Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Geosciences

地球科学本科生的研究经历

• 批准号: 0244175
• 负责人: Douglas Christensen
• 金额: $ 27.52万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-04-15 至 2006-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0244175&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Experience; Undergraduates; Geosciences

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site grant will support twelve undergraduate researchers in Solid Earth Geophysics each summer. The program will give undergraduates majoring in geology, geophysics, physics, chemistry and other closely related disciplines, experience in the types of research conducted at the Geophysical Institute. The program objective is to acquaint undergraduates with the research opportunities in the various fields of geophysics, concentrating on seismology, volcanology, geochronology, geochemistry, paleomagnetics, geodesy, tectonics, glaciers and sea ice, and remote sensing and encouraging them to go onto graduate school in these or other scientific areas. Women and minorities will be particularly encouraged to apply. In this program, students will work in one of three, 4-member project teams with the following emphases. Team I will have an emphasis in Seismology and Deformation in Alaska, team 2 will have an emphasis in Geochronology, Petrology and Volcanology in Alaska, and team 3 will have an emphasis in Remote Sensing in Alaska. The students will spend 10 weeks working full time on research projects under the supervision of a team project mentor, in conjunction with other individual investigators in the various fields. Through their contacts with faculty, graduate students, and research staff, and by attending seminars and thesis defenses, the students will obtain an accurate perspective of graduate student life. This program will give undergraduate students, many from small liberal arts colleges, the opportunity for in-depth exposure to the fields of solid earth sciences before they make decisions regarding graduate school. As part of the program, there will be an organized series of weekly lectures and field trips to expose interns to other fields of research beyond the scope of their own projects. At the end of the summer each team will be required to submit a written report on their project, produce an AGU-style abstract, and make an oral presentation to their peers. One student from each of the three project teams will be selected to present the results of their team's work at a national meeting.

这个研究经验的本科生（REU）网站补助金将支持12个本科研究人员在固体地球物理学每年夏天。 该计划将给主修地质学，物理学，物理学，化学和其他密切相关的学科，在地球物理研究所进行的研究类型的经验本科生。 该计划的目标是让本科生熟悉地球物理学各个领域的研究机会，专注于地震学，火山学，地质年代学，地球化学，古地磁学，大地测量学，构造学，冰川和海冰以及遥感，并鼓励他们进入这些或其他科学领域的研究生院。 特别鼓励妇女和少数民族申请。 在这个程序中，学生将在三个，四人项目团队之一，具有以下重点工作。 第一小组将侧重于阿拉斯加的地震学和变形学，第二小组将侧重于阿拉斯加的地质年代学、岩石学和火山学，第三小组将侧重于阿拉斯加的遥感。 学生将花费10周的时间在团队项目导师的监督下全职研究项目，与各个领域的其他个人研究人员一起。 通过与教师，研究生和研究人员的接触，并通过参加研讨会和论文答辩，学生将获得研究生生活的准确视角。 该计划将为本科生，许多来自小型文理学院，在他们做出关于研究生院的决定之前，有机会深入接触固体地球科学领域。 作为该计划的一部分，将有一个有组织的每周讲座和实地考察系列，让实习生接触到他们自己项目范围以外的其他研究领域。 在夏季结束时，每个团队将被要求提交一份关于他们项目的书面报告，制作一份AGU风格的摘要，并向他们的同龄人做口头陈述。 将从三个项目小组中各选出一名学生在一次全国会议上介绍其小组的工作成果。