REU Site in Environmental Engineering

REU 环境工程网站

• 批准号: 1004122
• 负责人: Angela Bielefeldt
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-15 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004122&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Environmental; Engineering

This three-year REU Site program at the University of Colorado, Boulder is focused in the broad area of environmental engineering. Over the ten-week summer program, nine or ten undergraduate students per year will conduct research on a broad range of topics in environmental engineering emphasizing multimedia approaches (water, air, soil) and long-term drivers of environmental systems such as energy, climate variability and hydrology. An interesting feature of this program is that, three or four of the students per summer will work for five weeks on research projects with affiliated programs in Puerto Rico. Cohort activities will include a seminar series and field trips highlighting research careers. The REU program will introduce the participants to career options in research by organizing tours of local research laboratories, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). A variety of social activities are also planned to build a sense of community and develop professional networking skills among the REU students and their mentors. During the final week students will prepare a written report of their project and make an oral presentation summarizing their findings at the final research symposium. The students in Puerto Rico will participate in the final research symposium via video conferencing (WebEx).Recruitment efforts will be targeted to groups historically underrepresented in engineering and at universities will less research focus. The PI will target recruiting at a network of minority-serving institutions that will be coordinated with existing programs at the Boulder campus: The Summer Multicultural Access to Research and Training (SMART) program and the Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP). The students will be encouraged to present the results of their research at a professional conference such as the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting and other conferences.

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的这个为期三年的REU站点项目专注于环境工程的广泛领域。在为期十周的暑期项目中，每年有九到十名本科生将对环境工程的广泛主题进行研究，强调多媒体方法（水、空气、土壤）和环境系统的长期驱动因素，如能源、气候变化和水文。这个项目的一个有趣的特点是，每年夏天，三到四名学生将在波多黎各的附属项目中进行为期五周的研究项目。队列活动将包括一系列研讨会和突出研究事业的实地考察。REU计划将通过组织当地研究实验室的参观，向参与者介绍研究的职业选择，包括美国地质调查局（USGS），国家标准与技术研究所（NIST），国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA），国家大气研究中心（NCAR）和国家可再生能源实验室（NREL）。REU还计划举办各种社会活动，以培养学生和导师之间的社区意识和专业网络技能。在最后一周，学生将准备一份他们项目的书面报告，并在最后的研究研讨会上做一个口头报告，总结他们的发现。波多黎各的学生将通过视频会议（WebEx）参加最后的研究研讨会。招聘工作将针对工程领域历来代表性不足的群体，而大学将减少对研究的关注。PI将针对少数族裔服务机构的网络进行招聘，该网络将与博尔德校区现有的项目协调：暑期多元文化研究与培训项目（SMART）和多元文化工程项目（MEP）。学生将被鼓励在专业会议上展示他们的研究成果，如美国地球物理联合会（AGU）会议和其他会议。