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

提案ID：AST 0138506 PI：Joseph SalahDr.萨拉赫被授予资金，以继续在马萨诸塞州理工学院的干草堆天文台的本科生网站和教师的相关研究经验的成功研究经验。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，每年将在天文台雇用七名本科实习生和四名K-12科学教师，从事射电天文学，大气科学和仪器仪表的夏季研究项目。每个本科生将与一名工作人员导师配对，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、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、空间天气和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。在夏季结束时，每个学生将准备一份详细的报告，并给出一个演示文稿，并将鼓励在全国会议上提出的结果。参与的教师将在第一个夏天在该网站上度过八周，第二个夏天在该网站上度过四周。在第一个夏天，教师将参加一个小组研究项目，并为他们的教室开发与研究项目的基本科学概念相关的课程。 在下一学年，教师将测试他们的课程计划，然后在下一个夏天完善计划。

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.