REU Site: Wyoming's Infrared Observatory's Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program

建议：AST-0097356怀俄明州大学派：罗恩·坎特纳怀俄明州红外天文台(WIRO)将提供夏季本科生研究助学金计划(SURAP)作为国家科学基金本科生研究体验(REU)计划。Surap将为全国的本科生提供研究方面的辅导课程。主要目标是：1)向本科生介绍一种现实和充实的天体物理研究经验，直接与活跃的专业人员合作；2)为每个学生提供直接使用0.6米和2.3米望远镜及其CCD仪器进行观测的体验；3)鼓励每个本科生在专业会议上发表他们的结果并交流他们的研究成果。参赛者将从全国各地的大学和学院中选出七到八名。成功的候选人是根据他们的学术表现、对研究职业的兴趣和教师推荐来挑选的。苏拉普的次要目标是拥有一个多样化的学生环境，有来自文科学院和研究设施有限的小型大学的学生。特别是积极招收大一、大二本科生、女性和代表不足的少数民族。该计划传统上选择没有REU经验的学生，在学生所在的机构之外。与辅导研究计划同时进行的学术/实验室课程和研究研讨会包括现代红外和电荷耦合器件探测器的介绍、图像处理、使用计算机控制的现代望远镜的观测经验、基础、现代天体物理学和科学伦理学的学术指导。这门课程的重点将是一个面向学生的、使用WIRO的计算机控制的0.6米反射器和2.3米望远镜对有趣的天文物体进行时间监测的项目。

Prop : AST-0097356University of Wyoming PI : Ron CanternaThe Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO) will provide a Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program (SURAP) as a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. SURAP will offer undergraduate students throughout the nation its tutorial program in research. The main goals are: 1) to introduce undergraduate participants to a realistic and fulfilling experience in astrophysics research, working directly with active professionals, 2) to offer each student experience observing directly with the 0.6 and 2.3 m telescopes and its CCD instrumentation, 3) to encourage each undergraduate to publish their results and communicate their research findings at professional meetings. Seven to eight participants will be chosen from universities and colleges throughout the nation. Successful candidates are selected based on their academic performance, interest in a research career, and faculty recommendations. SURAP's secondary goal is to have a diverse student environment with students from liberal arts colleges and small universities with limited research facilities. Special efforts are made to actively recruit freshmen and sophomore undergraduates, women, and under-represented minorities. The program has traditionally selected students with no prior REU experience, outside of the student's home institution. A concurrent academic/laboratory course and research seminar will accompany the tutorial research program and this seminar includes an introduction to modern infrared and CCD detectors, image processing, experience in observing with a modern, computer-controlled telescope, academic instruction in fundamental, modern astrophysics, and science ethics. The focal point of the course will be a student-oriented, temporal monitoring program of interesting astronomical objects using WIRO's computer-controlled 0.6 meter reflector at Red Buttes and the 2.3 meter telescope.***