REU SITE: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the Oklahoma Weather Center

9701902 Palmer本科生研究经验（REU）计划的目标是为有才华的本科生提供获得积极研究经验的机会。在由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）国家强风暴实验室（NSSL）主办的一系列夏季项目之后，来自不同气象机构（统称为天气中心）的科学家们开会讨论了夏季项目和改进方法。结果是向美国国家科学基金会提出在气象中心建立一个REU站点的建议。1991年拟议的REU方案解决了国家海洋和大气局方案主办国所确定的关切，计划增加学生人数、导师人数和参与机构的种类，以及提供财政支持的水平，并加大努力从代表性不足的群体中招收学生。除国家科学基金会外，国家科学基金继续提供与1990年大致相同的支持。从1991年6月10日到8月16日，为期10周，来自8个不同州和9个不同本科院校的14名本科生参加了讲座、演示、实验室实验、实地考察和个人研究项目。它们对经验的积极评价使它们在1992年和1993年夏季建立了环境资源利用站。在目前的奖励下，这个系列将继续，大约十名本科生将在1998年春末夏初参加。在俄克拉何马天气中心，学生们将在来自俄克拉何马天气中心的导师的监督下参与大气研究和数据分析。学生的研究经验将由参观气象中心设施和讲座补充，以产生一个全面的暑期学习经验。这将使学生们有机会更加了解科学伦理以及与性别和种族歧视有关的问题，并自己判断科研事业是否适合他们。学生们将准备并提交报告他们研究结果的论文。这些学生将获得住房、往返REU的交通，并获得适度的津贴，以使那些必须在暑期工作以支持继续教育的经济困难学生能够参加该计划。首席研究员将进行招聘旅行，以鼓励未被充分代表的少数民族和妇女申请该项目。例如，首席研究员将前往克拉克亚特兰大大学（Clark Atlanta University， CAU）的物理系密切合作，这是一所历史上是非裔美国人的大学，以招募积极的学生。首席研究员还打算对过去参加过这些项目的学生进行后续评估，以获得一些有效性措施。＊＊＊

9701902 Palmer An objective of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program is to provide talented undergraduate students with the opportunity to obtain active experience in research. After a series of summer programs hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s (NOAA) National Severe Storm s Laboratory (NSSL), scientists at various meteorological institutions Norman, OK (collectively known as the Weather Center) met to discuss the summer program and ways to improve it. The result was a proposal to the NSF to establish a REU site at the Weather Center. The REU program proposed for 1991 addressed the concerns identified by the hosts of the NOAA program with a plan to increase the number of students, the number of mentors, and the variety of institutions participating, as well as the level of financial support to be offered and an increased effort to recruit students from underrepresented groups. In addition to NSF, the NSSL continued its support at about the same level as in 1990. For ten weeks, from June 10 through August 16, 1991, fourteen undergraduates from eight different states and nine different undergraduate institutions participated in the program of lectures, demonstrations, laboratory experiments, field trips, and individual research projects. Their positive evaluations of their experience led to REU sites in the Summers of 1992 and 1993. Under the current award, this series will continue with approximately ten undergraduate students participating in the late Spring/early Summer of 1998. At the Oklahoma Weather Center, students will participate in atmospheric research and data analysis under the supervision of mentors from throughout the Oklahoma Weather Center. The students' research experiences will be supplemented by tours of Weather Center facilities and lectures to produce a well-rounded summer learning experience. This will give the students an opportunity to become more aware of scientific ethics an d issues relating to gender and racial discrimination, and to judge for themselves whether a scientific research career might be right for them. The students will prepare and present papers reporting the results of their research. The students will be provided housing, transportation to and from the REU, and a modest stipend to make the program accessible to economically disadvantaged students who must work during summers to support their continuing education. The Principal Investigator will make recruiting trips to encourage underrepresented minorities and women to apply to the program. For example, the Principal Investigator will travel to and work closely with the Department of Physics at Clark Atlanta University (CAU), a historically African-American university, in recruiting motivated students. The Principal Investigator also intends to perform a follow-up evaluation of students who have participated in these programs in the past in order to obtain some measure of effectiveness. ***