FDSS Track 2: Ionospheric Space Weather Faculty Line at the University of Massachusetts Lowell

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。马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校（University of Massachusetts Lowell）是一所少数族裔服务机构，它将在电气与计算机工程系设立一个FDSS终身职位，与物理与环境、地球与大气科学系合作。FDSS的研究重点是空间天气，特别是电离层对通信和导航技术的影响。FDSS的招聘将开发空间天气课程，并在航空航天科学和航空航天工程的博士课程之间建立跨学科的桥梁。他们将通过参与面向第一代大学生和代表性不足的工科新生的项目，扩大STEM的参与度。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. University of Massachusetts Lowell, a minority serving institution, will create an FDSS tenure-track position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in collaboration with the departments of Physics and Environment, Earth and Atmospheric Science. The FDSS research focus is space weather, especially ionospheric effects on communication and navigation technologies. The FDSS hire will develop space weather courses and create interdisciplinary bridges between the PhD programs in aerospace science and aerospace engineering. They will broadening participation in STEM by engaging with programs for first-generation college students and underrepresented engineering freshmen.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.