REU: Wyoming Infrared Observatory

9732039怀俄明州红外线天文台将在1998年、1999年和2000年的夏季继续其夏季本科生研究助理计划(SURAP)，作为国家科学基金会本科生研究体验网站(REU)。SURAP的主要目标是：向本科生介绍天体物理研究的现实和充实的经历，包括当前对科学伦理的关注。使每个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，并被赋予成为独立的、创造性的研究人员的责任。将每个本科生置于一个社会多样化的环境中，其中包括来自不同文化背景的学生同事以及各种不同的地理和教育机构。鼓励每个本科生在专业会议上发表他们的研究成果并交流他们的研究成果。通过一系列的实地考察，让本科生接触到怀俄明州和落基山地区独有的各种额外的科学和户外活动。参赛者将从全国各地的大学和学院中选出6至8名。候选人由教师顾问根据他们的学术表现、对研究事业的兴趣和推荐来选择。最终选择的Surap参与者是为了实现Surap的目标，即拥有来自不同背景的学生。学生专题的设计是为了配合学生的研究兴趣，并在暑期内完成。努力招收大一、大二本科生、女性和代表性不足的少数民族。辅导性研究课程将同时进行学术/实验室课程和研究研讨会，以帮助学生将这一经历置于更广泛的学术背景下，并为该项目提供大致方向。本课程包括介绍现代红外探测器、图像处理、使用调制解调器进行观测的经验、计算机控制的望远镜以及现代天体物理学基础的学术指导。本课程的重点将是使用WIRO的计算机控制的红屁股24英寸反射器，对有趣的天文对象(如LPV、AGN和CV)进行临时监测，面向学生。所有学生，无论他们的主要研究项目，都将参与获取和还原视觉、近红外和中红外光度学数据。此外，所有学生将与教职员工一起在2.3米的望远镜前进行观测。鼓励与导师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结果。詹姆斯·P·赖特项目总监

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