FDSS: Physics of the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere - Bridging the Gap between Solar and Terrestrial Research and Education

该项目将在新泽西理工学院物理系日地研究中心增设一个从事地面电离层/磁层实验研究和教育的初级终身教职。新泽西理工学院（NJIT）是一所综合性的公立技术大学，位于新泽西纽瓦克市中心。凭借其设置和新泽西的人口，NJIT有一个多元化的学生团体，使一个刺激的教育环境。CSTR是地面太阳物理学的领导者，在加州运营着大熊太阳观测站和欧文斯谷太阳能电池阵列。CSTR由四名专注于实验地面太阳物理学研究和教育的教师领导，并由一位在日地物理学方面具有广泛经验的杰出研究教授领导。为了进一步加强该中心的空间等离子体物理学，该大学还将在空间等离子体的计算建模方面增加一个新的职位。最近（2003年）的太阳和空间物理学十年调查（国家研究理事会，2003年）高度重视推荐的NSF计划，“小型仪器分布式地面网络”（以下称为DASI，“分布式阵列小型仪器”）。空间等离子体研究中有许多前沿领域可通过适当的地面仪器网络加以解决。预计在NJIT选择这个职位的初级教师将成为这个国家计划的主要教育家和参与者。

This project will provide for the addition of a junior, tenure-track faculty position in experimental ground-based ionosphere/magnetosphere research and education in the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) in the Department of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a comprehensive, public, technological university in an urban setting in the center of Newark, New Jersey. By virtue of its setting and of the population of New Jersey, NJIT has a diverse student body, making for a stimulating educational environment. CSTR is an leader in ground-based solar physics, operating the Big Bear Solar Observatory and the Owens Valley Solar Array in California. The CSTR is led by four faculty members who concentrate on experimental ground-based solar physics research and education, and by a distinguished research professor with wide experience in solar-terrestrial physics. To further enhance space plasma physics within the Center the university will also add a new position in computational modeling of space plasmas. The recent (2003) Decadal Survey of Solar and Space Physics (National Research Council, 2003) gives high priority to a recommended NSF program, the "Small Instrument Distributed Ground-Based Network" (hereafter called DASI, for "Distributed Array of Small Instruments"). There are numerous frontier areas in space plasma research that can be addressed with appropriate networks of ground-based instrumentation. It is expected that the junior faculty person selected for this position at NJIT will become a leading educator and participant in this national program.