REU Site: Astronomy in Hawai`i

REU 站点：夏威夷的天文学

• 批准号: 1560413
• 负责人: Nader Haghighipour
• 金额: $ 39.43万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560413&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Astronomy; Hawai

The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Hawaii will host a summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) site in astronomy. With about 50 faculty members and a share of all the telescopes on Maunakea and Haleakala, the IfA offers undergraduate students a wide range of opportunities. This REU site will provide research experience and professional development training for 5-6 students on O'ahu and a cohort of 3-4 students on either Maui or the Big Island each year; along with the research training, the program will benefit society by enabling scientific collaboration and interaction between native Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian students.Distributing students across multiple islands provides the best diversity of research opportunities: (1) IfA-Hilo carries out state-of-the-art instrumentation projects for the optical/infrared telescopes on Maunakea; (2) IfA Maui has a strong solar focus, including developing two first-light instruments for the Daniel K. Inouye Advanced Solar Telescope on Haleakala; and (3) IfA-Manoa has the largest staff and research breadth, with over 40 research faculty in areas ranging from planetary science to cosmology. In addition to a mentored research project, the professional development activities include an intensive short-course a weekly professional development in research skills at the start of the summer (on O'ahu), a weekly professional development lunch series, and visits to the observatories and nearby cultural landmarks on Maunakea (Big Island) or Haleakala (Maui). IfA is ideally positioned to attract Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders into their first research experience through the REU program.

夏威夷大学天文研究所（IfA）将举办一个夏季天文学研究经验（本科生研究经验）网站。IfA拥有大约50名教职员工，并分享莫纳克亚和哈雷阿卡拉的所有望远镜，为本科生提供了广泛的机会。该研究中心每年将为奥胡岛的5-6名学生和毛伊岛或大岛的3-4名学生提供研究经验和专业发展培训；随着研究培训，该计划将通过促进夏威夷本土和非夏威夷学生之间的科学合作和互动而造福社会。将学生分布在多个岛屿上提供了最多样化的研究机会：(1)IfA-Hilo在莫纳克亚岛开展最先进的光学/红外望远镜仪器项目；(2)毛伊岛对太阳有很强的关注，包括为Daniel K. Inouye在Haleakala的先进太阳望远镜开发了两个第一光仪器；(3) IfA-Manoa拥有最大的员工和研究广度，拥有40多名研究人员，研究领域从行星科学到宇宙学。除了一个有指导的研究项目外，专业发展活动还包括一个密集的短期课程，在夏季开始时每周进行研究技能的专业发展（在奥胡岛），每周进行专业发展午餐系列，以及参观莫纳克亚岛（大岛）或哈雷阿卡拉岛（毛伊岛）的天文台和附近的文化地标。IfA的理想定位是通过REU计划吸引夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民进入他们的第一次研究经验。