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

REU 站点：德克萨斯 A 的天文研究和仪器

• 批准号: 1560223
• 负责人: Jennifer Marshall
• 金额: $ 38.74万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560223&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Astronomical; Research; Instrumentation

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.

德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU）将在天文学领域举办一个夏季REU（本科生研究经验）项目。学生将与教师导师一起完成个人研究项目。他们还将受益于与其他14个TAMU REU项目的暑期学生的互动，例如REU暑期学者计划（每周非正式午餐讨论，重点是少数民族问题）和全校范围的夏季REU海报会议。该项目将通过研究和专业发展项目加强对本科生的教育，使他们参与先进天文仪器的开发，并将这些机会扩大到那些无法提供这些经验的机构的学生，这将是招聘工作的主要重点。暑期课程将以一个为期3天的研讨会开始，让他们动手介绍数据可视化和计算数据分析。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天文学教师参与了当前和未来的大多数大规模观测天文学合作。所有REU的学生都有机会在西德克萨斯州的麦克唐纳天文台进行为期一周的观测，他们将被邀请参加公共宣传活动。