REU Site: Space Science and Engineering Research

REU 网站：空间科学与工程研究

• 批准号: 1263213
• 负责人: Calvin Robert Clauer
• 金额: $ 33.07万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263213&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Space; Science; Engineering

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer program at Virginia Tech is focused on space science and engineering research. NSF funding supports a three-year program that begins with support for 6 REU student participants during the first year, 8 during the second year, and 10 during the third year as we gain experience and build up the program. Our goal is to provide upper division undergraduate REU students with an engaging, high-quality learning and interdisciplinary research experience in space weather science and engineering, a discipline of increasing importance to our technology based society. At least half of the participants each summer will be underrepresented students and at least half will be from institutions with limited research programs. Students will select research projects and will work individually or in small teams guided and mentored by faculty and senior graduate students or post-doctoral scholars. Through this REU program, the participants will: (1) acquire intellectual creativity and independence; (2) reason and think critically about the knowledge domain using Socratic cognitive strategies; (3) clearly articulate research problems, methods and results to diverse audiences (scientists, engineers, and communities); (4) contribute significantly and actively to real-world space research using high-quality methodological and analytical approaches; (5) understand space weather phenomena and their potential impacts on technology, as well as their beauty and mystery; and (6) develop skills to be space science messengers to enhance the accessibility and meaningfulness of space science to the general public. The development of our scientific understanding of the space environment is an important national enterprise and the space science and engineering research at Virginia Tech contribute to the understanding of the complex interactions of solar radiation with the Earth's environment. This is accomplished through research programs that utilize ground-based measurements of space phenomena, in-situ satellite-based measurements and the development of new technology for small satellite payloads, as well as theoretical investigations and computer simulations of space plasmas. The expected impact of this program is to attract talented undergraduate students to graduate study in STEM areas thereby developing a scientific and technical workforce that can contribute to industry, academic and government needs.

维吉尼亚理工大学的本科生研究体验（REU）暑期项目侧重于空间科学和工程研究。NSF资助了一个为期三年的项目，第一年为6名REU学生提供资助，第二年为8名，第三年为10名，随着我们积累经验和建立项目。我们的目标是为REU高年级本科生提供空间气象科学与工程方面的高质量学习和跨学科研究经验，这是一门对我们以技术为基础的社会越来越重要的学科。每年夏天，至少有一半的参与者是代表性不足的学生，至少有一半来自研究项目有限的机构。学生将选择研究项目，并在教师和高级研究生或博士后学者的指导和指导下单独或小组工作。通过这个REU项目，参与者将：(1)获得智力创造力和独立性；(2)运用苏格拉底认知策略对知识领域进行推理和批判性思考；(3)向不同的受众（科学家、工程师和社区）清楚地阐明研究问题、方法和结果；(4)利用高质量的方法和分析方法，为现实世界的空间研究做出重大而积极的贡献；(5)了解空间天气现象及其对技术的潜在影响，以及它们的美丽和神秘；(6)培养空间科学使者的技能，提高空间科学对公众的可及性和意义。发展我们对空间环境的科学认识是一项重要的国家事业，弗吉尼亚理工大学的空间科学和工程研究有助于理解太阳辐射与地球环境的复杂相互作用。这是通过利用空间现象的地面测量、基于卫星的原位测量和小卫星有效载荷新技术的发展，以及理论研究和空间等离子体的计算机模拟的研究项目来完成的。该计划的预期影响是吸引有才华的本科生到STEM领域的研究生学习，从而培养一支能够为工业，学术和政府需求做出贡献的科技劳动力。