Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) Site Program at the National Solar Observatory (NSO)

国家太阳观测站（英语：National Solar Observatory）是一个研究太阳物理的国家中心。 国家统计局自1983年以来一直为本科生和研究生开设暑期研究项目，并自1986年成立以来一直参与NSF本科生研究经验（REU）计划。国家统计局将继续其REU计划，每年夏天资助四名学生，两名在国家统计局图森分校，两名在国家统计局萨克拉门托峰（萨克峰）分校。 国家统计局为学生提供了一个独特的教育机会，因为许多大学都没有太阳物理学研究。 学生们将接受各种项目的指导，从研究日冕中的阿尔文波到测量日冕物质抛射下太阳内部的等离子体流。 NSO REU的学生喜欢在萨克峰望远镜设施和图森大学的环境中接触紧张的研究环境。 在这两个网站，REU学生混合研究生和博士后研究人员除了他们的科学导师。 迄今为止，NSO REU计划已为不同群体的学生提供服务，包括来自研究型大学的学生和来自通常无法接触前沿研究项目的较小学校的学生。 国家统计局方案为具有性别和种族多样性的观众提供服务，其多样性可与普通物理学和天文学本科生人口相媲美，并正在研究一种增加参与者种族多样性的方法。最后，NSO REU参与者进入研究生课程的速度比典型的本科生高出三倍，这表明NSO计划的成功以及选择参加该计划的学生的才能。

The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is a national center for research in solar physics. The NSO has operated summer research programs for both undergraduate and graduate students since 1983, and has participated in the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program since its inception in 1986. The NSO will continue its REU program with the funding of four students per summer, two at the NSO Tucson site and two at the NSO Sacramento Peak (Sac Peak) site. The NSO offers a unique educational opportunity for students, as solar physics research is not present at many universities. Students will be mentored in projects ranging from studies of the Alfvén waves in the solar corona to measurements of the plasma flows in the solar interior below coronal mass ejections. NSO REU students enjoy exposure to the intense research environment at the Sac Peak telescope facilities and to the university environment of the Tucson location. At both sites, the REU students mix with graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in addition to their scientific mentors. To date, the NSO REU program has served a diverse group of students, including those from research universities and those from smaller schools who normally would not have access to forefront research projects. The NSO program has served an audience with a gender and ethnic diversity comparable to that of the general physics and astronomy undergraduate population, and is working on an approach to increase the participant ethnic diversity. Finally, NSO REU participants enter graduate programs at a rate three times higher than the typical undergraduate population, which is an indication of the success of the NSO program and also of the talent of the students choosing to participate in the program.