REU Site: Solar Physics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

REU 站点：哈佛-史密森天体物理中心的太阳物理学

• 批准号: 1560313
• 负责人: Katharine Reeves
• 金额: $ 43.03万
• 依托单位: Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory
• 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: 2016-05-15 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560313&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Solar; Physics; Harvard

This grant will continue an ongoing Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), in which students will carry out individual research projects in solar physics under the supervision of CfA senior staff scientists and engineers for ten weeks during the summer. The student projects involve numerical modeling, data analysis from space missions currently being supported at the CfA, such as Hinode, SDO, IRIS, Wind, and DISCOVR, or engineering projects related to solar instrumentation being built at the CfA, depending on the students' interests and abilities. The target group of students consists of undergraduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, with a preference for underrepresented groups in STEM fields and students from small colleges where there are few research opportunities. The program will encourage minority student applications through contacts with other minority-serving internship programs on campus, recommendations from professional contacts at minority serving institutions, and a broad advertising campaign targeted at minority colleges and universities. Since the projects are designed to be part of cutting edge solar physics research, student projects will frequently result in joint professional publications or presentations with their CfA mentors, providing undergraduates with valuable motivation and career development experiences. Since Solar Physics is taught at relatively few colleges and universities, this program provides an important service to the discipline. With its strong Space Weather component it has the double benefit to society of adding to our understanding of potential space hazards. Moreover, former participants of this program have reported that the exposure to professional research in a university environment has helped them to decide whether to continue their education in graduate school, and whether or not to pursue research as a profession. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

这项资助将继续哈佛-史密森天体物理中心（CfA）正在进行的本科生研究经验（REU）计划，在该计划中，学生将在CfA高级科学家和工程师的指导下进行为期十周的太阳物理学个人研究项目。根据学生的兴趣和能力，学生的项目包括数值模拟、目前在CfA支持的空间任务（如Hinode、SDO、IRIS、Wind和DISCOVR）的数据分析，或者与CfA正在建造的太阳能仪器相关的工程项目。目标学生群体包括科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科的本科生，优先考虑STEM领域代表性不足的群体和来自研究机会很少的小型学院的学生。该项目将鼓励少数族裔学生通过与其他校园少数族裔实习项目的联系、少数族裔服务机构的专业联系人的推荐以及针对少数族裔学院和大学的广泛广告宣传来申请。由于这些项目被设计为最前沿的太阳物理研究的一部分，学生的项目经常会与他们的CfA导师联合发表专业出版物或报告，为本科生提供宝贵的动力和职业发展经验。由于太阳物理学在相对较少的学院和大学教授，该计划为该学科提供了重要的服务。凭借其强大的空间天气组件，它对社会有双重好处，增加了我们对潜在空间危害的理解。此外，该计划的前参与者报告说，在大学环境中接触专业研究帮助他们决定是否继续在研究生院接受教育，以及是否将研究作为一种职业。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作提供支持。