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.

该奖项将支持一个新的天文学本科生研究体验网站 (REU)，支持 8 名学生在加州大学河滨分校 (UCR) 实习 8 周，目标是帮助本科生获得使用所获得的数据进行研究所需的技能来自最新一代的天文台。参与者将从一系列观测、理论、计算和数据密集型研究项目中进行选择，解决现代天文学中最基本的问题。在为期 8 周的时间里，学生将学习 Python 编程和数据可视化技能、职业发展、口头报告和研究道德，并鼓励学生发表他们的成果。天文学正在进入“黄金时代”，显然需要培训新一代天文学家来处理来自新型突破性望远镜的数据。该团队建立了一个由当地学校、社区和图书馆组成的网络，并与与河滨联合学区合作，将外展活动扩展到少数族裔及其家庭。 REU Site 计划将让实习生参与包括科学新闻在内的推广活动，并且 Python 和可视化课程将向更广泛的学生和教育工作者社区提供。该小组将进一步开发由该领域研究人员提供的天文学主题的在线公开演示。最后，公共科学场所将以西班牙语开发，旨在针对代表性不足的少数群体及其家庭。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。