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

这是哈佛-史密森天体物理中心（CfA）正在进行的本科生研究体验（REU）项目，学生将在CfA高级科学家的指导下在夏季进行为期十周的太阳物理学个人研究项目。根据学生的兴趣和能力，学生的项目主要涉及CfA目前支持的空间任务（如Hinode、SDO、IRIS和Wind）的数据分析，或数值模拟项目。目标学生群体由STEM学科的本科生组成，优先考虑来自小型学院的学生，因为这些学院的研究机会很少。通过正在进行的CfA国际合作，首席研究员（PI）的团队将邀请少数国际学生参加该计划。PI计划通过在为少数民族人口服务的会议上建立专业联系，以及通过与少数民族学院和大学联系，鼓励少数民族学生申请。PI希望学生的项目能够经常与他们的CfA导师共同发表专业出版物或报告，为本科生提供宝贵的动力和职业发展经验。由于太阳物理学在相对较少的学院和大学教授，该计划为该学科提供了重要的服务。凭借其强大的空间天气组件，它对社会有双重好处，增加了我们对潜在空间危害的理解。此外，该计划的前参与者报告说，在大学环境中接触专业研究有助于他们决定是否继续在研究生院接受教育，以及是否将研究作为一种职业。

This is an ongoing Research 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 student projects mostly involve data analysis from space missions currently being supported at the CfA, such as Hinode, SDO, IRIS and Wind, or numerical modeling projects, depending on the students' interests and abilities. The target group of students consists of undergraduates in STEM disciplines, with a preference for students from small colleges where there are few research opportunities. Through ongoing CfA international collaborations, the principal investigator (PI)'s team will invite a small number of international students to participate in the program. The PI plans to encourage minority student applications by making professional contacts at conferences that serve minority populations, as well as through contacting minority colleges and universities. 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 taught at relatively few colleges and universities, this program provides an important service to the discipline. With its strong Space Weather component it has the double benefit to society of adding to our understanding of potential space hazards. Moreover, former participants of this program have reported that the exposure to professional research in a university environment helps them to decide whether to continue their education in graduate school, and whether or not to pursue research as a profession.