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

REU 网站：行星到宇宙尺度的磁场 - 波士顿大学天文学和空间科学联合项目

• 批准号: 1359205
• 负责人: Merav Opher
• 金额: $ 21.61万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-03-01 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359205&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Magnetic; Fields; Planetary

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.

该奖项将在波士顿大学(BU)建立一个新的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。REU项目将每年向六名合格的申请者提供，他们将与敬业的教职员工一起进行尖端研究。该网站将利用S大学在所有宇宙尺度上研究磁场的专业知识，以向俄勒冈州立大学的学生传授对电磁学基础的深刻理解。学生专题将从让本科生研究人员接触宇宙中磁场现象的主题中挑选出来，涵盖的主题包括太阳物理、极光和电离层物理、日球层科学以及恒星、系外行星、布拉泽和星系团上的磁场。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。通过为本科教育关键阶段的学生提供高质量的研究体验，REU网站将有助于增加全国范围内的科学家和工程师队伍。参与者必须掌握现有的关于许多类型的物理和天文物体的组成、起源和相互作用的大量知识。他们还将发展必要的分析技能(数学、计算和逻辑)，以处理数据，理解初步研究，并了解该领域的最新发展。REU网站还制定了一项积极和高度发达的战略，将妇女和代表性不足的少数族裔纳入其计划，这将扩大STEM培训机会给这些群体。