend a second time will be accepted. Due to high demand, priority will be given to junior and senior students who are advanced in their research work.

Students who have already taken part in the CEU program are encouraged to submit an abstract to the undergraduate oral sorting category (category 15) by the regular abstract submission deadline. Their talks will be placed in the appropriate regular oral sessions.

Decisions about CEU acceptance will be sent out in mid-August. Students who are not accepted into the program at this time will not be able to convert their poster abstracts to oral presentations.

All undergraduate students are welcome to attend CEU events; however, only students accepted into the CEU program can present their research at the poster session.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Fatiha Benmokhtar.

From Students

"The conference was extremely helpful for me to get an idea of what the field of nuclear physics has to offer both in terms of the science and what a job in this field would look like. Additionally, meeting so many graduate students and professors from universities across the country allowed me to make many connections that would probably not have been possible otherwise. The environment of the conference was welcoming and everyone seemed very friendly, willing to listen to me about my work and keen on giving me ideas for where I can go next with my research." -- M.S. Univ. of Connecticut