Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) Site Program at the National Solar Observatory (NSO)

国家太阳天文台(NSO)是一个国家太阳物理研究中心。NSO自1983年以来一直为本科生和研究生开展暑期研究计划，并自1986年成立以来一直参与NSF本科生研究体验计划(REU)。NSO将继续其REU计划，每年夏天资助四名学生，其中两名在NSO Tucson站点，两名在NSO Sacramento Peak(SAC Peak)站点。NSO为学生提供了一个独特的教育机会，因为许多大学都没有太阳物理研究。学生们将在各种项目中得到指导，从研究日冕中的阿尔芬波到测量日冕物质抛射下太阳内部的等离子体流动。NSO REU的学生喜欢接触到SAC Peak望远镜设施的紧张研究环境和图森位置的大学环境。在这两个地点，REU的学生除了他们的科学导师外，还与研究生和博士后研究人员打成一片。到目前为止，NSO REU计划已经为不同的学生群体提供了服务，包括那些来自研究型大学的学生和那些通常无法接触到前沿研究项目的较小学校的学生。NSO计划为受众提供了与普通物理和天文学本科生相当的性别和种族多样性，并正在努力寻找一种方法来增加参与者的种族多样性。最后，NSO REU参与者进入研究生课程的比率是普通本科生的三倍，这是NSO项目成功的标志，也表明了选择参加该项目的学生的天赋。

The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is a national center for research in solar physics. The NSO has operated summer research programs for both undergraduate and graduate students since 1983, and has participated in the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program since its inception in 1986. The NSO will continue its REU program with the funding of four students per summer, two at the NSO Tucson site and two at the NSO Sacramento Peak (Sac Peak) site. The NSO offers a unique educational opportunity for students, as solar physics research is not present at many universities. Students will be mentored in projects ranging from studies of the Alfvén waves in the solar corona to measurements of the plasma flows in the solar interior below coronal mass ejections. NSO REU students enjoy exposure to the intense research environment at the Sac Peak telescope facilities and to the university environment of the Tucson location. At both sites, the REU students mix with graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in addition to their scientific mentors. To date, the NSO REU program has served a diverse group of students, including those from research universities and those from smaller schools who normally would not have access to forefront research projects. The NSO program has served an audience with a gender and ethnic diversity comparable to that of the general physics and astronomy undergraduate population, and is working on an approach to increase the participant ethnic diversity. Finally, NSO REU participants enter graduate programs at a rate three times higher than the typical undergraduate population, which is an indication of the success of the NSO program and also of the talent of the students choosing to participate in the program.