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站点是阿拉巴马大学在亨茨维尔（UAH）和NASA MARSHALL太空飞行中心（MSFC）的共同努力，以促进与太阳能和Heliospheric物理学有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（i）新成立的UAH太空科学系的UAH校园的托管促进的； （ii）UAH太空等离子体和气压研究中心（CSPAR）； （iii）NASA MSFC太阳能物理小组。 每年，将选择10名学生，并与来自UAH或MSFC的科学家配对，以在夏季开始与数据分析，仪器设计和测试有关的项目，等离子体物理现象的模拟或理论和建模技术的开发和实施。仔细的学生技能与研究项目的要求配对，将允许在各种经验水平上接受本科生，包括那些只完成新生的人。该计划的第一周举行了一个研讨会，其中包括有关太阳的讲座及其与星际环境的互动以及教授计算机编程基础知识的动手会议。该项目的智力优点围绕学生进行的研究，他们在夏季计划结束时作为海报。此外，鼓励每个参与者在每年12月举行的年度美国地球物理联盟会议上将其作品提交科学会议。该计划有资金部分支持参加此次会议的学生。该项目的更广泛影响与学生在STEM领域的保留以及少数群体参与科学有关。为了满足这些目标，招聘工作旨在针对美国东南部的大学，其研究活动水平相对较低或少数派服务机构。 对申请人的评估将包括？除了对学术准备的更传统评估之外，因素。这个附加因素使一名低矮的研究机构的敏锐学生可能几乎没有理解研究经验，可以与来自更多研究密集型学校的学生竞争此REU。该计划旨在每年夏天选择一系列的学生，以一系列经验水平，以便参与者除了导师外还可以从同龄人那里学习研究技能。