REU Site: Wyoming Astronomy

REU 站点：怀俄明州天文学

• 批准号: 1063146
• 负责人: Daniel Dale
• 金额: $ 19.96万
• 依托单位: University of Wyoming
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-15 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1063146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Wyoming; Astronomy

The PI and his team will lead an REU program in extragalactic and galactic astronomy at the University of Wyoming. Students will be directly involved in research led by faculty, and participants will utilize a variety of first-rate observatories and labs including the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Wyoming-NCAR Supercomputer, and the Wyoming Infrared Observatory with its 2.3 meter telescope. Our students will work as a team on a coherent project, with the specific project rotating each summer. Topics will cover star formation within the Milky Way, the properties of galaxy outer disks, and quasar phenomenology; all projects will be closely related under the umbrella theme "galaxy evolution". Astronomy faculty will train the students to observe at a telescope, process and analyze astronomical data, develop and use sophisticated computer models, and effectively communicate the results. The broader impact of the program has many facets, including intimately involving undergraduates in forefront research, training students how to prepare for their post-baccalaureate lives, integrating topical ethical questions into the program, and working with teachers and school children in our ten-day Wyoming AstroCamp for rising 6th-8th graders. Perhaps most importantly, since our students will work together each summer, they will develop skills in teamwork, leadership, and peer teaching. We will focus our recruiting on undergraduate students with little to no research experience, including freshmen and sophomores, and/or students from liberal arts colleges and from Wyoming's two-year community colleges.

PI和他的团队将在怀俄明州大学领导一个河外和银河系天文学的REU项目。 学生将直接参与由教师领导的研究，参与者将利用各种一流的天文台和实验室，包括斯皮策太空望远镜，怀俄明州NCAR超级计算机和怀俄明州红外天文台及其2.3米望远镜。 我们的学生将作为一个团队在一个连贯的项目，与具体的项目旋转每年夏天。 主题将涵盖银河系内星星的形成，星系外盘的性质，和类星体现象学;所有项目将在“星系演化”的主题下密切相关。天文学教师将训练学生在望远镜上观察，处理和分析天文数据，开发和使用复杂的计算机模型，并有效地传达结果。 该计划的更广泛的影响有很多方面，包括密切参与前沿研究的本科生，培训学生如何为他们的学士后生活做准备，将热门的道德问题纳入计划，并与教师和学生在我们为期十天的怀俄明州AstroCamp为6 - 8年级学生工作。也许最重要的是，由于我们的学生将在每年夏天一起工作，他们将培养团队合作，领导力和同伴教学的技能。 我们将把招聘重点放在几乎没有研究经验的本科生上，包括大一和大一学生，和/或来自文理学院和怀俄明州两年制社区学院的学生。