REU Site:Tampa Interdisciplinary Environmental Research (TIER)

0851910P.I.-玛雅·A·特罗兹南佛罗里达大学这个为期三年的REU现场项目每年将为十名本科生提供机会进行实践研究，重点是正在出现的环境问题和空气、土壤和水的可持续解决方案，重点是坦帕湾地区，一个快速城市化的沿海社区。该计划的目标是：1)培训科研过程中的参与者；2)鼓励本科生在与环境相关的研究领域攻读高级学位；3)鼓励学生考虑围绕其研究的伦理问题以及研究对维持健康社区的贡献；4)建立可持续的机制，扩大学术研究的参与；5)创建一个协作社区，致力于指导和建议创新的本科生经验，促进和促进教师研究。教职员工和研究生将通过个人研究项目、每周一次的研究研讨会、棕袋学生讨论会议、期刊俱乐部、社交和社区活动、技术和专业培训研讨会以及电子论坛与本科生参与者互动。该REU计划将重点招聘在科学和工程领域代表性较低的个人，包括女性、代表性不足的少数族裔、残疾学生和研究机会有限的机构的学生。还将努力招收社区学院的学生，并将他们介绍给研究环境。

0851910P.I. - Maya A. TrotzThis three-year REU site program at the University of South Florida will provide ten undergraduate participants each year an opportunity to conduct hands-on research focused on the theme of emerging environmental problems and sustainable solutions in air, soil and water, with a particular emphasis on the Tampa Bay region, a rapidly urbanizing coastal community. The objectives of this program are: 1) to train participants in the scientific research process; 2) to encourage undergraduate participants to pursue an advanced degree in an environmentally related area of research; 3) to encourage students to consider the ethical aspects surrounding their research and the contribution of the research to sustaining healthy communities; 4) to establish a sustainable mechanism for broadening participation in academic research; and 5) to create a collaborative community committed to mentoring and advising innovative undergraduate experiences that promote and advance faculty research.Faculty and graduate students will interact with undergraduate participants through individual research projects, weekly research seminars, brown-bag student discussion sessions, a journal club, social and community activities, technical and professional training workshops, and through e-forums.This REU program will focus recruitment efforts on individuals underrepresented in the sciences and engineering including women, underrepresented minorities, students with disabilities, and students from institutions where research opportunities are limited. Efforts also will be made to recruit students from community colleges and introduce them to the research environment.