U.S.-Ethiopia IRES: International Research Experiences for Students in Earth, Atmospheric and Space Sciences in Ethiopia.

这项国际学生研究经验（IRES）奖将支持北卡罗来纳州a&t州立大学物理系与亚的斯亚贝巴大学（AAU）和埃塞俄比亚巴赫尔达尔大学物理系之间的学生研究和教育合作项目。学生的研究将侧重于地球、大气和空间科学，并利用埃塞俄比亚的独特特点。例如，埃塞俄比亚的阿法尔地区及其主要裂谷提供了独特而复杂的大陆裂谷变形过程，这是美国无法研究的。埃塞俄比亚靠近赤道和亚的斯亚贝巴的海拔高度也为研究电离层及其赤道异常提供了宝贵的机会。该项目的参与者将与美国天文学会地球物理观测站的科学家合作，该观测站是40年前在美国援助下建立的，拥有脉动磁力计和扫描光度计，用于监测电离层和闪电活动，并计划为此建立宇宙射线探测设施。美国学生将与埃塞俄比亚学生一起开展暑期研究项目，并将接受两国教员的指导。该项目可以产生更广泛的重大影响，特别是在培养多元化、全球参与的美国劳动力方面。当前的全球经济需要美国学生在其他国家获得研究经验，了解其他文化，体验其他工作和研究环境。参加该IRES项目的学生，其中许多来自科学界代表性不足的群体，将获得国外实地经验，将获得地球科学和空间科学方面的知识和研究技能，并将鼓励他们在这些领域从事学术和/或工业事业。

Bililign 0622441This International Research Experience for Students (IRES) award will support a program of student research and educational collaboration between the Department of Physics at North Carolina A&T State University and the Departments of Physics at Addis Ababa University (AAU) and Baher Dar University in Ethiopia. The research undertaken by students will focus on earth, atmospheric and space sciences and takes advantage of unique features of Ethiopia. For example, Ethiopia's Afar region and its main rift are areas that provide access to unique and complicated continental rift deformation processes that are not available for study in the US. Ethiopia's closeness to the equator and Addis Ababa's altitude also provide a valuable opportunity to study the ionosphere and its equatorial anomalies. The project participants will team with scientists at the Geophysical Observatory of AAU, a facility established with US assistance forty years ago, that has a pulsation magnetometer and scanning photometer for monitoring the ionosphere and lightning activity, and for which cosmic ray detection facilities are planned. US students will work with their Ethiopian counterparts on summer research projects and will be mentored by faculty members from both countries.This project can have significant broader impacts, particularly in developing a diverse, globally-engaged US workforce. The present global economy necessitates that US students gain research experiences in other countries, learn about other cultures, and experience other working and research environments. Students who participate in this IRES program, many of whom are from groups under-represented in science, will gain field experience abroad, will acquire knowledge and research skills in geosciences and space science, and will be encouraged to pursue academic and/or industry careers in these areas.