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

这个为期5年的空间科学教师发展（FDSS）项目的目标是使西弗吉尼亚大学（WVU）物理学和天文学系的地球空间科学的新教师招聘成为可能。 目前在西弗吉尼亚大学的地球空间等离子体科学组是多方面的，有五个终身/终身教师，一个研究教授，和一个教学教授谁也是活跃在地球空间研究。 该小组的专业知识涵盖了地球空间等离子体科学研究的各种方法，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CubeSat开发。 该小组在地球空间科学方面有着悠久的成功历史，包括本科生和研究生的研究、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组是足够大的基础设施，以支持一个不断扩大的组，包括实验室空间，一组不同的同事-由研究领域，职业阶段，和性别-和一套现有的基本等离子体物理课程。 然而，该小组也足够小，新员工将产生重大影响，例如弥合现有教师之间的联系，带来新的能力，并将新的研究生地球空间物理学专题课程转变为为期两年的永久课程。 西弗吉尼亚大学的这一新的教职员工将代表地球空间科学界的真正增长。 西弗吉尼亚大学机械和航空航天工程系最近扩展到地球空间科学研究，为大学社区内的伙伴关系提供了机会。 西弗吉尼亚大学地球空间等离子体科学小组的战略需要是一个实验职位，其定义广泛，包括对地球空间相关物理学的实验室研究和/或为观测平台开发仪器。 该部门有基础设施，让这样的新员工茁壮成长，它将为学生参与研究和培训成为该领域未来的领导者提供重要的机会，这也是FDSS计划的目的。西弗吉尼亚大学地球空间等离子体科学组的一名新教师支持物理学和天文学系的战略招聘计划，以继续在该领域进行学生培训的积极管道和地球空间科学劳动力的发展。 实验室实验，特别是在西弗吉尼亚大学当前和过去的实验室实验，在本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员的培养方面取得了巨大的成功。 该课程的设立加强了地球空间科学教育的基础设施。 西弗吉尼亚大学地球空间等离子体科学小组在公共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。 特别是西弗吉尼亚大学地球空间等离子体科学组，以及物理学和天文学系，在部门生活中高度重视多样性，公平性和包容性原则，并在地球空间科学的多样化招聘中取得了成功。WVU拥有支持新员工的基础设施，包括一个ADVANCE办公室，用于之前NSF ADVANCE IT赠款产生的各种招聘。 这个为期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。这个奖项反映了NSF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.