Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduate Geology Majors

地质学专业本科生暑期研究经历

• 批准号: 9300591
• 负责人: Kenneth Sargent
• 金额: $ 2.45万
• 依托单位: Furman University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-06-01 至 1995-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9300591&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Research; Experiences; Undergraduate; Geology

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.

该项目将为六个地质学专业本科生提供暑期研究经验。 在参与者中，有两名来自弗曼大学所属两个联盟成员的学校，或来自南卡罗来纳州、佐治亚州、北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州的学校。 所有参与的学校都是规模较小的本科学校，拥有强大的地质学课程。 参与其中的高级人员包括弗曼大学地质系的教师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。 参与者将与位于弗曼校区的三名学生和南卡罗来纳州艾肯萨凡纳河基地的另外三名学生一起参与为期 8 周的密集研究工作。随着夏季的进行，我们将鼓励学生变得越来越独立。 每项努力的目标都是产生有效的、可验证的结果，为地质学知识体系做出贡献。 该计划的总体目标是教育学生了解研究过程，并向他们灌输对地质研究领域的兴趣，从而鼓励他们继续研究生学习。