REU Site: Research In Neutrino Astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls

该奖项支持威斯康星大学河瀑布分校（UWRF）本科生中微子天体物理学研究经验（REU）网站。每年将有六名本科生参加为期十周的夏季研究项目，与冰立方中微子天文台或南极中子监测器合作。学生们将被整合到一个研究合作项目中，该项目开启了中微子天文学领域，并将在一个优先考虑本科生学习和参与研究的部门工作。学生将获得广泛的研究技能，了解基础科学对社会的价值，并将学习如何进行有效的科学演讲和科学交流。为了扩大传播，加强对科学和技术的了解，他们还将被要求就他们的暑期工作发表演讲，并参加外展活动，包括在UWRF向上发展计划上发表演讲。当REU学生将他们在计算机编程，数据挖掘和模拟中获得的技能应用于他们各自职业生涯中感兴趣的STEM领域时，社会将会受益。学生将从研究课题中选择，包括中微子天体物理学、宇宙射线、粒子物理学和中子监测物理学。学生将对冰立方实验做出贡献，这将有助于促进对中微子天文学领域的理解和知识。冰立方是一个独特的望远镜，位于南极，通过中微子观察宇宙。一些学生将从事涉及南极中子监测器的项目。这些监测器观测低能宇宙射线并监测太阳活动。通过访问冰立方的数据或来自南极监测器的数据，高性能计算资源和人员，学生将在获得可转移到许多科学，技术和工程领域的研究技能的同时做出真正的贡献。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in neutrino astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF). Six undergraduate students per year will participate in ten weeks of summer research on projects with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory or South Pole neutron monitors. Students will be integrated into a research collaboration that opened the field of neutrino astronomy, and work in a department where learning and involving undergraduates in research are priorities. Students will acquire a broad range of research skills, will appreciate the value of fundamental science to society, and will be mentored on giving effective scientific presentations and in communicating science. To broaden dissemination to enhance scientific and technological understanding they will also be expected to give a presentation on their summer work, and participate in outreach activates, including presentations at the UWRF Upward Bound program. Benefits to society will occur when REU students apply the skills they acquire in computer programming, data mining and simulations to their STEM area of interest in their respective careers. Students will choose from research topics including neutrino astrophysics, cosmic rays, particle physics, and neutron monitor physics. Students will make contributions to the IceCube experiment that will help advance understanding and knowledge in the field of neutrino astronomy. IceCube is a unique telescope located at the South Pole which looks at the universe via neutrinos. Some students will work on projects involving the South Pole neutron monitors. These monitors observe low energy cosmic rays and monitor solar activity. With access to IceCube's data or data from the South Pole monitors, high performance computing resources, and personnel, students will make real contributions while acquiring research skills that are transferrable to many fields of science, technology, and engineering.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.