REU Site: Educating a New Generation of Astronomers in the Golden Age of Astronomy

REU 网站：天文学黄金时代教育新一代天文学家

• 批准号: 2244610
• 负责人: Bahram Mobasher
• 金额: $ 12.99万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-15 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244610&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Educating; New; Generation

This award will support a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site in astronomy supporting 8 student interns for 8-weeks at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) with the goal of helping undergraduate students acquire skills needed to conduct research using data acquired from the newest generation of observatories. The participants will choose from a range of observational, theoretical, computational, and data intensive research programs addressing the most fundamental questions in modern astronomy. During the 8-weeks students will be instructed Python programming and data visualization skills, career development, oral presentations, and research ethics, and will be encouraged to publish their results. Astronomy is entering a "golden age" and there is a clear need to train a new generation of astronomers to deal with data from new ground-breaking telescopes.The team has built a network of local schools, communities, and libraries, and have partnered with the Riverside Unified School District to extend outreach activities to minorities and their families. The REU Site program will involve interns in outreach activities including scientific journalism, and the Python and visualization courses will be made available to a wider community of students and educators. The group will further develop online public presentations in astronomical topics given by researchers in the field. Finally, public science venues will be developed in Spanish, and aimed towards underrepresented minorities and their families.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.

该奖项将在天文学中为本科生（REU）网站提供新的研究经验，为加利福尼亚大学河滨分校（UCR）的8周学生实习生提供支持，目的是帮助本科生获取所需的技能，使用从最新一代的观测者那里获得的数据进行研究。参与者将从一系列观察，理论，计算和数据密集型研究计划中进行选择，这些研究计划解决了现代天文学中最基本的问题。在8周期间，将指示Python的编程和数据可视化技能，职业发展，口头演示和研究道德规范，并鼓励他们发布其结果。天文学正在进入“黄金时代”，并且显然需要培训新一代的天文学家处理新的开创性望远镜的数据。该团队已经建立了当地学校，社区和图书馆的网络，并与Riverside Unified School District建立了与少数民族及其家人的外展活动。 REU网站计划将涉及实习生参加包括科学新闻在内的外展活动，而Python和可视化课程将提供给更广泛的学生和教育工作者社区。该小组将进一步开发该领域研究人员提供的天文学主题的在线公开演讲。最后，公共科学场所将以西班牙语开发，旨在朝着代表性不足的少数民族及其家人开发。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，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评估标准通过评估来支持的。