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

这个为期5年的空间科学学院发展(FDSS)项目的目标是在西弗吉尼亚大学(WVU)物理和天文学系招聘新的地球空间科学教师。西弗吉尼亚大学目前的地球空间等离子体科学小组是多方面的，有五名终身教职/终身教职教师、一名研究教授和一名同样活跃于地球空间研究的教学教授。该小组的专业知识涵盖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。该集团在地球空间科学领域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小组规模足够大，拥有支持不断扩大的小组的基础设施，包括实验室空间、不同的同事-按研究领域、职业阶段和性别-以及一套现有的基础等离子体物理课程。然而，在新员工将产生重大影响的领域，这个团队也足够小，比如在现有教师之间架起桥梁，带来新的能力，以及将一个新的研究生地球空间物理专题课程过渡到一个为期两年的永久课程。西弗吉尼亚大学的这一新教师招聘将代表着地球航天科学界的真正增长。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领域，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设立一个实验岗位，其广义定义包括与地球空间有关的物理实验室调查和/或为观测平台开发仪器。该部门拥有使这样一名新员工蓬勃发展的基础设施，这将为学生参与研究和培训提供重要机会，使其成为该领域未来的领导者，这也是FDSS计划的目的。西弗吉尼亚大学地球航天等离子体科学组的一名新教师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开展学生培训和地球航天科学劳动力的发展。实验室实验，特别是西弗吉尼亚大学现在和过去的实验，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。该课程的开设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航天等离子体科学集团在公共宣传方面有着长期的高活动历史，因此任何新员工都将有许多机会参与其中。这个为期5年的FDSS项目支持对研究生和博士后研究员的培训，这是FDSS项目的一个关键方面。尤其是西弗吉尼亚大学地球空间等离子体科学小组，以及整个物理和天文学系，在部门生活中高度尊重多样性、公平和包容性原则方面有着良好的记录，并在地球空间科学领域的多样化招聘方面表现出成功。西弗吉尼亚州立大学拥有支持新员工的基础设施，包括由之前的NSF高级IT拨款产生的针对不同员工的先行办公室。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。该奖项反映了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。

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.