REU Site:Tampa Interdisciplinary Environmental Research (TIER)

0851910 P.I. - 玛雅A. Trotz南佛罗里达大学为期三年的REU现场计划每年将为10名本科生提供一个机会，以进行实践研究，重点是空气，土壤和水的新兴环境问题和可持续解决方案的主题，特别强调坦帕湾地区，一个快速城市化的沿海社区。 该计划的目标是：1）在科学研究过程中培训参与者; 2）鼓励本科参与者在与环境相关的研究领域攻读高级学位; 3）鼓励学生考虑他们的研究的伦理方面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;和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，促进和推进教师的研究。教师和研究生将与本科生互动通过个人研究项目，每周的研究研讨会，棕色袋学生讨论会，期刊俱乐部，社会和社群活动，技术和专业培训讲习班，并通过电子论坛的参与者。这个REU计划将重点招聘工作的个人在科学和工程，包括妇女，代表性不足的少数民族，残疾学生，以及来自研究机会有限的机构的学生。 还将努力从社区学院招收学生，并向他们介绍研究环境。

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.