Improvement of Undergraduate Education in Geoscience and Engineering Through the Acquisition of New Subsurface Exploration Technology

刘易斯·J·艾布拉姆斯应在1995财年购买9552406 U波多黎各马亚圭兹，PR 00681 ILI-仪器项目：地球科学标题：通过获取新的地下勘探技术来改善地球科学和工程本科教育本提案中的探地雷达系统(GPR)正被用来建立一种以探究为导向的实践方法来培养本科生。该设备是环境地球物理新课程的组成部分，该课程允许学生将科学概念和最先进的技术应用于地质、工程和环境问题。这门课程旨在教高年级本科生如何提问，如何收集适当的数据，以及如何以有意义的方式解释这些数据，简而言之，培养学生的科学思维。此外，探地雷达还通过对常见的浅层地下结构的实时可视化，展示了地球物理测量对一年级和二年级地质学和工程学专业本科生的实用价值。

Lewis J. Abrams DUE 9552406 U of Puerto Rico Mayaguez FY1995 $ 24,379 Mayaguez, PR 00681 ILI - Instrumentation Project: Geosciences Title: Improvement of Undergraduate Education in Geoscience and Engineering Through the Acquisition of New Subsurface Exploration Technology The ground-penetrating radar system (GPR) in this proposal is being used to establish an inquiry-oriented, hands-on approach to educating undergraduates. The equipment is an integral part of a new course in environmental geophysics that allows students to apply scientific concepts and state-of-the-art technology to geological, engineering and environmental problems. This course is intended to teach upper-level undergraduate students how to ask questions, collect appropriate data and how to interpret that data in a meaningful way, in short, train students to think scientifically. In addition, GPR is used to demonstrate the practical utility of geophysical measurements to first and second year undergraduate geology and engineering majors through real time visualization of familiar shallow sub-surface structures.