REU Site: Solar and Heliospheric Physics at UAH and MSFC

该REU站点是亨茨维尔阿拉巴马大学（UAH）和美国宇航局马歇尔太空飞行中心（MSFC）的共同努力，旨在促进与太阳和日球层物理相关的科学领域的多样性和保留。这些实体之间的协同作用，是由澳门大学校园内的托管(i)新成立的澳门大学空间科学系；（ii） UAH空间等离子体和航空研究中心（CSPAR）；（iii） NASA MSFC太阳物理小组。每年将选出10名学生，并与来自UAH或MSFC的科学家配对，在夏季进行与数据分析，仪器设计和测试，等离子体物理现象模拟或理论和建模技术的开发和实施相关的项目，为期10周。仔细将学生的技能与研究项目的要求结合起来，将允许接受各种经验水平的本科生，包括那些刚刚完成大一学业的本科生。在项目的第一周会举办一个研讨会，包括关于太阳及其与星际环境的相互作用的讲座，以及教授计算机编程基础知识的动手环节。这个项目的智力价值集中在学生所做的研究上，他们在暑期课程结束时以海报的形式展示。此外，鼓励每位参与者将他们的工作提交给每年12月举行的美国地球物理联合会年度会议的科学会议。该项目有资金部分支持参加本次会议的学生。该项目的更广泛影响涉及STEM领域的学生保留和少数民族对科学的参与。为了实现这些目标，招聘工作的目标是美国东南部的学院和大学，这些大学的研究活动水平相对较低，或者是为少数民族服务的机构。对申请人的评估将包括“需求”。除了更传统的学术准备评估之外的因素。这一额外的因素使来自低研究机构的学生（可能很少或根本没有理解研究经验）能够与来自研究更密集的学校的学生竞争REU的录取资格。该项目旨在每年夏天挑选一批具有不同经验水平的学生，以便参与者除了从导师那里学习研究技能外，还可以从同龄人那里学习。

This REU Site is a joint effort by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to promote diversity and retention in scientific fields related to solar and heliospheric physics. The synergy between these entities is facilitated by the colocation on the UAH campus of (i) the newly formed UAH Space Science department; (ii) the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR); and (iii) the NASA MSFC Solar Physics group. Each year 10 students will be selected and paired with scientists from either UAH or MSFC to work for 10 weeks over the summer on projects related to data analysis, instrumentation design and testing, simulations of plasma physics phenomena, or the development and implementation of theoretical and modeling techniques. Careful pairing of students skills with the requirements of the research projects, will allow acceptance of undergraduates across a wide range of experience levels, including those who have only completed their freshman year. A workshop is held during the first week of the program that includes lectures about the Sun and its interaction with the interstellar environment, and hands-on session that teach the basics of computer programming. The intellectual merit of this project centers on the research performed by students, which they present as a poster at the end of the summer program. In addition, each participant is encouraged to submit their work to a scientific session at the annual American Geophysical Union conference held each December. The program has funds to partially support students attending this conference. The broader impacts of the project relate to the retention of students in STEM fields and the participation of minorities in science. To meet these goals recruitment efforts are targeted towards colleges and universities in the South-Eastern United States whose level of research activity is comparatively low or are minority serving institutions. Evaluation of applicants will include a ?need? factor in addition to more traditional assessments of academic preparation. This additional factor enables a keen student from a low research institution, who may have little or no understanding research experience, to compete acceptance into this REU with students from more research intensive schools. This program will aim to select a cohort of students each summer with a range of experience levels so that participants may learn research skills from peers in addition to their mentors.