FDSS: Solar and Space Physics Development at the Institute for Astronomy

这个空间科学学院发展（FDSS）项目的目标是在夏威夷大学（UH）天文研究所（IfA）聘用一名新的日球层物理学教授。IfA大量参与实验、观测、数据分析和太阳磁化大气的建模研究，从太阳表面开始，向外扩展形成太阳日冕和太阳风。在IfA的太阳能项目，其重点是一个临界质量的教师和最近越来越多的研究生和本科生从事太阳能研究，旨在有广泛的教育影响，因为我们发展太阳能和空间物理教育在美国首屈一指的中心。UH是一个少数民族服务的高等教育机构。这个为期5年的FDSS项目将对休斯敦大学的本科和研究生项目产生重大影响。太阳能学院在本科课程中的参与使他们能够直接接触到高度多样化的学生群体，其中有来自少数民族和代表性不足的群体的重要代表。直接参与IfA的研究生课程，以及计划在太阳能和日光层物理方面开设新的研究生课程，太阳能学院可以让毕业生参与太阳能研究的不同方面，从仪器仪表到DKIST，数据分析和建模。过去，IfA在马诺阿和哈雷阿卡拉的太阳研究项目在推进我们对日冕和太阳风的结构和动力学的理解方面取得了重大突破。通过利用他们独特的专业知识，IfA太阳能小组的成员致力于探索太阳磁力的不同方面，以及它在太阳大气动力学中的作用。随着2020年Daniel K. Inouye太阳望远镜（DKIST）第一盏灯的问世，以及由该小组的两名成员设计和制造的两个第一盏光仪器，IfA的太阳能小组处于令人羡慕的位置，可以实现卓越。正是在这种环境下，这个小组得到了国家科学基金会的支持，通过在建模和/或理论方面的专业知识来补充他们的优势，以扩大其多样性和协同作用。这个机会的到来不仅是个人成功的理想时机，而且对IfA的太阳物理研究生教育计划来说也是如此，该计划在过去两年中显著扩大。夏威夷的科学家们也处于令人羡慕的位置，在DKIST有12.5%的保证观察时间，这是推动新教员成功的无价之宝。这项为期5年的FDSS项目的研究和EPO议程支持AGS部门在发现、学习、多样性和跨学科研究方面的战略目标。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。

The goal of this Faculty Development in Space Science (FDSS) project is to enable a new faculty hire in solar-heliospheric physics at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) of the University of Hawaii (UH). The IfA is heavily involved in experimental, observational, data analysis, and modeling investigations of the magnetized solar atmosphere of the Sun, starting from the solar surface and expanding outwards to form the solar corona and the solar wind. The solar program at the IfA, which focuses on a critical-mass faculty and a recently growing number of graduate and undergraduate students engaged in solar research, is designed to have a broad educational impact as we develop a premier center for solar and space physics education in the U.S. The UH is a minority serving higher education institution. This 5-year FDSS program will have a significant impact on UH's undergraduate as well as graduate programs. The engagement of solar faculty in the undergraduate program gives them direct access to a highly diverse group of students, with significant representation from minorities and under-represented groups. Direct involvement with the IfA's graduate program, together with plans for a new graduate course in solar and heliospheric physics, solar faculty can engage graduates in the different aspects of solar research, ranging from instrumentation, to DKIST, data analysis and modeling. In the past, the IfA's solar research programs in Manoa and Haleakala have demonstrated major breakthroughs for advancing our understanding of the structure and dynamics of the solar corona and solar wind. By capitalizing on their unique expertise, members of the solar group at the IfA are engaged in exploring the different facets of solar magnetism, and its role in the dynamics of the Sun's atmosphere. With the advent of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) first light in 2020, and with the two first light instruments being designed and built by two members of the group, the IfA's solar group is in an enviable position to achieve excellence. It is within this environment that this group is receiving NSF's support to expand its diversity and synergy by complementing their strength with a junior faculty appointment with expertise in modeling and/or theory. This opportunity comes at an ideal time not only for individual success, but also for the IfA's solar physics graduate education program, which has been expanding markedly over the past two years. Hawaii scientists are also in an enviable position of having 12.5% guaranteed observing time on DKIST, a priceless commodity for propelling the success of the new faculty. The research and EPO agenda of this 5-year FDSS project supports the Strategic Goals of the AGS Division in discovery, learning, diversity, and interdisciplinary research.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.