FDSS Track 2: Building a Space Physics Program at the University of Texas at Arlington

地球空间科学教师发展（FDSS）机会旨在将地球空间科学（包括太阳和空间物理以及空间天气研究）整合到美国高等教育机构的自然科学，工程或相关部门中，并刺激能够培养下一代地球空间科学领导者的本科或研究生课程或课程的发展。德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UTA）是一家西班牙裔服务机构，提议设立一个与航空、磁层物理和空间天气研究相关的FDSS终身职位。FDSS将与UTA空间物理和数据科学中心以及更广泛的地球空间社区合作。他们将帮助开发新的研究生课程，定期提供本科空间科学课程，为物理学学士学位创建新的空间物理轨道，并为研究生和本科STEM学生提供更多的研究机会。他们将利用校园资源，如一个全穹顶天文馆，来创建外展和公共教育项目。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 Faculty Development in geoSpace Science (FDSS) opportunity aims to integrate geospace science--to includes solar and space physics and space weather research--into natural sciences, engineering or related departments at U.S. institutions of higher education and stimulate the development of undergraduate or graduate programs or curricula capable of training the next generation of leaders in geospace science. The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), a Hispanic Serving Institution, proposes to create an FDSS tenure-track position related to Aeronomy, Magnetospheric Physics, and Space Weather Research. The FDSS hire will collaborate with the UTA Center of Space Physics and Data Sciences and the broader geospace community. They will help develop a new graduate course, offer an undergraduate space science course on a regular basis, create a new space physics track for a B.S. degree in physics, and generate more research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate STEM students. They will leverage campus resources such as a full-dome planetarium to create outreach and public education projects.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.