REU Site: Advancing Space Sciences through Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE)

加州大学空间科学实验室（SSL）的通过本科生研究经验推进空间科学（ASSURE）计划为本科生提供空间科学研究和工程方面的沉浸式体验。学生们接触到一个多学科的研究实验室设置，在该领域的领导者一起进行前沿研究。ASSURE计划积极招募来自社区学院和其他机构的参与者，这些机构为历史上在空间和地球科学领域代表性不足的人口提供服务，目的是在他们职业生涯的早期提供研究经验。ASSURE计划支持与航天器仪器和硬件开发、数据分析和高性能计算有关的研究项目，这些项目处于联邦政府资助的地球空间研究的前沿。参与该计划的学生获得设计和管理实验研究计划所需的经验，并支持一系列正在进行的地球空间任务。SSL的研究人员由从事射电天文学、磁层物理学、太阳物理学、行星科学、高能天体物理学等一系列空间物理学飞行任务的不同国际团体组成，并保持着强大的工程设施。SSL的工作范围为学生提供了全面接触一系列地球空间研究的机会，包括空间天气和其他国家重要现象。 该计划包括一个训练营，以发展学生的技能，在计划的早期，仔细考虑导师匹配，一个独立的项目，并有机会在全国会议上提出研究。 学生将接受科学交流的指导，包括研讨会，电梯球场和海报展示。 该计划的目标是1）提供群体服务不足的学生（特别是社区学院和第一代大学生）与真实的研究经验，2）为学生提供获得研究的机会，否则无法提供给他们，和3）准备和支持研究人员在指导本科研究生。该计划旨在让学生1）扩大他们对科学研究的观点，2）增加他们对研究方法的理解，3）了解他们的具体研究主题，4）增加他们的专业网络，5）提高他们的科学沟通技能，6）准备转移到四年制大学。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。该奖项反映了NSF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 Advancing Space Sciences through Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) program at the University of California Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) provides undergraduate students with an immersive experience in space science research and engineering. Students are exposed to a multidisciplinary research laboratory setting, conducting cutting edge research alongside leaders in the field. The ASSURE program actively recruits participants from community colleges and other institutions serving populations historically underrepresented in the space and geosciences with the aim of providing research experience early in their careers. The interdisciplinary approach taken in the program is reflective of the range of skills that students may eventually face in the workforce.The ASSURE program supports research projects relating to the development of spacecraft instrumentation and hardware, data analysis, and high-performance computing at the forefront of federally funded geospace research. Students involved in the program acquire experience required for design and management of experimental research programs and support a range of on-going geospace missions. The research staff at SSL is composed of a diverse international community working on a range of space physics missions in radio astronomy, magnetospheric physics, heliophysics, planetary science, high energy astrophysics, and maintains robust engineering facilities. The range of work at SSL provides ASSURE students with the opportunity to gain a comprehensive exposure to a range of geospace research, including space weather and other phenomena of national importance. The program includes a bootcamp to develop student skills early in the program, careful consideration to mentor matching, an independent project, and the opportunity to present research at a national conference. Students will be mentored on scientific communication including seminars, elevator pitches, and poster presentations. The program objectives are 1) to provide groups of underserved students (specifically community college and first-generation college students) with authentic research experiences, 2) provide students with access to research opportunities that are not otherwise available to them, and 3) prepare and support researchers in mentoring undergraduate research students. The program aims for students to 1) expand their perspectives on science research, 2) increase their understanding of research methodologies, 3) understand their specific research topic, 4) increase their professional networks, 5) improve their science communication skills, and 6) feel prepared to transfer to a four-year university. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.