REU Site: Research in Radio/Radar Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences at Arecibo Observatory

该项目将支持在波多黎各的阿雷西博天文台为大学生提供研究体验，该天文台拥有世界上最大的单孔径射电望远镜。每年将有9名本科生和1名高中教师在两个主要领域进行研究：射电天文学以及空间和大气科学。通过各种各样的研究项目，学生将接触到的主题，包括太阳系，河外天文学，近地小行星，地球的大气层和电离层，以及引力波。该网站还将通过广泛的讲座、研讨会和现场图尔斯参观等项目，向参与者提供前沿主题和技术方面的教育。该网站将从波多黎各和美国其他地区招募人员。相当多的参与者将来自波多黎各，这代表了一个在STEM领域代表性不足的少数民族社区。许多正式和非正式的文化活动将进一步培养来自各种背景的学生之间的合作精神。最后，该项目将加强阿雷西博天文台与秘鲁希卡马卡射电天文台之间的伙伴关系，派遣两名学生到希卡马卡射电天文台进行暑期研究，该项目由天文科学处、促进竞争性研究实验方案办公室以及大气和地球空间科学处共同资助。

The project will support a Research Experience for Undergraduates Site at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, which hosts the world's largest single-aperture radio telescope. Nine undergraduates and one high-school teacher per year will perform research in two principal areas: radio astronomy, and space and atmospheric sciences. Through a wide variety of research projects, students will be exposed to topics that include pulsars, extragalactic astronomy, near-earth asteroids, the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere, as well as gravitational waves. The will also educate its participants in cutting-edge topics and techniques through an extensive program of lectures, workshops, and site tours.The Site will recruit from both Puerto Rico and the rest of the United States. A substantial number of its participants will be from Puerto Rico, which represents a minority community that is underrepresented in STEM fields. Numerous formal and informal cultural activities will further engender a spirit of collaboration between students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Finally, the project will strengthen the partnership between the Arecibo Observatory and the Jicamarca Radio Observatory (JRO) in Peru by sending two students to perform summer research at JRO.This project is jointly funded by the Division of Astronomical Sciences, the Office of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences.