The Haystack Observatory as an REU Site for Astronomy and Atmospheric Science

提案ID：AST 0138506PI：约瑟夫·萨拉赫博士。萨拉赫获得资金，继续在麻省理工学院的干草堆天文台为本科生和教师建立一个成功的研究经验网站和相关研究经验网站。资金由天文科学司、大气科学司和多学科活动办公室联合提供。在接下来的五年里，天文台每年将聘请7名本科生实习生和4名K-12科学教师来完成射电天文学、大气科学和仪器设备的夏季研究项目。每个本科生将与一名教职员工导师配对，并将参加一系列研讨会。射电天文学的研究项目将包括对恒星形成区域、活动星系核和演化恒星的包层的调查。大气科学项目将包括调查高层大气的结构、空间天气以及大气延迟对卫星传输的影响。仪器和软件项目将包括数字无线电接收器、软件雷达和信号处理的新设计。在暑期结束时，每个学生将准备一份详细的报告并做报告，并将被鼓励在全国会议上展示结果。参加活动的教师将在第一个暑假在现场呆八周，第二个暑假花四周的时间。在第一个暑假，老师们将参与一个小组研究项目，并为他们的课堂开发与研究项目基本科学概念相关的课程。在接下来的学年，老师们将测试他们的教案，然后在下个暑假完善他们的教案。

Proposal ID: AST 0138506PI: Joseph SalahDr. Salah is awarded funds to continue a successful Research Experiences for Undergraduates site and associated Research Experiences for Teachers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Haystack Observatory. Funding is provided jointly through the Division of Astronomical Sciences, the Division of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities. Over the next five years, seven undergraduate interns and four K-12 science teachers will be hired per year at the observatory to do summer research projects in radio astronomy, atmospheric science, and instrumentation. Each undergraduate student will be paired with a staff mentor, and will participate in a seminar series. Research projects in radio astronomy will include investigations of star-forming regions, active galactic nuclei, and envelopes of evolved stars. Atmospheric science projects will include investigations of the structure of the upper atmosphere, space weather, and the effect of atmospheric delays on satellite transmissions. Instrumentation and software projects will include new designs for digital radio receivers, software radar, and signal processing. At the end of the summer each student will prepare a detailed report and give a presentation, and will be encouraged to present the results at a national meeting. The participating teachers will spend eight weeks at the site their first summer, and four weeks the following summer. During the first summer, the teachers will participate in a group research project and develop curriculum for their classroom that is related to the underlying scientific concepts of the research project. During the following school year, the teachers will test their lesson plans and then refine the plans during the next summer.