REU Site: Advancing Space Sciences through Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE)

REU 网站：通过本科生研究经验推进空间科学 (ASSURE)

• 批准号: 2244218
• 负责人: Matthew Fillingim
• 金额: $ 45.21万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-01 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244218&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Advancing; Space; Sciences

The Advancing Space Sciences through Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) program at the University of California Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) provides undergraduate students with an immersive experience in space science research and engineering. Students are exposed to a multidisciplinary research laboratory setting, conducting cutting edge research alongside leaders in the field. The ASSURE program actively recruits participants from community colleges and other institutions serving populations historically underrepresented in the space and geosciences with the aim of providing research experience early in their careers. The interdisciplinary approach taken in the program is reflective of the range of skills that students may eventually face in the workforce.The ASSURE program supports research projects relating to the development of spacecraft instrumentation and hardware, data analysis, and high-performance computing at the forefront of federally funded geospace research. Students involved in the program acquire experience required for design and management of experimental research programs and support a range of on-going geospace missions. The research staff at SSL is composed of a diverse international community working on a range of space physics missions in radio astronomy, magnetospheric physics, heliophysics, planetary science, high energy astrophysics, and maintains robust engineering facilities. The range of work at SSL provides ASSURE students with the opportunity to gain a comprehensive exposure to a range of geospace research, including space weather and other phenomena of national importance. The program includes a bootcamp to develop student skills early in the program, careful consideration to mentor matching, an independent project, and the opportunity to present research at a national conference. Students will be mentored on scientific communication including seminars, elevator pitches, and poster presentations. The program objectives are 1) to provide groups of underserved students (specifically community college and first-generation college students) with authentic research experiences, 2) provide students with access to research opportunities that are not otherwise available to them, and 3) prepare and support researchers in mentoring undergraduate research students. The program aims for students to 1) expand their perspectives on science research, 2) increase their understanding of research methodologies, 3) understand their specific research topic, 4) increase their professional networks, 5) improve their science communication skills, and 6) feel prepared to transfer to a four-year university. 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.

加利福尼亚大学太空科学实验室（SSL）通过本科研究经验（ASSIURE）计划的前进太空科学为本科生提供了空间科学研究和工程学的身临其境的经验。学生接触到多学科研究实验室环境，与该领域的领导者一起进行尖端研究。该计划积极招募来自社区大学和其他机构的参与者，这些人在空间和地球科学中以历史不足为人口不足，目的是在其职业生涯的早期提供研究经验。该计划中采用的跨学科方法反映了学生最终在劳动力中可能面临的技能范围。参与该计划的学生获得了设计和管理实验研究计划所需的经验，并支持一系列正在进行的地理空间任务。 SSL的研究人员由一个多样化的国际社会组成，从事射电天文学，磁层物理学，热物理学，行星科学，高能量天体物理学的一系列太空物理任务，并维持强大的工程设施。 SSL的工作范围为确保学生提供了对一系列地理空间研究的全面接触，包括太空天气和其他国家重要性现象。 该计划包括一个训练营，可以在计划的早期发展学生技能，仔细考虑导师匹配，独立项目以及在全国会议上提出研究的机会。 学生将受到科学沟通的指导，包括研讨会，电梯音调和海报演示。 计划的目标是1）为服务不足的学生（特别是社区大学和第一代大学生）提供真实的研究经验，2）为学生提供否则无法获得的研究机会，以及3）为研究人员提供准备和支持研究人员，以指导本科生研究生。该计划的目的是让学生提高他们对科学研究的看法，2）增进对研究方法的理解，3）了解他们的特定研究主题，4）增加他们的专业网络，5）提高其科学沟通技巧，6）准备转移到四年制大学。该站点得到国防部与NSF REU计划合作的支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。