REU Site: Wyoming Astronomy

REU 站点：怀俄明州天文学

• 批准号: 2244317
• 负责人: Daniel Dale
• 金额: $ 32.25万
• 依托单位: University of Wyoming
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-15 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Wyoming; Astronomy

This award will support the renewal of a 10-week research experience program for eight undergraduate students per year at the University of Wyoming. A unique aspect of this program is that students work together as a team on a single research project with each student assigned separate sub-projects within the whole. The research projects and faculty leads rotate each year, with (1) speckle imaging of exoplanet candidates from TESS, (2) Hb reverberation mapping of quasars, and (3) searches for Earth-like planets using ultra-high precision radial velocity measurements of nearby stars being slated for the following three summers. The students will carry out this research through their exclusive access to UWyo’s 2.3 m telescope (70-nights) to gain a truly immersive experience in observational astrophysics, and they will receive additional training to prepare them for graduate school and careers in STEM fields. They will also be given the opportunity to participate in science outreach through AstroCamp, a 10-day science camp for rising 6th-8th graders during the summer. This project is jointly funded by OMA and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).Recruitment of participants will focus on freshmen and sophomore students from liberal arts colleges, two-year colleges, and public institutions offering little to no research opportunities. The project will continue to collaborate with the Cal-Bridge Summer program to target minority students for recruitment. Past success has increased the participation of these minorities to over 22% in the past six years. The recruitment techniques that have achieved this balance will be continued in the current project.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.

这项奖励将支持怀俄明大学为每年8名本科生续签为期10周的研究体验计划。这个项目的一个独特之处是，学生们作为一个团队在一个单一的研究项目上合作，每个学生都被分配了整个项目中单独的子项目。研究项目和教职领导每年轮换，(1)来自TESS的系外行星候选者的散斑成像，(2)类星体的HB混响映射，以及(3)使用附近恒星的超高精度径向速度测量来搜索类地行星，定于接下来的三个夏天进行。学生们将通过独家进入UWYO的2.3米望远镜(70个晚上)来进行这项研究，以获得真正身临其境的观测天体物理学体验，他们将接受额外的培训，为进入研究生院和从事STEM领域的职业做准备。他们还将有机会通过AstroCamp参加科学推广活动，AstroCamp是一个为期10天的科学夏令营，面向6-8年级的新生在夏季举行。该项目由OMA和既定的激励竞争性研究计划(EPSCoR)共同资助。参与者的再招聘将侧重于来自文科大学、两年制大学和公共机构的大一和大二学生，这些机构提供的研究机会很少或根本没有。该项目将继续与加州桥暑期项目合作，瞄准少数族裔学生进行招生。过去的成功使这些少数群体的参与率在过去六年增加到22%以上。达到这一平衡的招聘技术将在目前的项目中继续。这一奖项反映了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。