2018 UCAT Summer Student Program (USSP2018)

The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) is the largest ground based astronomical project in existence.  Built by an worldwide partnership, this new generation telescope offers the best opportunities to unveil the origin of our universe as well as the origin of life.

The University Consortium of ALMA–Taiwan (UCAT) is embarking upon this unprecedented project and is inviting students to apply to the UCAT Summer Student Program, where they will have the opportunity to lead unique groundbreaking research under the guidance of astronomers and prepare for the use of this experiment.  Opportunity is open to about 10 students with preference given to the junior level or higher, whose majors are in any scientific disciplines (physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, engineering, and of course astronomy).

Students will attend a series of lecture designed for them in the Summer School, to introduce ALMA, radio astronomy, and a broad range of research subjects.  Also, all students are required to give an oral report of their research projects at the conclusion of the program, and to provide a written report suitable for public reviewing.

Successful applicants will work at UCAT member universities from 2018 July 02 (Mon) to August 31 (Fri) at a monthly stipend of NT $20,000.  A brief description of the research projects offered can be found below.

To apply, please fill out and email the registration form (Word or PDF) to Ms. Sarah Chen (陳彥華小姐; 4almau@gmail.com) by May 10 (Thur).  Applicants must indicate on their application form the project or projects of their most interests and provide letters of recommendation (up to two).  Offers will be announced on May 25 (Fri).  

USSP2018 poster download 

ALMA-T大學聯盟暑期學生
專題研究計畫 (USSP2018)

ALMA大型毫米/次毫米波陣列由54座直徑十二米和12座七米的電波望遠鏡組成,是有史以來最大的地面天文計畫。ALMA電波望遠鏡陣列結合前所未有的靈敏度、空間及光譜解析度、超寬頻波段涵蓋、成像精確度之觀測能力,將提供研究天文物理與時空起源的最佳窗口。在中研院天文所的主導下,台灣亦加入了ALMA並成立ALMA-Taiwan計畫。ALMA-T包括兩個主要團隊:中研院天文所和「ALMA-T大學聯盟」。中研院天文所主要負責望遠鏡的建造和營運、在營運階段協助台灣的科學家使用ALMA、並致力於最佳的ALMA科學研究。而聯合清大、師大、中央、成大、中山、台大與淡江等七所大學成立之「ALMA-T大學聯盟」,則以積極促進台灣ALMA科學為主要任務。無疑地,國內各大學成功訓練及培育新世代的科學家是ALMA-T邁向成功的基本關鍵。為促進優良的ALMA科學,提供大學部同學參與ALMA研究之機會,同時培育大學生之研究能力,UCAT大學聯盟將於今年暑假,再次舉辦「UCAT暑期學生專題研究計畫」(USSP2018),研究主題涵蓋「電波天文」和「天文物理」等。竭誠歡迎熱血有志青年,踴躍報名參加。

  1. 計畫期間:2018年7月2日(星期一)起 2018年8月31日(星期五)止
  2. 獎助學金:每人每月新台幣二萬元整,為期2個月
  3. 預計錄取名額:10名以上
  4. 申請截止日期:2018年5月10日 (星期四)
  5. 錄取名單公告日期:2018年5月25日 (星期五)
  6. 暑期研究計畫:詳見下表
  7. 申請者條件:具自然科學或電機資訊機械等理工相關科系大學部學大三、大四同學優先錄取
  8. 申請方式:下載申請表(WordPDF),填寫基本資料及聯絡方式、研究興趣、相關經歷與期望參與的研究計畫,並附上各學期之成績單影本(JPG或PDF格式之電子檔亦可)。加附推薦信者尤佳(最多兩封),由推薦者於申請截止日期前寄達ALMA科學創進中心(Word或PDF格式之電子檔亦可)
  9. 申請資料之寄送:
    [書面資料]:30013新竹市光復路二段101號國立清華大學天文所 陳彥華小姐 (UCAT暑期學生專題研究計畫)
    [電子檔]:請以email逕寄 陳彥華小姐 (4almau@gmail.com)

注意事項:

  • 暑假研究期間,每個星期將安排一天的課程,為參與計劃的同學補充計畫所需之知識。
  • 在暑期研究期間,如有其他要事必須請假,應先徵得指導老師的同意,並應利用計畫結束後之時間來補足,以完成專題研究。
  • 暑期計畫結束當週星期四(8月31日),參加同學應就研究的題目作30分鐘公開的講演報告。此外,同學應提供一份適合在網頁上公開的書面報告,介紹自己的暑期研究成果。

USSP2018海報下載

2018 Campus Visit Schedule

Date
Host
Lectures
Remarks
July 16-19, Monday-Thursday
NTHU/Vivien Chen
10:00-17:00 Summer Student Training Camp
August 3, Friday
NTNU/
Yi-Jehng Kuan &
Wei-Ling Tseng
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:40-13:40 Student's report(1)
13:50-14:40 Student's report(2)
14:50-15:30 Lecture by Prof. Tseng, Wei-Ling
15:40-16:20 Lecture by Prof. Kuan, Yi-Jehng
August 17, Friday
521 IoA, NTHU/Vivien Chen
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Reports
14:30-15:00 Break
15:00-16:00 Discussion
August 30, Thursday
IoA, NCU (NCU Science IV Building, 10F, room 1013)/
Chorng-Yuan Hwang
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Final Presentations
15:00-16:00 Break

2018 Summer Student Projects

 
Project
Adviser
Student
Report
1
Kinematics and thermal equilibrium in protoplanetary disks
陳惠茹
Vivien Chen (NTHU)
李昀安
Yun-An Lee
(成大物理三年級)
Report
2
Filamentary accretion flow in IRDCs
陳惠茹
Vivien Chen (NTHU)
陳昕霈
Hsin-Pei Chen
(高師大物理二年級)
Report
3
What can ALMA tell us about binary formation?
陳惠茹
Vivien Chen (NTHU)
張昌翊
Chang-Yi Chang
(台師大地球科學二年級)
Report
4
Dark matter in merging galaxies
黃崇源
Chorng-Yuan Hwang (NCU)
黃偉誌
Wei-Chih Huang
(清大物理三年級)
Report
5
Dark matter in merging galaxies
黃崇源
Chorng-Yuan Hwang (NCU)
呂亭誼
Ting-Yi Lu
(清大物理三年級)
Report
6
Astrobiology Study using Alma - Search for PrebioticallyI important Complex Organic Molecules
管一政
Yi-Jehng Kuan (NTNU)
蘇冠庭
Su Guan-Ting
(台師大物理三年級)
Report
7
Astrobiology Study using ALMA - Are Icy Worlds in our Solar System Habitable?
管一政
Yi-Jehng Kuan (NTNU)
蔣佳呈
Chia-Cheng Chiang
(東吳物理畢業)
Report
8
Astrobiology Study using ALMA - Are Icy Worlds in our Solar System Habitable?
管一政
Yi-Jehng Kuan (NTNU)
何艾玲
Aileen Hoyle
(台大地質二年級)
Report
9
Searching for young proto planetary disks from Alma archival data
賴詩萍
Shih-Ping Lai (NTHU)
張慈恆
Tzu-Heng Chang
(東吳物理二年級)
Report
10
An integrated study of the small solar-system bodies
曾瑋玲
Wei-Lin Tseng (NTNU)
賴宣庭
Hsuan-Ting Lai
(北市大應用物理暨化學三年級)
Report
11
The interaction between Saturn’s main rings and its atmosphere
曾瑋玲
Wei-Lin Tseng (NTNU)
Report
13
Searching for the pre-flare radio signature
楊雅惠
Ya-Hui Yang (NCU)
Report