REU Site: Astronomical Research and Instrumentation at Texas A&M University

德克萨斯农工大学(TAMU)将举办一项针对本科生的暑期研究体验(REU)项目。学生将在教师导师的指导下完成个人研究项目。他们还将受益于与TAMU REU其他14个项目的暑期学生的互动，例如REU暑期学者计划(每周一次非正式午餐讨论，重点是少数族裔问题)和全大学夏季REU海报会议。该计划将通过研究和专业发展计划加强本科生的教育，让他们参与先进天文仪器的开发，并将这些机会扩大到无法提供此类体验的机构的学生，这将是招生工作的主要重点。暑期将以为期3天的研讨会开始，为他们提供数据可视化和计算数据分析的实践介绍。学生还将有机会设计、建造、测试和部署各种仪器，用于世界各地的天文台。TAMU天文学教员参与了目前和未来的大多数大规模天文观测合作。所有REU的学生都有机会在德克萨斯州西部的麦克唐纳天文台观察一周，他们将被邀请参加公共外展活动。

Texas A&M University (TAMU) will host a summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program in astronomy. Students will complete individual research projects with a faculty mentor. They will also benefit from interaction with summer students in 14 other TAMU REU programs, such as the REU Summer Scholars Program (weekly informal lunch discussions focusing on ethnic minority issues) and the university-wide summer REU Poster Session. This program will benefit society by enhancing the education of undergraduates through research and professional development programs, by involving them in the development of advanced astronomical instrumentation, and by extending these opportunities to students from institutions otherwise unable to offer such experiences, which will be a primary focus of the recruitment efforts.The summer will begin with a 3-day workshop that will give them a hands-on introduction to data visualization and computational data analysis. Students will also have the opportunity to design, construct, test, and deploy a variety of instruments to be used at astronomical observatories around the world. TAMU astronomy faculty are involved in most of the current and future large-scale observational astronomy collaborations. All of the REU students have the opportunity to spend one week observing at McDonald Observatory in west Texas, and they will be invited to participate in public outreach activities.