REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Biodiversity and Ecological Processes in Fluctuating Environments

0244082 Honeycut该奖项为德克萨斯州A M大学（TAMU）和德克萨斯州A M Corpus Christi（TAMUCC）每年为10名学生提供为期三年的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。REU网站被设计为一个为期十周的夏季体验，并将提供研究机会，整合工程和生命科学技术，因为它们涉及与生物多样性和环境质量相关的生态过程的研究。该计划将侧重于环境研究，受益于工程师和生命科学家之间的互动。教师导师将包括3名工程师和3名生命科学家，学生将被选择并分配给这些导师，以优化不同学科之间的互动。研究经验将包括在得克萨斯州农工大学校园的活动在学院站;得克萨斯州农工大学科珀斯克里斯蒂;石油泄漏生物修复研究网站;和其他网站有关的具体学生项目。学生们将参加小组活动，包括数据收集和分析项目的合作;环境案例研究;以及关于科学方法和复杂系统建模的圆桌讨论和演示。在夏季体验结束时，每位学生将展示他们的研究成果并就他们的项目撰写一篇深入的论文。学生将从TAMU系统和其他机构在整个国家和国家招募，特别努力吸引来自人口群体在美国工程和科学研究领域代表性不足的学生。

0244082 HoneycuttThis award funds a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site hosted by Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) for 10 students each year. The REU site is designed as a ten-week summer experience and will provide research opportunities to integrate engineering and life science technologies as they pertain to the study of ecological processes associated with biodiversity and environmental quality. The program will focus on environmental research benefiting from interaction between engineers and life scientists. Faculty mentors will include 3 engineers and 3 life scientists and students will be selected and assigned to these mentors to optimize interaction between different disciplines. The research experience will include activities at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station; the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi; oil spill bioremediation research sites; and other sites related to specific student projects. Students will participate in group activities involving working together on a data collection and analysis project; environmental case studies; and a roundtable discussion and presentation on the scientific method and modeling complex systems. At the end of the summer experience, each student will present their research results and write an in-depth paper on their project. Students will be recruited from within the TAMU system and other institutions across the state and nation with a special effort to attract students from population groups underrepresented in research fields in engineering and science in the United States.