REU: Wyoming Infrared Observatory

小行星9732039 怀俄明州红外天文台（WIRO）将继续其夏季本科生研究援助计划（SURAP）作为国家科学基金会研究经验的本科生（REU）网站为1998年，1999年和2000年的夏天。SURAP的主要目标是： 向本科生介绍天体物理学研究的现实和充实的经验，包括当前对科学伦理的关注。 使每一位本科生熟悉现代天体物理学的不同研究领域。 为每个本科生提供直接与活跃的专业人士合作的机会，并有责任成为独立，创造性的研究人员。 将每个本科生置于一个多元化的社会环境中，其中包括来自不同文化背景和各种地理和教育机构的学生同事。 鼓励每个本科生发表他们的研究成果，并在专业会议上交流他们的研究成果。 通过一系列的实地考察，使本科生接触到怀俄明州和落基山脉地区特有的各种各样的额外科学和户外活动。 6至8名参与者将从全国各地的大学和学院中选出。 候选人由教师顾问根据他们的学习成绩，对研究生涯的兴趣和建议进行选择。 最后的SURAP参与者被选中， SURAP的目标是拥有来自不同背景的学生。 学生项目旨在 符合学生的研究兴趣，并在夏季完成。 努力都是为了 招收大一和大二的本科生，妇女和代表性不足的少数民族。 一个并行的学术/实验室课程和研究研讨会将伴随着辅导研究计划，以帮助学生把这种经验在更广泛的学术背景，并提供一个总体方向的程序。 本课程包括介绍现代红外探测器、图像处理、使用调制解调器观测的经验、计算机控制的望远镜以及基础、现代天体物理学的学术指导。 该课程的重点将是一个面向学生的，有趣的天文物体（如LPV的，活动星系核的，CV的）使用WIRO的计算机控制，24英寸的反射器在红巴特时间监测计划。 所有学生，无论他们的主要研究项目，将参与获取和减少视觉，近红外和中红外光度数据。 此外，所有学生将与教师一起使用2.3米望远镜进行观察。 鼓励与顾问一起完成研究项目的学生在美国天文学会会议或全国本科生研究会议上展示他们的成果。 James P. Wright项目总监

9732039 Canterna The Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO) will continue its Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program (SURAP) as a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site for the summers of 1998, 1999, and 2000. The principal goals of SURAP are: To introduce the undergraduate student to a realistic and fulfilling experience in astrophysics research, including current concerns on science ethics. To acquaint each undergraduate student with the diverse research fields in modem astrophysics. To offer each undergraduate student an opportunity to work directly with active professionals and be given the responsibility to become independent, creative researchers. To place each undergraduate student in a socially diverse environment which includes student colleagues from different cultural backgrounds and a wide variety of geographical and educational institutions. To encourage each undergraduate student to publish their results and communicate their research findings at professional meetings. To expose the undergraduate students to a wide variety of additional scientific and outdoor endeavors unique to the Wyoming and Rocky Mountain region through a series of field trips. Six to eight participants will be chosen from universities and colleges throughout the nation. Candidates are selected by faculty advisors, based on their academic performance, interest in a research career, and recommendations. The final SURAP participants are chosen to fulfill SURAP's goal to have students from diverse backgrounds. Student projects are designed to match student research interests and be completed within the summer. Efforts are made to recruit freshmen and sophomore undergraduates, women, and underrepresented minorities. A concurrent academic/laboratory course and research seminar will accompany the tutorial research program to help the students place this experience in a wider academic context and provide a general direction to the program. This course includes an introduction to modem infrared detectors, image processing, experience in observing with a modem, computer controlled telescope, and academic instruction in fundamental, modem astrophysics. The focal point of the course will be a student-oriented, temporal monitoring program of interesting astronomical objects (e.g. LPV's, AGN's, CV's) using WIRO's computer-controlled, 24-inch reflector at Red Buttes. All students, regardless of their principal research program, will participate in acquiring and reducing visual, near IR, and mid-IR photometric data. In addition, all students will observe at the 2.3 meter telescope with the faculty. Students who complete research projects with their advisors are encouraged to present their results at a American Astronomical Society meeting or at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. James P. Wright Program Director