REU Site: Preparing a Diverse Workforce through Interdisciplinary Astrophysics Research

REU 网站：通过跨学科天体物理学研究培养多元化的劳动力

• 批准号: 1359462
• 负责人: Vassiliki Kalogera
• 金额: $ 28.78万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359462&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Preparing; Diverse; Workforce

This award will establish an REU Site at Northwestern University (NU)'s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA). The Site will take advantage of CIERA's interdisciplinary nature, providing students access to mentors and experience across departments, and insight into the cross-departmental connections between astronomy and astrophysics and other STEM disciplines. The Faculty Mentors (all of whom are members of CIERA) come from four departments: the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Applied Math, Earth and Planetary Science, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Available research projects cover a wide range of astronomical topics and research methods, from theory to computation and from instrumentation to experimentation. Furthermore, the projects will use a wide range of cutting-edge facilities, including instrument labs and the Quest high performance computing facility at NU, instruments at Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory, and the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory.Through this exposure, the REU students will learn how astronomical studies prepare them with a wide range of skills and can lead them to diverse professional paths. NU CIERA's REU site will give students the experience of doing interdisciplinary astronomical research, expose them to a wide array of exciting research areas in astrophysics, and build community among the students themselves and with NU researchers. The Site also aims to recruit a significant fraction of its participants from members of underrepresented groups in STEM by partnering with Chicago-area minority serving institutions. Through high-quality research experiences and professional development activities, the NU CIERA REU Site will contribute to the development of a diverse, sophisticated, and highly competitive STEM workforce.

该奖项将在西北大学 (NU) 天体物理学跨学科探索与研究中心 (CIERA) 建立一个 REU 站点。该网站将利用 CIERA 的跨学科性质，为学生提供跨部门的导师和经验，并深入了解天文学和天体物理学以及其他 STEM 学科之间的跨部门联系。教师导师（均为 CIERA 成员）来自四个系：物理与天文学系、应用数学系、地球与行星科学系、以及电气工程与计算机科学系。现有的研究项目涵盖了广泛的天文学主题和研究方法，从理论到计算，从仪器仪表到实验。此外，这些项目将使用广泛的尖端设施，包括仪器实验室和 NU 的 Quest 高性能计算设施、费米实验室和阿贡国家实验室的仪器以及加州理工学院亚毫米天文台。通过这次接触，REU 的学生将了解天文学研究如何为他们提供广泛的技能，并引导他们走上不同的职业道路。 NU CIERA 的 REU 网站将为学生提供进行跨学科天文学研究的经验，让他们接触到天体物理学中各种令人兴奋的研究领域，并在学生之间以及与 NU 研究人员之间建立社区。该网站还旨在通过与芝加哥地区少数族裔服务机构合作，从 STEM 领域代表性不足的群体成员中招募很大一部分参与者。通过高质量的研究经验和专业发展活动，NU CIERA REU 基地将有助于培养多元化、成熟且具有高度竞争力的 STEM 劳动力队伍。