Integrated STEM Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Through Radio Astronomy

通过射电天文学为本科生提供综合 STEM 研究机会

• 批准号: 0618400
• 负责人: Alan Whitney
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northeast Radio Observatory Corp
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0618400&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; STEM; Research; Opportunities; Undergraduates

MIT Haystack Observatory has successfully developed an educational program that applies the multidisciplinary power of radio astronomy to undergraduate student projects and research in a discovery-based environment. The goal of the program is to enable an integrated approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education through astronomical observations in order to help attract and prepare undergraduate students for graduate science education and technical careers. The program has included the development and commercialization of a small radio telescope (SRT) kit, the provision of access to a 37m-diameter radio telescope for individual student research, the training of faculty, and the dissemination of educational materials. Intellectual Merit: The project is making available to students, either remotely or on site, observing time and technical support on a large radio telescope. In addition, it is supporting and extending the use of the SRT.Broader Impact: The undergraduate program has reached over 500 students at about 35 institutions annually who use the 37-m telescope. This usage is in addition to students who use the SRT at their home institutions. The SRT has been distributed to over 100 institutions nationally and has been adopted by a broad international community that has also recognized its value for student training.In this project, technical support to CASSI Corp, the current commercial source for the SRT, and to the user community is being maintained through March 2007. After that time, information about the SRT assembly and other documentation, control software and project materials are available on the Haystack Web site. In addition, access to the Haystack 37-m telescope for student projects is being continued for the Fall 2006 within the available telescope time.

麻省理工学院Haystack天文台成功开发了一个教育计划，将射电天文学的多学科力量应用于本科生项目和基于发现的环境中的研究。该计划的目标是通过天文观测实现科学，技术，工程和数学教育的综合方法，以帮助吸引和准备本科生的研究生科学教育和技术职业。该计划包括小型射电望远镜（SRT）套件的开发和商业化、为学生个人研究提供37米直径射电望远镜、教师培训以及教育材料的传播。智力优势：该项目正在向远程或现场的学生提供大型射电望远镜的观测时间和技术支持。 更广泛的影响：该本科生方案每年为大约35个机构的500多名使用37米望远镜的学生提供服务。 这种使用是除了学生谁使用SRT在他们的家庭机构。SRT已分发给全国100多个机构，并已被广泛的国际社会所采用，国际社会也认识到其对学生培训的价值，在该项目中，对CASSI公司（SRT目前的商业来源）和用户社区的技术支持一直持续到2007年3月。在此之后，有关SRT组件和其他文档，控制软件和项目材料的信息可以在Haystack网站上找到。 此外，2006年秋季，在可用的望远镜时间内，将继续为学生项目使用Haystack 37米望远镜。