CURE (Consortium for Undergraduate Research Experience) - Research Experience for Undergraduates

CURE是一个全年(尽管以夏季为中心)的REU网站，为洛杉矶地区选定大学的社区大学生提供NASA喷气推进实验室基于天文学的研究机会。学生(每年约8名)在夏季全职工作10周，并可选择在喷气推进实验室科学家的监督下，在喷气推进实验室和喷气推进实验室桌山天文台的各种天文学相关项目上继续兼职。研究课题包括高精度的隐形小行星天体测量，近地小行星的光度测量，紧凑型多普勒磁强计的设计和测试，以及空间光通信系统的研究。CURE的学生完全来自社区大学。除了在几乎所有方面都非常多样化外，这些学生还经常克服巨大的障碍和挑战才能取得今天的成就。CURE为他们提供了体验真正的科学和真正的研究的无价机会？这个机会通常只有四年制的大学生才能获得。除了为服务不足的学生和少数族裔学生(其中许多是第一代大学生)提供宝贵的专业研究经验外，CURE的影响还超出了它所服务的学生。CURE将社区学院的教职员工与前沿研究联系起来，使他们保持在该领域的最新动态，加强社区学院与专业研究人员之间的关系，并为参与社区学院的所有STEM学生提供宝贵的灵感、激励和榜样。

CURE is a year-round (though summer-centered) REU site that provides Astronomy-based research opportunities at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for underserved community college students from selected colleges in the Los Angeles area. Students (approximately 8 per year) work full time for 10 weeks during the summer, and have the option of continuing part-time during the academic year under the supervision of JPL scientists on various Astronomy-related projects, both at JPL and at JPL's Table Mountain Observatory. Research topics include high precision astrometry of occulting asteroids, photometry of near-Earth asteroids, design and testing of a compact Doppler magnetograph, and research into space optical communications systems.CURE students are drawn exclusively from community colleges. In addition to being remarkably diverse in virtually every way, these students have often overcome great obstacles and challenges to get where they are. CURE provides them with a priceless opportunity to experience real science and real research ? an opportunity usually available only to four-year college and university students. In addition to providing underserved and minority students (many of whom are first generation college students) with valuable professional research experience, CURE's impact extends beyond the students it serves. CURE connects community college faculty with cutting-edge research, keeping them up-to-date in the field, strengthens the relationship between community colleges and professional researchers, and provides valuable inspiration, incentive and modeling to all STEM students at the participating community colleges.