REU Site: Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Cornell University

REU 网站：康奈尔大学天体物理学和行星科学

• 批准号: 1950324
• 负责人: Alexander Hayes
• 金额: $ 40.5万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950324&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Astrophysics; Planetary; Science

Cornell University will host a summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program in astronomy and planetary science. Each summer, ten students will spend ten weeks at Cornell engaged in research in Space Sciences. The program will strive to recruit diverse cohorts including students from underrepresented groups, students from colleges and universities with limited local research infrastructure, and students with unusual academic careers. Students will work within a small research group involved in groundbreaking science, attend a series of lectures and workshops, and participate in other activities that will introduce them to broader scientific topics as well as the nature of professional careers in astronomy and the processes by which major facilities and missions are designed, constructed, and deployed. The research and professional development programs will help students to understand the nature and ethics of scientific research and the skills and process necessary to become a professional scientist. Students will participate in on-going astronomy programs at Cornell including the Carl Sagan Institute, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) and LIGO collaborations, the Cornell instrument group. Cornell planetary scientists are actively engaged in the Cassini, Juno, Europa Clipper, Mars Science Laboratory and Mars2020 Rover missions.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.

康奈尔大学将在天文学和行星科学领域举办一项夏季REU（本科生的研究经验）计划。每年夏天，十名学生将在康奈尔（Cornell）呆十周，从事太空科学研究。该计划将努力招募各种各样的人群，包括来自代表性不足的团体的学生，来自本地研究基础设施有限的大学和大学的学生以及具有不寻常学术职业的学生。学生将在一个参与开创性科学的小型研究小组中工作，参加一系列讲座和讲习班，并参加其他活动，这些活动将向他们介绍更广泛的科学主题，以及天文学专业职业的本质以及设计，建设和部署的主要设施和任务的过程。研究和专业发展计划将帮助学生了解科学研究的性质和伦理，以及成为专业科学家所必需的技能和过程。学生将参加康奈尔大学正在进行的天文学计划，包括卡尔·萨根研究所（Carl Sagan Institute），北美纳米尔茨（Nanohertz）引力波（Nanograv）（Nanograv）和康奈尔（Cornell）仪器集团（Cornell Instrument Group）的Ligo合作。康奈尔星球科学家积极参与卡西尼，朱诺，欧罗巴快船，火星科学实验室和火星2020漫游者任务。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估的。