REU Site: Solar Physics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

首席研究员(PI)将在哈佛-史密森天体物理中心(CFA)为本科生创建一个研究体验(REU)计划，在该计划中，学生将在CFA高级职员科学家的监督下，在夏季进行为期十周的太阳物理个人研究项目。PIE还将在这个REU培训计划中包括伦理部分，他承诺将有一个庞大的、高素质的导师库，包括女性和少数族裔导师。大多数学生研究项目将涉及CFA太阳研究小组积极参与的航天器任务的数据分析，如SOHO、TRACE、Hinode和SDO。PI将面向天文学、物理学、数学、地球科学和计算机科学专业的本科生。五年来，PI一直在博兹曼的蒙大拿州立大学指导一个类似的、非常成功的项目，CFA高级人员拥有本科生研究和推广的相关经验。PI将在第一年启动这个REU项目，有六名学生，此后每年扩大两名学生。通过CFA正在进行的国际合作，PI的团队将邀请少量国际学生和来访的科学家讲课。PI计划通过在少数民族学院和大学建立专业联系来鼓励少数民族学生申请，并将在计划的REU学生活动的同时提供访问教师计划。PI预计，学生项目将经常导致与他们的CFA导师(S)联合发表专业出版物或演示文稿，为本科生提供宝贵的动力和职业发展经验。由于美国相对较少的学院和大学教授太阳物理学，PI也相信这个项目将为太阳物理界提供重要的服务。由于其强大的空间天气成分，他断言这个项目将通过增加我们对潜在空间天气危害的了解而造福社会。该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。

The Principal Investigator (PI) will create an Reseach Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), in which students will carry out individual research projects in solar physics under the supervision of CfA senior staff scientists for ten weeks during the summer. The PI will also include an ethics component in this REU training program, and he pledges to involve a large and highly qualified mentor pool, including female and minority mentors.Most of the student research projects will involve data analysis from spacecraft missions in which the CfA solar research group is actively involved, such as SOHO, TRACE, Hinode, and SDO. The PI will target undergraduates majoring in Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences, and Computer Sciences. The PI has directed a similar, highly successful program at Montana State University in Bozeman for five years, and CfA senior personnel possess relevant experience with undergraduate research and outreach. The PI will initiate this REU program with six students in the first year, and expand by two students per year thereafter. Through ongoing CfA international collaborations, the PI's team will invite a small number of international students and visiting scientists for lectures. The PI plans to encourage minority student applications by making professional contacts at minority colleges and universities, and a program for visiting teachers will be offered simultaneously with the planned REU student activities. The PI expects that student projects will frequently result in joint professional publications or presentations with their CfA mentor(s), providing undergraduates with valuable motivation and career development experiences. Since solar physics is being taught at relatively few U.S. colleges and universities, the PI also believes that this program will provide an important service to the solar physics community. With its strong space weather component, he asserts that this program will benefit society by adding to our understanding of potential space weather hazards. This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).