The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy NSF-REU Site Program

这笔赠款将资助继续由伍德博士在佛罗里达理工学院领导的富有成效的REU计划。该REU计划的学生将与东南天文学研究协会（SARA）的导师和机构合作，该协会由主要位于美国东南部的10所大学组成。十名学生将参加一个9至10周的计划，其中包括一个2小时的科学伦理课程。为学生提供了十几个研究课题，课题范围从太阳系研究到灾难变星和活动星系核。该计划还包括为期两天的研讨会在开始和结束？学期？所有参与者（学生和导师）聚集在一起分享经验并回顾夏季活动。该计划使用社交媒体，如Facebook，博客和电子邮件列表服务器，以保持所有参与者的连接和最新的计划活动。REU网站的性质导致了更广泛的影响，在教育活动方面。 该计划为一系列学生提供服务，其中一些人继续从事天文学职业，其中一些人发现经验使他们走上了不同的职业道路，但这一点通过参与REU计划得到了很好的服务。在这个特殊的计划中，所有10名学生将在夏季研究活动期间使用亚利桑那州的SARA天文台。在该计划结束时，所有的学生将被要求提出一个关于他们的研究项目的谈话，他们将被要求在本科研究期刊JSARA（http：//www.example.com）发表论文。www.jsara.org最有前途的学生还可以参加专业会议，展示他们的成果。

This grant will fund the continuation of a productive REU program led by Dr. Wood at the Florida Institute of Technology. The students in this REU program will be working with mentors and institutions that are part of the Southeast Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA), a consortium of 10 universities located primarily in the southeastern US. Ten students will participate in a 9 to 10 week program that includes a 2-hour course on scientific ethics. Over a dozen research topics are offered to the students, the topics range from solar system studies to cataclysmic variable stars and active galactic nuclei. The program also includes two-day workshops at the start and end of a ?semester? where all of the participants (both students and mentors) gather together to share experiences and review the activities of the summer. This program uses social media like Facebook, blogs, and email list servers to keep all of the participants connected and up-to-date with the program activities.The very nature of an REU site results in a broader impact, in terms of educational activities. The program has served a range of students, some of whom go on to careers in astronomy, and some of whom find that the experience sets them on a different career path, yet one that is well served by involvement in the REU program. In this particular program all 10 of the students will use the SARA Observatory in Arizona during the course of their summer research activities. At the conclusion of the program all of the students will be required to present a talk on their research project and they will be required to publish a paper in the undergraduate research journal JSARA (http://www.jsara.org). The most promising students also get to travel to a professional meeting to present their results.