FDSS Track 1: Integrating Research and Education in Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Atmosphere Coupling at Clemson University

地球空间科学教师发展（FDSS）机会旨在将地球空间科学（包括太阳和空间物理以及空间天气研究）整合到美国高等教育机构的自然科学，工程或相关部门中，并刺激能够培养下一代地球空间科学领导者的本科或研究生课程或课程的发展。克莱姆森大学将在物理和天文学系设立一个FDSS终身职位。FDSS新聘用的重点是整合磁层-电离层-大气耦合的研究和教育。科学目标是更全面地了解控制地球大气层最上层普遍空间天气条件的物理过程。更广泛的影响包括在一个对技术社会日益重要的领域培养下一代领导人。通过开设新课程和利用现有的外展项目，新员工将大大提高大学让公众参与太空天气的能力，特别是来自服务不足和代表性不足群体的K-12学生，并加强第一代本科生对空间科学的参与。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 Faculty Development in geoSpace Science (FDSS) opportunity aims to integrate geospace science--to includes solar and space physics and space weather research--into natural sciences, engineering or related departments at U.S. institutions of higher education and stimulate the development of undergraduate or graduate programs or curricula capable of training the next generation of leaders in geospace science. Clemson University will create an FDSS tenure-track position in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The focus for the new FDSS hire is on the integration of research and education in magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere coupling. The scientific objectives are to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the physical processes that govern the prevailing space weather conditions in the uppermost reaches of Earth’s atmosphere. Broader impacts include educating the next generation of leaders in a field of increasing importance for a technological society. Through new courses and by leveraging existing outreach programs, the new hire will significantly increase the university’s ability to engage the public in space weather, particularly with K-12 students from underserved and underrepresented groups, and strengthen first-generation undergraduate student engagement in space sciences.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.