Penn State Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics as an REU Site

该奖项支持研究经验的活动， 本科生（REU）网站由天文学系主办， 宾夕法尼亚州立大学的天体物理学。 该奖项使 大约六到八名本科生来表演 与宾夕法尼亚州立大学的专业科学家进行天文学研究 在夏季的几个月里。 在Lawrence W. 作者声明：Margaret M.切斯特，学生们将做一个研究， 天文学的各种主题，并将有机会获得望远镜 设施、图像处理实验室、光学和空间 仪器实验室 为了补充他们的研究，学生们 将参加每周一次的系列研讨会，教职员工将在其中讨论 天文学入门材料，学生将能够 在夏天晚些时候展示他们自己的工作成果。 REU网站，如计划在宾夕法尼亚州立大学 在提高技术和科学技能方面非常重要， 全国最有才华和积极性的本科生， 让这些学生体验最先进的科学 在他们做出最后的职业决定之前进行研究。

This award supports the activities of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site hosted by the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University. This award enables approximately six to eight undergraduate students to perform astronomical research with professional scientists at Penn State during the summer months. Under the direction of Drs. Lawrence W. Ramsey and Margaret M. Chester, students will do research on a variety of topics in astronomy, and will have access to telescope facilities, image processing laboratories, and optical and space instrument laboratories. Supplementing their research, students will attend a weekly seminar series in which faculty will discuss introductory astronomy material and students will be able to present the results of their own work later in the summer. REU sites such as the one planned at Pennsylvania State University are important in increasing the technical and scientific skills of the Nation's most talented and motivated undergraduates, and in enabling those students to experience state-of-the-art scientific research before they make their final career decisions.