REU Site: Magnetic Fields on Planetary to Cosmic Scales - a Joint Program in Astronomy and Space Science at Boston University

该奖项将在波士顿大学（BU）建立一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。REU计划将每年提供给六名合格的申请人，他们将与专门的教职员工进行尖端研究。站点将利用BU？在所有宇宙尺度的磁场研究的专业知识，以传授电磁学的基础知识，以REU学生深刻的理解。学生项目将从将暴露本科研究人员在宇宙中的磁场现象的主题中选择，并涵盖太阳物理学，极光和电离层物理学，日光层科学，以及恒星，系外行星，耀变体和星系团的磁场。潜在的项目将涉及空间物理任务和天文设施（如探索频道望远镜）的理论和数据分析。通过为处于本科教育关键阶段的学生提供高质量的研究经验，REU网站将有助于增加全国科学家和工程师的数量。参与者必须掌握大量现有知识，包括许多类型的物理和天文物体的组成，起源和相互作用。他们还将发展必要的分析技能（数学，计算和逻辑）来处理数据，了解主要研究，并保持与该领域的新发展。REU网站也有一个积极和高度发达的战略，招募妇女和代表性不足的少数民族进入其计划，这将扩大STEM培训机会，这些群体。

This award will establish a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Boston University (BU). The REU program will be offered annually to six qualified applicants, who will perform cutting-edge research with dedicated faculty members. The Site will leverage BU?s expertise in studying magnetic fields at all cosmic scales, in order to impart a deep understanding of the basics of electromagnetism to the REU students. Student projects will be selected from topics that will expose undergraduate researchers to magnetic-field phenomena in the universe and cover topics including solar physics, auroral and ionospheric physics, and heliospheric science, as well as magnetic fields on stars, exoplanets, blazars, and clusters of galaxies. Potential projects will involve both theory and data analysis from space physics missions and astronomical facilities such as the Discovery Channel Telescope.By offering high-quality research experiences to students at a critical stage of undergraduate education, the REU Site will contribute to increasing the nationwide pool of scientists and engineers. Participants must come to grips with a large corpus of existing knowledge about the makeup, origins, and interactions of many types of physical and astronomical objects. They will also develop the analytical skills (mathematical, computational, and logical) necessary to process data, understand primary research, and to remain current with new developments in the field. The REU Site also has an active and highly developed strategy to recruit women and underrepresented minorities into its program, which will expand STEM training opportunities to these groups.