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

这笔赠款将用于继续开展由佛罗里达理工学院伍德博士领导的富有成效的REU项目。这个REU项目的学生将与东南天文学研究协会(SARA)的导师和机构合作，SARA是一个由主要位于美国东南部的10所大学组成的联盟。10名学生将参加为期9至10周的计划，其中包括2小时的科学伦理课程。向学生提供了十几个研究主题，从太阳系研究到激变变星和活动星系核。该计划还包括为期两天的研讨会，在一个学期的开始和结束？所有参与者(包括学生和导师)齐聚一堂，分享经验，回顾暑期活动。该计划使用Facebook、博客和电子邮件列表服务器等社交媒体来保持所有参与者的联系并了解计划活动的最新情况。REU网站的性质本身就会在教育活动方面产生更广泛的影响。该计划服务了一系列学生，其中一些人继续从事天文学事业，其中一些人发现，这段经历让他们走上了一条不同的职业道路，但参与REU项目对他们的职业生涯有很好的帮助。在这个特别的项目中，所有10名学生将在他们的暑期研究活动中使用亚利桑那州的SARA天文台。在项目结束时，所有的学生将被要求就他们的研究项目做一次演讲，他们将被要求在本科生研究期刊JSARA(http://www.jsara.org).)上发表一篇论文最有前途的学生还可以去参加一个专业会议，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.