Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site - Arecibo Observatory Summer Student Program

通过参与专业科学家的积极研究环境，而不是通过学生练习，学生体验到全面的科学研究，从定义要回答或探索的问题，通过数据采集和数据解释步骤，到准备发表论文或公开展示他们的工作。35年来，国家天文学和电离层中心一直在波多黎各的阿雷西博天文台赞助一个暑期学生研究项目。在这个奖项下，这项工作将继续进行，因为学生作为专业研究合作者与天文台的科学和技术人员成员一起，在夏季为期十周的指导工作人员的持续研究计划中工作。智力目标是，(1)使学生能够通过参与国家研究设施的前沿科学研究项目来探索研究科学家的职业生涯；(2)在阿雷西博天文台积极开展的多学科科学领域对学生进行教育，包括射电天文学、雷达天文学以及大气和空间科学；(3)使学生接触到最先进的技术实践；以及(4)给学生提供真实世界的体验，帮助他们评估职业选择并为研究生学习做好准备。学生参与的大部分研究将导致在学术期刊上发表文章或向专业组织(如美国天文学会会议)发表演讲。此外，本科生研究经历(REU)网站的目标是实现从波多黎各学院和大学以及美国本土学校挑选的多元文化、性别平衡的暑期学生群体。在夏季期间，通过特邀演讲者计划和计划的岛上许多自然和历史景点的集体旅行，介绍波多黎各的人民和文化。该网站由国防部与NSF天文科学部和NSF大气科学部在NSF REU计划下共同资助。

Through participation in the active research environment of a professional scientist rather than through student exercises, students experience the full breadth of scientific research from defining the question to be answered or explored, through data-taking and data interpretation steps, to the preparation of a published paper or public presentation of their work. For more than 35-years, the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center has sponsored a summer student research program at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Under this award, this work will continue as students work as professional research collaborators with members of the Observatory scientific and technical staff on the on-going research programs of the mentoring staff members for ten-week during the summer. The intellectual goals are, (1) To enable students to explore a career as a research scientist through participation in frontier scientific research projects at a national research facility; (2) To educate students in the multi-disciplinary scientific fields that are actively carried out at the Arecibo Observatory, including radio astronomy, radar astronomy and the atmospheric and space sciences; (3) To expose students to hands-on experience with state-of-the-art technology; and (4) To give students a real-world experience that helps them to evaluate career options and in preparing them for graduate studies. Much of the research in which the students participate leads to publications in scholarly journals or to presentations that the student will make to professional organizations such as a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.In addition, this Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site has a goal to achieve a multi-cultural, gender-balanced, summer student body selected from both Puerto Rican colleges and universities, and from mainland U.S. schools. During the course of the summer, an introduction to the people and culture of Puerto Rico is presented through a program of invited speakers, and by planned group excursions to the many natural and historical attractions on the island.This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences and the NSF Division of Atmospheric Sciences under the NSF REU program.