FDSS: Faculty Development in Space Weather Research: A Systems Perspective

FDSS：空间天气研究的师资发展：系统视角

• 批准号: 0457577
• 负责人: Kirk Borne
• 金额: $ 86万
• 依托单位: George Mason University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-15 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0457577&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FDSS; Faculty; Development; Space; Weather

George Mason University (GMU) has initiated a new program within the School of Computational Sciences (SCS) centered on space weather. In order to implement and go forward with this program, three new tenure-track faculty positions in space weather are anticipated that will be joint with both the SCS and the Department of Physics and Astronomy (DPA). This proposal is for support for one of the positions. Given the already strong solar physics faculty at SCS, highest priority for the NSF-supported position will be given to a magnetospheric scientist. The new faculty member will work with the senior scientists at GMU to implement a novel curriculum focusing on an end-to-end systems approach to space weather. Students will be trained to have a working knowledge of the Sun, heliosphere, magnetosphere, and upper atmosphere/ionosphere, and how societal activities are affected by changes in the system. Research carried out by the faculty and students will focus on this approach, which is envisioned to lead to new knowledge about how the Sun-Earth system works and how to forecast consequences of space weather. In keeping with the missions of the SCS and the DPA, there will be a strong emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of the space weather program and its applications to other fields. There will be a dedicated focus on exposing undergraduate students in physics and astronomy to space weather, on establishing a PhD track in space weather (as an option within the existing PhD programs), and on developing a strong education and outreach program in space weather. Graduates will meet the growing need for specialists in space weather brought on through the implementation of the National Space Weather Plan by various Government agencies, private industry, and other universities. Existing partnerships between GMU and nearby Federal and industrial laboratories will be strengthened by the new space weather program.

乔治梅森大学（GMU）在计算科学学院（SCS）启动了一个以空间天气为中心的新项目。为了实施和推进这一计划，预计将有三个新的空间天气终身教职岗位，这些职位将与SCS和物理与天文学系（DPA）联合设立。这个提议是为了支持其中一个立场。考虑到SCS已经强大的太阳物理师资，nsf支持的职位将优先考虑磁层科学家。这位新教员将与GMU的资深科学家合作，实施一门以端到端系统方法为重点的新课程。学生将接受训练，掌握太阳、日球层、磁层和上层大气/电离层的工作知识，以及系统变化如何影响社会活动。由教职员工和学生开展的研究将集中在这种方法上，这种方法被设想为关于太阳-地球系统如何工作以及如何预测空间天气后果的新知识。为了与空间天气计划和DPA的任务保持一致，将重点强调空间天气计划的跨学科性质及其在其他领域的应用。将专注于让物理学和天文学的本科生接触空间天气，建立空间天气博士课程（作为现有博士课程的一个选择），并开发一个强大的空间天气教育和推广计划。该课程的毕业生将能够满足政府机构、私营企业和其他大学实施国家空间天气计划所带来的对空间天气专家日益增长的需求。GMU与附近的联邦和工业实验室之间现有的伙伴关系将通过新的空间天气计划得到加强。