REU/RET Site: Radio Science in Astronomy, Geodesy, and Geospace Science at MIT Haystack Observatory

麻省理工学院的干草堆天文台将举办一个联合的夏季REU（本科生研究经验）和RET（教师研究经验）网站，涉及天文学，空间科学，大地测量学和信息学。该项目将努力招收不同的学生群体，包括来自代表性不足的群体的学生，以及来自当地研究基础设施有限的学院和大学的学生。研究和专业发展项目将帮助学生了解科学研究的本质和伦理，以及成为一名专业科学家所需的技能和过程。由RET参与者开发的教学单元将在世界各地的教室中使用。该计划是对现有REU/RET站点的更新。这些活动通过一个总体的无线电科学主题联系在一起。每年夏天，七名本科生和两名K-12教师将在干草堆进行为期十周的研究。其中大多数将利用主要的现场设施和仪器。学生也有机会参与视界望远镜、超长基线干涉测量、默奇森宽场阵列，并为这些和未来的设施设计仪器。该计划也是通往各种地球空间和磁层物理项目机会的门户。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。

MIT's Haystack Observatory will host a combined summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) and RET (Research Experiences for Teachers) site in astronomy, space sciences, geodesy, and informatics. The program will strive to recruit diverse student cohorts including students from underrepresented groups, as well as students from colleges and universities with limited local research infrastructure. The research and professional development programs will help students to understand the nature and ethics of scientific research and the skills and process necessary to become a professional scientist. Instructional Units developed by RET participants will be used in classrooms worldwide. This program is a renewal of an existing REU/RET site.These activities are linked through an overarching radio science theme. Each summer, seven undergraduate students and two K-12 teachers will spend ten weeks at Haystack engaged in research. Most of these will utilize major on-site facilities and instrumentation. Opportunities also exist for students to get involved with the Event Horizon Telescope, very long baseline interferometry, the Murchison Widefield Array, and in designing instrumentation for these and future facilities. The program is also a gateway to opportunities in various geospace and magnetospheric physics projects.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.