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FDSS: A Faculty Position in Space Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU) to Integrate Research and Education in Solar Magnetic Fields

FDSS：新墨西哥州立大学 (NMSU) 空间科学教授职位，旨在整合太阳磁场的研究和教育

基本信息

批准号：
1936336
负责人：
Enrico Pontelli
金额：
$ 144.9万
依托单位：
New Mexico State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-10-01 至 2024-09-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1936336&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
FDSS Faculty Position Space Sciences

项目摘要

The goal of this 5-year Faculty Development in the Space Sciences (FDSS) project is to create and support a new tenure-track assistant professor position at the New Mexico State University (NMSU) in the space sciences focused on diagnosing and understanding the magnetic structure and thermodynamics of the Sun's atmosphere. The new faculty member will be provided with all the support required to develop a solar and space sciences research and education program at the NMSU, integrate their research topics of the space sciences in an interdisciplinary setting, and establish partnerships between the NMSU and the academic and research communities across the U.S. The long-term goal is to advance and transform the participation of the U.S. academic, research, and operational institutions in diagnosing the fundamental physical conditions in the Sun's atmosphere. As the world's largest solar telescope, designed to study the fundamental sources of solar magnetism, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) provides a career-defining opportunity for the successful candidate. This 5-year FDSS project describes a detailed roadmap for the successful integration of a faculty position into a comprehensive research and education program that: (i) strictly aligns with the university's new strategic mission; (ii) executes the near- and long-term vision of the Department of Astronomy by complementing current research in a high-interest area for graduate student research; (iii) exploits a major NSF facility investment (DKIST), while building expertise that will contribute towards other observatories, that advances our fundamental understanding of solar magnetic fields and with a clear impact on research in heliophysics; (iv) connects to national priorities as put forth in the National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan and decadal surveys; and, (v) clearly addresses NSF's concerns about the loss of faculty at academic institutions that train future generations of space scientists.As the most powerful and well-equipped solar telescope available, DKIST allows for the field of solar physics to make transformative advances in our understanding of phenomena that have puzzled space scientists for decades, such as the coronal heating problem, the fundamental mechanisms and scales of magnetic energy release in flares and coronal mass ejections, and the physics of the solar wind. All components are in place for the new faculty member at the NMSU to build a career in leading a group of students and collaborators to exploit these breakthrough opportunities to carry out research in these areas. The Department of Astronomy has a vibrant, productive, and student-centric research, education, and outreach environment at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Fruitful current collaborations between Astronomy and other Departments at the university, and with national laboratories and institutes, will be expanded into new areas of research convergence. Although DKIST is the prime focus, additional observational facilities related to this project, particularly the Dunn Solar Telescope (DST) operated by the NMSU, will play critical roles in high-impact research and student training in space sciences. The NSF's DKIST, the NASA's Parker Solar Probe, and the ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter, working in sync, will lead us into an exciting era of multi-messenger space science that will transform our understanding of space weather throughout the heliosphere. This 5-year FDSS project provides a key component in this large-scale collaboration, by building up areas of expertise not readily available in the U.S. space sciences academic community. New insights into the solar atmosphere have immediate ramifications for studies of other stars and the planets they may host. As a fundamental part of these efforts, the new faculty position will lead to training of students at a Hispanic Serving Institution in important aspects of big data and instrumentation while using NSF facilities. 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.

这一为期5年的空间科学学院发展项目的目标是在新墨西哥州州立大学设立和支持一个新的空间科学终身教职跟踪助理教授职位，重点是诊断和了解太阳大气的磁结构和热力学。这位新的教员将获得所需的所有支持，以便在NMSU开发太阳和空间科学研究和教育计划，将他们的空间科学研究课题整合到跨学科环境中，并在NMSU与美国各地的学术和研究社区之间建立伙伴关系。长期目标是促进和改变美国学术、研究和运营机构在诊断太阳大气基本物理条件方面的参与。作为世界上最大的太阳望远镜，旨在研究太阳磁力的基本来源，丹尼尔·K·井上太阳望远镜(DKIST)为成功的候选人提供了一个定义职业生涯的机会。这个为期5年的FDSS项目描述了成功地将教员职位整合到综合研究和教育计划中的详细路线图，该计划：(I)严格与大学的新战略使命保持一致；(Ii)通过补充研究生研究高兴趣领域的当前研究，执行天文学系的近期和长期愿景；(Iii)利用NSF的重大设施投资(DKIST)，同时建立有助于其他观测站的专业知识，这将促进我们对太阳磁场的基本理解，并对太阳物理研究产生明显影响；(4)与《国家空间气象战略和行动计划》中提出的国家优先事项和十年期调查相联系；以及(5)明确解决美国国家科学基金会对培养未来几代空间科学家的学术机构教员流失的关切。作为现有最强大和装备最好的太阳望远镜，DKIST使太阳物理领域能够在我们对诸如日冕加热问题、耀斑和日冕物质抛射中释放磁能的基本机制和尺度以及太阳风物理等几十年来困扰空间科学家的现象的理解方面取得革命性的进展。NMSU的新教员在领导一群学生和合作者利用这些突破性机会进行这些领域的研究方面的职业生涯已经准备就绪。天文学系在一个为拉美裔服务的机构中拥有一个充满活力、富有成效和以学生为中心的研究、教育和外展环境。天文学与大学其他系之间以及与国家实验室和研究所之间目前卓有成效的合作将扩展到研究汇聚的新领域。虽然DKIST是主要重点，但与该项目有关的其他观测设施，特别是由国家空间科学研究所运营的邓恩太阳望远镜(DST)，将在空间科学的高影响力研究和学生培训中发挥关键作用。NSF的DKIST、NASA的Parker太阳探测器和ESA/NASA的太阳轨道器同步工作，将把我们带入一个令人兴奋的多信使空间科学时代，这将改变我们对整个日球层空间天气的理解。这个为期5年的FDSS项目通过建立美国空间科学学术界缺乏的专业知识领域，为这一大规模合作提供了关键组成部分。对太阳大气的新见解对其他恒星和它们可能承载的行星的研究立即产生了影响。作为这些努力的基础部分，新的教职员工职位将导致在一家拉美裔服务机构对学生进行培训，内容涉及大数据和仪器的重要方面，同时使用NSF设施。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。