INITIATION AND SUPPORT FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PARTICIPATION SITE AT THE SPACE PHYSICS RESEARCH LABORATORY,UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

这笔赠款将资助建立一个本科生 空间物理研究所的研究参与现场 密歇根大学实验室。 空间物理 研究实验室是一个广泛的跨学科研究 该组织是大气和海洋的一部分， 密歇根大学科学系。 在实验室进行的研究跨越几个领域， 工程和地球物理科学，重点是 观察和理解物理过程， 控制地球的气体、等离子体和液体外壳， 行星体 实验室的年度研究预算 约为800万美元，主要资金来自国家科学基金会。 基金会和NASA以及其他机构。 因为 与大学学术环境的紧密联系，以及 它的存在在地球科学系在学院 工程，空间物理研究实验室一直以来 保持积极的兴趣，提供重要的 本科生和研究生的研究机会，特别是 在日地研究和高层大气物理学领域。 这 补助金将扩大，以巩固本科生的参与， 发起支持REU（研究经验， 实验室内的场地。 REU网站将 涉及8名教师的直接参与， 所有人都有过本科生培训的经验， 学生在研究。 将为16名学生提供支助， 其中一半将来自大学以外的机构 密歇根州。 由于其对高品质的承诺， 本科教育，大学已同意放弃这一点。 所开展研究的丰富多样性和重要意义 在实验室内和承诺的时间， 教师参与者将提供本科生的 计划一个重要的机会，有实践经验， 活跃和令人兴奋的研究领域。 该REU计划将提供一个重要的机会， 在关键时刻吸引和激励人才， 他们的发展。 完全可以预料， 该计划的本科参与者将成为 对令人兴奋的研究领域感兴趣， 他们将继续攻读研究生课程， 无论是在密歇根大学本身，或在其他 高校

This grant will fund the establishment of an Undergraduate Research Participation Site at the Space Physics Research Laboratory of the University of Michigan. The Space Physics Research Laboratory is a broad interdisciplinary research organization which is part of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences academic department of the University of Michigan. Research undertaken in the laboratory spans several fields of engineering and geophysical sciences, with an emphasis on the observation and understanding of the physical processes which control the gaseous, plasma and liquid envelopes of the Earth and planetary bodies. The annual research budget of the laboratory is ~$8M and major funding comes from the National Science Foundation and NASA as well as other agencies. Because of the strong ties to the academic environment at the University, and its presence within a geosciences department in the College of Engineering, the Space Physics Research Laboratory has always maintained an active interest in providing significant undergraduate and graduate research opportunities, particularly in the areas of Solar-Terrestrial research and Aeronomy. This grant will expand to consolidate the undergraduate involvement by initiating support for an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) site within the Laboratory. The REU site will involve the direct participation of 8 faculty members who have all had previous experience with the training of undergraduate students in research. Support will be provided for 16 students, of whom half will be from institutions other than the University of Michigan. Because of its commitment of high-quality undergraduate education, the University has agreed to waive this. The rich variety and significance of the research carried out within the Laboratory and the commitment of time on the part of the faculty participants will provide the undergraduates of the program a significant opportunity to have hands-on experience in active and exciting research areas. This REU program will provide an important opportunity to attract and motivate talented individuals at a critical time in their development. It is fully anticipated that some of the undergraduate participants in the program will become sufficiently interested in exciting areas of research in geoscience that they will go on to pursue graduate studies, either at the University of Michigan itself, or at other universities.