REU Site: The Lamat Summer Research Program on High Performance Computing in Astrophysics

该奖项支持在加州大学圣克鲁斯分校(UCSC)建立计算天体物理学REU站点。学生将主要从哈特内尔学院、卡布里略学院、蒙特雷半岛学院和德安萨社区学院招收，这些学院的主要选拔标准将是杰出的学术成就和未来取得成就的希望。被选中的实习生将与加州大学洛杉矶分校的导师密切合作，并将参加为期八周的天体物理研究方法和工具的密集介绍，重点是宇宙模拟。该项目的总体目标不仅仅是培训天体物理学家，而是将天体物理模拟作为一种令人兴奋的媒介，向参与者传授广泛的科学技能。REU网站还将以最先进的天体物理模拟为共同支柱，通过探究式学习天文学和行星科学相关概念，提高两年制大学学生的保留率和毕业率。通过UCSC的研究指导、指导、研讨会和支持计划的综合计划，学生将发展更多的技能，以促进他们的教育和职业生涯。REU网站还将在合作的多元化服务机构中开发家庭天文之夜系列讲座，其双重目标是向广泛的受众传播天文学，并确保REU学生的父母能够支持他们孩子的学业成功。

This award supports the creation of an REU Site in computational astrophysics at the University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC). Students will principally be recruited from Hartnell, Cabrillo, Monterrey Peninsula and De Anza Community Colleges, where the main selection criteria will be outstanding academic accomplishments and promise of future achievement. The selected interns will work closely with mentors at UCSC and will take part in an intensive eight-week introduction to astrophysical research methods and tools with an emphasis on cosmological simulations. The overall goal of the program is not to solely train astrophysicists but to utilize astrophysical simulations as an exciting medium for imparting a broad array of scientific skills to the participants.The REU Site will also increase the retention and graduation rates for students enrolled in two-year colleges through inquiry-based learning of concepts related to astronomy and planetary sciences, using state-of-art astrophysical simulations as a common pillar. Through a comprehensive program of research instruction, mentoring, workshops, and support programs at UCSC, students will develop additional skills to advance their educations and careers. The REU Site will also develop a Family Astronomy Night lecture series at the partnering diversity-serving institutions, with the dual aims of communicating astronomy to a wide audience, and ensuring that parents of REU students can support their child's academic success.