REU Site: New Frontiers: Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Space and Planetary Sciences

阿肯色大学费耶特维尔分校西尔斯获得资金，在最近成立的阿肯色州-俄克拉何马州空间和行星科学中心为空间和行星科学的本科生建立一个研究经验站点，该中心由阿肯色州大学费耶特维尔和俄克拉何马州立大学斯蒂尔沃特联合运营。来自地区学校的12名学生将被分成研究小组。该中心的研究小组包括化学家、生物学家、地质学家、物理学家和机械工程师，他们对火星上发生的生物和地质过程、小行星的地质演化以及将要执行任务的设备的设计和建造感兴趣。大多数研究项目将利用NASA喷气推进实验室最近捐赠给阿肯色大学的仙女座行星环境舱。除了参与研究项目外，学生们还将每周与其他校区的学生见面，参观当地一家航空航天公司，并到休斯顿的NASA约翰逊航天中心进行实地考察。

AST-0138942University of Arkansas at FayettevilleDr. Sears is awarded funds to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site in space and planetary sciences at the recently established Arkansas-Oklahoma Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, jointly run by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and the Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Twelve students from regional schools will be placed into research groups. The research groups at the Center involve chemists, biologists, geologists, physicists and mechanical engineers who are interested in the biological and geological processes occurring on Mars, the geological evolution of asteroids, and the design and construction of equipment to be placed on missions. Most of the research projects will make use of the Andromeda planetary environmental chamber recently donated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to the University of Arkansas. In addition to participating in research projects, the students will meet weekly with students from the other campus, visit a local aerospace company, and take a field trip to NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.