REU Site: Solar Physics Program at Montana State University

REU 站点：蒙大拿州立大学太阳物理项目

• 批准号: 1156011
• 负责人: Jiong Qiu
• 金额: $ 71.61万
• 依托单位: Montana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156011&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Solar; Physics; Program

The Principal Investigators (PIs) will continue their highly successful "Research Experiences for Undergraduates" (REU) program in solar physics at Montana State University (MSU). The main activity of this program is the mentoring and supervision of undergraduate students who will perform individual research projects in solar physics for ten weeks during the summer. Most of these student projects will involve the analysis of data from spacecraft and from ground-based solar observatories. The PIs' target group will be undergraduates majoring in Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics, and Computer Sciences. The Montana State summer program will introduce these undergraduates to solar physics research through independent science projects performed with a faculty mentor, and frequently with a graduate student co-mentor. During the summer, REU students will take an introductory course in solar physics which includes lectures by visiting scholars, and the students' final research reports will be posted online. These student projects also frequently result in joint professional publications and confernece presentations with the MSU faculty mentor. MSU mentors have been highly successful in recruiting women into this REU experience, and program activities have also included Native American students and teachers. This REU program's "Ethics in Science" training component has developed into a successful element presented by a specialist in that field. Prior REU student feedback concerning the utility of this ethics component indicates that this training has left an indelible imprint that will serve these students well, regardless of their future career choices. Previous REU participants at MSU have also reported that their exposure to professional research in a university environment encouraged them to continue their graduate education and to pursue research as a profession. With its strong space science component, the program offers benefits to society by providing citizens and future researchers with an understanding of space weather impacts on Earth's space environment. Since solar physics is taught at relatively few colleges and universities in the US, the Montana State REU Program provides an important service to this discipline.

首席研究员 (PI) 将继续在蒙大拿州立大学 (MSU) 开展非常成功的太阳物理学“本科生研究经验”(REU) 项目。该计划的主要活动是指导和监督本科生，他们将在夏季进行为期十周的太阳物理学个人研究项目。大多数学生项目将涉及对来自航天器和地面太阳观测站的数据进行分析。 PI 的目标群体是物理、天文学、数学和计算机科学专业的本科生。蒙大拿州立大学暑期项目将通过独立的科学项目向这些本科生介绍太阳物理研究，该项目由教师导师（通常是研究生共同导师）进行。夏季，REU 学生将学习太阳物理学入门课程，其中包括访问学者的讲座，学生的最终研究报告将发布在网上。这些学生项目还经常与密歇根州立大学教师导师联合发表专业出版物和会议演讲。密歇根州立大学的导师在招募女性参与 REU 体验方面取得了巨大成功，项目活动还包括美国原住民学生和教师。 REU 项目的“科学伦理”培训部分已发展成为该领域专家提出的成功要素。 REU 学生之前对这一道德部分的效用的反馈表明，这种培训留下了不可磨灭的印记，无论他们未来的职业选择如何，都将为这些学生提供良好的服务。 密歇根州立大学之前的 REU 参与者也报告说，他们在大学环境中接触专业研究鼓励他们继续研究生教育并将研究作为一种职业。凭借其强大的空间科学成分，该计划通过让公民和未来的研究人员了解空间天气对地球空间环境的影响，为社会带来好处。由于美国教授太阳物理学的学院和大学相对较少，蒙大拿州 REU 项目为该学科提供了重要的服务。