Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduate Geology Majors

这个项目将为六个地质学专业的本科生提供一个暑期的研究体验。在参与者中，两人将来自两个财团的成员学校，福曼大学是其中的成员，或者来自南卡罗来纳州、佐治亚州、北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州的学校。所有涉及的学校都是规模较小的本科学校，在地质学方面拥有强大的课程。参与其中的高级人员包括福尔曼大学地质系的教员和萨凡纳河遗址的研究地质学家。萨凡纳河遗址是西屋萨凡纳河公司为能源部运营的核研究和生产设施。参与者将参与一项为期8周的密集研究工作，其中三名学生位于富曼校区，另外三名学生位于南卡罗来纳州艾肯的萨凡纳河遗址。随着暑假的进行，学生们将被鼓励变得越来越独立。每项努力的目标都将是产生有效的、可核实的结果，这些结果将有助于地质学的知识体系。该项目的总体目标将是教育学生了解研究的过程，并向他们灌输对地质研究领域的兴奋，这将鼓励他们继续研究生学习。

This project will provide a summer's research experience for six undergraduate geology majors. Of the participants, two will come from schools that are members of two consortia of which Furman University is a member or from schools within the states of South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. All schools involved are smaller undergraduate schools with strong programs in geology. Senior personnel involved include faculty from the geology department at Furman University and research geologists at the Savannah River Site, a nuclear research and production facility run for the Department of Energy by the Westinghouse Savannah River Company. The participants will be involved in an intensive 8-week research effort with three of the students located on the Furman Campus and three others located at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C. As the summer progresses, the students will be encouraged to become increasingly more independent. The goal of each effort will be to produce valid verifiable results that will contribute to the body of knowledge in geology. The overall goal of the program will be educating the students to understand the process of research and instilling in them an excitement about the field of geological research that will encourage them to continue on to graduate study.