REU Site: Solar and Heliospheric Physics at UAH and MSFC

REU 站点：UAH 和 MSFC 的太阳和日光层物理

• 批准号: 1460767
• 负责人: Gary Zank
• 金额: $ 62.19万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460767&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Solar; Heliospheric; Physics

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.

这个REU网站是由亨茨维尔的亚拉巴马大学（UAH）和美国宇航局马歇尔太空飞行中心（MSFC）共同努力，以促进太阳和日光层物理学相关科学领域的多样性和保留。这些实体之间的协同作用是由以下机构在UAH校园内的托管所促进的：（一）新成立的UAH空间科学系;（二）UAH空间等离子体和空气动力学研究中心（CSPAR）;和（三）NASA MSFC太阳物理组。 每年将选择10名学生，并与来自UAH或MSFC的科学家配对，在夏季进行10周的项目，涉及数据分析，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。仔细配对学生的技能与研究项目的要求，将允许跨各种经验水平的本科生接受，包括那些谁只完成了大一。在该计划的第一周举行了一个研讨会，其中包括关于太阳及其与星际环境相互作用的讲座，以及教授计算机编程基础知识的实践课程。该项目的智力价值集中在学生进行的研究上，他们在夏季课程结束时将其作为海报呈现。此外，鼓励每个参与者将其工作提交给每年12月举行的美国地球物理学联合会年度会议的科学会议。该计划有资金部分支持学生参加这次会议。该项目更广泛的影响涉及保留STEM领域的学生和少数群体参与科学。为了实现这些目标，招聘工作的对象是美国东南部研究活动水平相对较低或为少数族裔服务的学院和大学。 申请人的评估将包括一个？需要吗？除了对学术准备的更传统的评估之外，这个额外的因素使一个热衷于低研究机构的学生，谁可能有很少或根本没有了解研究经验，竞争接受这个REU与学生从更多的研究密集型学校。该计划旨在每年夏天选择一批具有一系列经验水平的学生，以便参与者可以从他们的导师之外的同龄人那里学习研究技能。