REU Site: Experience for Undergraduates in Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing at NOAA-CREST

通过参与纽约市理工学院（附属于纽约城市大学）的本科生研究体验（REU）网站，每年共有10名精心挑选的学生将与知名大学和政府科学家配对，并为地球科学的现实世界研究项目做出贡献。这个城市校园与NOAA的合作遥感科学和技术中心（NOAA-CREST）有着长期而密切的联系，因此特别适合推广，鼓励和加强代表性不足的群体参与科学。学生将被选择并分配给特定的大学教师和/或NOAA研究人员作为他们的首席导师。经过适当的方向和侧重于科研过程的各个方面的偶尔研讨会的好处，每个学生将在一个既定的导师主导的研究项目15周的时间内工作。 已经在他们选择的子学科工作的研究生的额外指导将提供进一步的近同行水平的指导，以鼓励学生的科学成长和成功。通过实地数据收集活动，科学会议和参观附近的研究中心的动手参与，重点将放在连接参与REU学生与既定的科学家，包括研究界的少数民族成员，在各种设置。学生将通过书面报告和口头报告来正式化他们的工作，并将有机会在适当的研讨会和会议上分享他们的成果。智力优势：参与者将有助于增加基础科学以及应用研究主题的知识和理解。活动将包括各种分学科，但将特别利用与诺阿-CREST的搭配，使学生接触对准确观测和增进对地球系统的了解至关重要的尖端遥感技术。这个REU网站将为NSF的既定目标做出重大贡献，即创造一个具有国际竞争力和适当参与的公众，并从长远来看，提高学术科学工作者的素质。凭借吸引和支持各种各样的学生主要来自高度多样化的人口纽约市技术学院，这一方案将有利地提高在科学领域历来代表性不足的群体成员的近期教育和长期职业机会。它还将有助于进一步丰富研究生和未来的教育工作者，并作为这种类型的其他计划的模式。

Through participation in this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the New York City College of Technology (affiliated with the City University of New York), each year a total of 10 carefully selected students will be paired with established University and government scientists and demonstrably contribute to real-world research projects in the Earth Sciences. This urban campus has a longstanding and close association with NOAA's Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (NOAA-CREST), and is thus particularly well suited to outreach that will encourage and enhance involvement of underrepresented groups in the sciences. Students will be selected and assigned to a specific university faculty member and/or NOAA researcher as their chief mentor. Following an appropriate orientation and with the benefit of occasional workshops focusing on various aspects of the scientific research process, each student will work over a 15-week period on an established mentor-led research project. Additional guidance from graduate students already working in their chosen sub-disciplines will provide further near peer-level mentorship to encourage the students' scientific growth and success. Through hands-on participation in field data collection activities, scientific conferences and visits to nearby research centers, emphasis will be placed on connecting participating REU students with established scientists, including minority members of the research community, in a variety of settings. Students will formalize their work via both written reports and oral presentations, and select participants will be given the opportunity to share their results at appropriate symposia and conferences.Intellectual Merit: Participants will contribute to increased knowledge and understanding in basic science as well as applied research topics. Activities will encompass a variety of sub-disciplines, but will in particular take advantage of collocation with NOAA-CREST to expose students to cutting-edge remote sensing techniques critical to accurate observation and increased understanding of the Earth system. This REU Site will contribute significantly toward NSF's established goal of creating an internationally competitive and appropriately engaged public and, over the long term, enhance the quality of the academic scientific workforce.Broader Impacts: By virtue of entraining and supporting a rich variety of students drawn primarily from the highly diverse demographic of the New York City College of Technology, this program will desirably enhance both near-term educational and long-term career opportunities for members of groups that have historically been underrepresented in the sciences. It will also contribute to the further enrichment of graduate students and future educators, and serve as a model for other programs of this type.