FDSS: Faculty Development in a Multifaceted Geospace Program at West Virginia University

这项为期5年的空间科学教师发展（FDSS）项目的目标是在西弗吉尼亚大学（WVU）物理和天文学系（WVU）聘用一名新的地球空间科学教师。目前WVU的地球空间等离子体科学小组是多方面的，有五名终身/终身教职员工，一名研究教授和一名教学教授，他也活跃于地球空间研究。该小组的专业知识涵盖了地球空间等离子体科学研究的所有方法，包括实验室实验、理论、高性能计算、机器学习、太阳观测、磁层观测和立方体卫星开发。该小组在地球空间科学方面有着悠久的成功历史，包括研究，本科生和研究生的培训和安置，以及跨学科活动。目前的地球空间等离子体科学小组已经足够大，有足够的基础设施来支持一个不断扩大的小组，包括实验室空间，不同研究领域、职业阶段和性别的同事，以及一套现有的基础等离子体物理学课程。然而，这个小组也足够小，新员工将产生重大影响，例如在现有教员之间建立联系，带来新的能力，并将新的研究生地球空间物理专题课程转变为为期两年的永久课程。西弗吉尼亚大学聘用的这名新教员将代表地球空间科学界的真正发展。WVU机械和航空航天工程系最近扩展到地球空间科学研究，为大学社区内的合作提供了机会。WVU地球空间等离子体科学小组的战略需求是一个实验职位，广义上定义为包括地球空间相关物理的实验室研究和/或观测平台仪器的开发。该部门有基础设施，让这样的新员工茁壮成长，它将提供重要的机会，让学生参与研究和培训，成为该领域未来的领导者，这是FDSS计划的意图。WVU地球空间等离子体科学小组的新教师招聘支持物理和天文学系的战略招聘计划，以继续在该领域积极培养学生，并发展地球空间科学领域的劳动力。实验室实验，特别是现在和过去的实验，在培养本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员方面取得了巨大的成功。这门课程的创建增强了地球空间科学教育的基础设施。WVU地球空间等离子体科学小组在公众宣传方面有着悠久的历史，因此任何新员工都有很多机会参与其中。这个为期5年的FDSS项目支持研究生和博士后研究人员的培训，这是FDSS计划的一个关键方面。特别是WVU地球空间等离子体科学小组，以及物理和天文学系，在部门生活中高度重视多样性、公平性和包容性原则，并在地球空间科学领域的多元化招聘方面取得了成功。WVU拥有支持新员工的基础设施，包括一个ADVANCE办公室，用于以前NSF ADVANCE IT拨款的不同员工。这项为期5年的FDSS项目的研究和EPO议程支持AGS部门在发现、学习、多样性和跨学科研究方面的战略目标。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The goal of this 5-year Faculty Development in the Space Sciences (FDSS) project is to enable a new faculty hire in the geospace sciences at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the West Virginia University (WVU). The current geospace plasma science group at the WVU is multifaceted, with five tenured/tenure-track faculty, a research professor, and a teaching professor who also is active in geospace research. The group's expertise spans the gamut of approaches to geospace plasma science research, including laboratory experiment, theory, high-performance computing, machine learning, solar observations, magnetospheric observations, and CubeSat development. The group has a long history of success in the geospace sciences, including research, training and placement of undergraduate and graduate students, and cross-disciplinary activities. The current geospace plasma science group is large enough to have the infrastructure to support an expanding group, including laboratory space, a diverse set of colleagues --- by research area, career stage, and gender --- and a suite of existing classes in fundamental plasma physics. However, the group is also small enough where a new hire would have a significant impact, such as bridging links between existing faculty, bringing new capabilities, and transitioning a new graduate geospace physics special-topics course into a permanent course on a two-year cadence. This new faculty hire at the WVU would represent genuine growth to the geospace sciences community. The WVU Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering recently expanded into geospace science research, providing opportunities for partnerships within the university community. The strategic need of the geospace plasma science group at the WVU is for an experimental position, defined broadly to include laboratory investigations of geospace-relevant physics and/or development of instrumentation for observational platforms. The department has the infrastructure to allow such a new hire to thrive, and it would present significant opportunities for student involvement in research and training to be future leaders in the field as is the intention of the FDSS program. A new faculty hire to the WVU geospace plasma science group supports the strategic hiring plan of the Department of Physics and Astronomy to continue the active pipeline of student training in the field and the development of the workforce in the geospace sciences. Laboratory experiments, especially current and past ones at WVU, have been immensely successful in the training of undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The course creation enhances the infrastructure for education in geospace sciences. The WVU geospace plasma science group has a long history of high activity in public outreach, so any new hire would have many opportunities to become involved. This 5-year FDSS project supports the training of a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher, which is a key aspect of the FDSS program. The WVU geospace plasma science group in particular, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy in general, has a demonstrated track-record of high regard for the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusivity in department life and demonstrated success in diverse hiring in the geospace sciences. The WVU has infrastructure to support new hires, including an ADVANCE office for diverse hires resulting from a previous NSF ADVANCE IT grant. The research and EPO agenda of this 5-year FDSS project supports the Strategic Goals of the AGS Division in discovery, learning, diversity, and interdisciplinary research.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.