REU: Wyoming Infrared Observatory

怀俄明红外天文台（WIRO）将继续其夏季本科生研究援助计划（SURAP）作为1998年、1999年和2000年夏季国家科学基金会本科生研究经验（REU）站点。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。使每位本科生了解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一起工作的机会，并有责任成为独立的、有创造力的研究人员。将每个本科生置于一个社会多元化的环境中，其中包括来自不同文化背景、地理位置和教育机构的学生同事。鼓励每位本科生发表研究成果，并在专业会议上交流研究成果。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独特的各种额外的科学和户外活动。将从全国各大学中选拔6 ~ 8名参加者。候选人由教师顾问根据他们的学习成绩，对研究事业的兴趣和推荐来选择。SURAP的最终参与者是为了实现SURAP的目标，即拥有来自不同背景的学生。学生项目的设计与学生的研究兴趣相匹配，并在夏季完成。努力招收大一、大二本科生、女性和少数族裔。一个同步的学术/实验课程和研究研讨会将伴随指导研究计划，以帮助学生将这些经验放在更广泛的学术背景下，并为该计划提供总体方向。本课程包括现代红外探测器的介绍、图像处理、使用调制解调器、计算机控制的望远镜进行观测的经验，以及基础的现代天体物理学的学术指导。该课程的重点将是一个以学生为导向的，利用WIRO在红丘的电脑控制的24英寸反射器对有趣的天文物体（如LPV， AGN， CV）进行时间监测的程序。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米望远镜进行观测。在导师指导下完成研究项目的学生被鼓励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研究成果。James P. Wright项目主管

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