REU Site: Interdisciplinary Studies in Tsunami Impacts & Mitigation

Kijewski-Correa， EEC-0552432摘要：REU颁发的“海啸减灾影响跨学科研究”（ISTIM）项目资助10名本科生，为期三年，每年在圣母大学（University of Notre-Dame）参加为期10周的暑期项目。在项目的前8周，学生们将在巴黎圣母院从事研究项目和丰富活动。在8周的最后，学生们将有机会通过海报和口头报告的形式在研讨会上展示他们的发现。该计划的最后两周将包括前往NEES海啸模拟站点（oror Corvallis），然后前往泰国受海啸影响的地区进行调查。学生们将有机会与那些参与人道主义恢复工作和社会关注问题的人进行互动。通过这样的互动，学生将接触到他们研究的伦理/人道主义/社会背景，因为它与灾难恢复有关。智力优势：海啸影响与减灾跨学科研究（ISTIM）项目将包括岩土工程、环境工程以及地球物理，这将强调需要开展多学科合作，以改进自然灾害和风险评估与减灾。拟议项目的成功完成有可能改善对可能受海啸影响地区的预测，提高我们对海啸触发机制的理解，为改善海啸易发地区的住房提出建议，提供快速修复此类事件造成的破坏的方法，并改进此类事件后修复环境危害的现有方法。更广泛的影响：ISTIM REU网站计划将为本科生提供将研究融入其教育的机会，并增加科学和工程领域代表性不足群体的参与。此外，REU站点有可能通过减少自然灾害（如海啸）在美国和国际上可能造成的损害而造福社会。该REU站点由国防部（DoD）与NSF REU项目合作支持。

Abstract for Kijewski-Correa, EEC-0552432:This REU award for a Site the Interdisciplinary Studies in Tsunami Impacts on Mitigation (ISTIM) supports 10 undergraduates each year for three years in a 10-week summer program at the University of Notre-Dame. During the first 8 weeks of the program, students will be engaged in research projects as well as enrichment activities at Notre Dame. At the conclusion, of the 8 weeks, the students will get the opportunity to present their findings in symposium through posters and oral presentations. The last two weeks of the program will involve travel to the NEES tsunami-simulation site (Corvallis, OR), followed by an investigational trip to tsunami- affected areas in Thailand. The students will have the opportunity to interact with those involved in humanitarian recovery efforts and issues of social concern. Through such interactions the students will be exposed to the ethical/humanitarian/social context of their research as it relates to disaster recovery. Intellectual Merit: The Interdisciplinary Studies in Tsunami Impacts and Mitigation (ISTIM) program will encompass geotechnical, and environmental engineering as well as geophysical, which will emphasize the need for multidisciplinary collaboration to improve natural hazards and risk assessment and mitigation. Successful completion of the proposed projects has the potential to improve predictions of areas that could be affected by tsunamis, improve our understanding of triggering mechanisms for tsunamis, result in recommendations for improved housing in tsunami-prone areas, provide methods to quickly repair damage resulting from such events, and improve existing methods of remediating the environmental hazards following such events. Broader Impacts: The ISTIM REU site program will give undergraduates the opportunity to integrate research into their education as well as increase the participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering. Also, the REU site has the potential to benefit society by reducing the damage that could result from natural hazards, such as tsunamis, in the US as well as internationally.This REU site is supported by the Department of Defense (DoD) in partnership with the NSF REU program.