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

该项目将支持哈佛-史密森天体物理中心(CFA)本科生研究体验(REU)计划的继续，在该计划中，学生将在CFA高级职员科学家和工程师的监督下在夏季进行为期十周的太阳物理个人研究项目。学生专题包括数值建模、来自CFA目前支持的空间任务的数据分析，例如Hinode、SDO、IRIS、Wind、DISCOVR和Parker太阳探测器，或者与CFA正在建造的太阳仪器相关的工程项目，具体取决于学生的兴趣和能力。由于其强大的空间天气成分，该计划对社会的好处是增加了我们对潜在空间危险的了解。此外，该项目将提供在大学环境中进行专业研究的机会，目的是帮助学生决定是否继续他们的研究生院教育，以及是否将研究作为一种职业。该计划的一个学生推广部分将为当地社区带来教育活动。目标学生群体包括科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的本科生，优先选择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。该计划的主要目标是1)通过激发学生的独立性、创造力和培养对物理、天文学和工程研究生院的兴趣，培养具有展示才华和潜力的学生；2)向参与者展示在课堂上获得的学术知识如何应用于实际的研究问题；3)促进妇女和传统上在科学研究中处于弱势地位的群体参与科学研究；4)提高对太阳物理学作为一个研究领域的认识；5)培养学生在公共论坛上展示科学研究的能力和信心；6)提供高质量的研究体验；以及7)完成最先进的太阳研究。由于这些项目旨在成为尖端太阳物理研究的一部分，学生项目将经常导致与他们的CFA导师联合发表专业出版物或演示文稿，为本科生提供宝贵的动力和职业发展经验。由于太阳物理在相对较少的学院和大学教授，该项目为该学科提供了重要的服务。该提案将通过与校园内其他为少数族裔服务的实习项目的联系、为少数族裔服务的机构的专业联系人的推荐、在全国黑人物理学家协会等会议上为该项目做广告，以及针对少数族裔学院和大学的广泛广告活动，来鼓励少数族裔学生申请。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will support the continuation of a 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, DISCOVR, and Parker Solar Probe or engineering projects related to solar instrumentation being built at the CfA, depending on the students' interests and abilities. With its strong Space Weather component this program has the benefit to society of adding to our understanding of potential space hazards. Moreover, this program will provide exposure to professional research in a university environment with a goal of helping students to decide whether to continue their education in graduate school, and whether or not to pursue research as a profession. A student outreach component of the program will bring educational activities to the local community. 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 primary goals of this program are to 1) develop students with demonstrated talent and potential by stimulating independence, creativity and cultivating an interest in physics, astronomy and engineering graduate school, 2) demonstrate to participants how academic knowledge acquired in classes applies to real-word research problems, 3) foster participation in scientific research by women and traditionally underrepresented groups in scientific research, 4) increase awareness of solar physics as a field of study, 5) develop student competence and confidence in presenting scientific research in a public forum, 6) provide a high-quality research experience, and 7) accomplish state-of-the-art solar research. 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. The proposal will encourage minority student applications through contacts with other minority-serving internship programs on campus, recommendations from professional contacts at minority serving institutions, advertising the program at conferences such as the National Society for Black Physicists, and a broad advertising campaign targeted at minority colleges and universities. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.