NSF EAGER: QCC Undergraduate Research Opportunity in Solar and Atmospheric Physics

该奖项将支持纽约市立大学/昆斯伯勒社区学院（QCC）太阳能、地球空间和大气物理综合研究和教育项目的设计和实施。昆斯伯勒社区学院是一所西班牙裔和少数族裔服务机构。为期一年的研究经历包括两个部分：1)在学年期间，学生将参加基于课程的研究，他们将对现实问题进行研究；2)在夏季，学生将被安排到合作机构进行研究实习。该项目的具体目标包括：1)为QCC学生提供在第一年进行太阳和大气物理研究的机会；2)编写太阳和大气物理教材；3)增加转入4年制STEM项目的学生人数，尤其是代表性不足的少数族裔；4)增加获得STEM学士学位的学生人数，特别是在地球科学相关领域。教育材料将使用NASA和NOAA的数据开发，并采用模块化、跨学科的概念方法，将教育材料整合到研究经验中。该项目还将采用以证据为基础的最佳实践（即研究经验、指导、外展、招聘、充实和与四年制大学和机构的合作），这些实践已被证明在提高西班牙裔服务机构社区大学生的留校率、转学率和毕业率方面取得了成功。这个项目将为未来的研究人员提供空间天气对地球环境影响的理解，从而为社会带来好处。通过与纽约市立大学/纽约城市学院NOAA CREST、科罗拉多大学科罗拉多天体动力学研究中心和美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心空间天气研究中心的强有力合作，该项目将在地球科学相关的STEM领域培养和留住代表性不足的社区大学生。该项目将通过增加其知名度和多样性，为这门在相对较少的学院教授的学科提供服务。

This award will support the design and implementation of an integrated research and education program in solar, geospace and atmospheric physics at the CUNY/Queensborough Community College (QCC), a Hispanic and minority serving institution. The year-long research experience has two components: 1) during the academic year, students will be enrolled in course-based research where they will conduct research on real-world problems; and 2) during the summer, students will be placed in research internships at partner institutions. Specific objectives of this project include: 1) to provide QCC students with research opportunities in solar and atmospheric physics as early as their first year; 2) to develop educational materials in solar and atmospheric physics; 3) to increase the number of students, especially underrepresented minorities, that transfer to 4-year STEM programs; and 4) to increase the number of students that obtain Bachelor's degrees in STEM, especially in geosciences related fields. The educational materials will be developed using data from NASA and NOAA, and a modular, interdisciplinary concept approach that will integrate educational materials into the research experience. The project will also use evidence-based best practices (i.e., research experience, mentoring, outreach, recruitment, enrichment and partnership with 4-year colleges and institutions) that have proven successful at increasing the retention, transfer and graduation rates of community college students at Hispanic Serving Institutions. This project will offer benefits to society by providing future researchers with an understanding of space weather impacts on Earth's environment. Through a strong collaboration with CUNY/City College of New York NOAA CREST, University of Colorado's Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Space Weather Research Center, the project will train and retain underrepresented community college students in geosciences related STEM fields. This project will provide a service to the discipline, which is taught at relatively few colleges, by increasing both its visibility and diversity.