REU Site: Regional Atmospheric Chemistry: State-of-the-art Measurement and Modeling in the Pacific Northwest

这是华盛顿州立大学(WSU)大气研究实验室(LAR)REU站点的更新，该实验室多年来成功地让本科生参与了涉及大气化学、空气质量和气候变化的研究活动。每年夏天将招收10名学生，目标是太平洋西北部代表性较低的社区(包括西北印度学院和哥伦比亚盆地学院)和由西德克萨斯州立大学本科生研究机会(URO)项目资助的学生。在为期9.5周的课程中，学生们将参加几个为期半天的研讨会，重点是大气化学、测量和建模技术、数据解释和科学交流。在讲习班的同时，学生将接受关于其个人项目所需的特定研究工具的培训，并将在教职员工和研究生的指导下进行这些项目。这些单独的项目将是LAR外部资助的研究项目的一部分，这些项目专注于当前大气化学中的问题。夏季的高潮将是在西苏里州立大学本科生研究研讨会上的海报演示。对大气化学、空气质量和气候变化的关注将促进与会者认识到跨学科和协作研究的重要性。它还将鼓励一些学生在环境领域寻求研究生的机会和职业。通过针对WSU以外的代表性不足的群体，REU的续签将有助于增加该计划内部以及更广泛的工程和科学学科的多样性。在WSU暑假之前、期间和之后，REU参与者将接受采访，以确定他们对研究的看法如何受到该计划的影响。对该计划对参与者对科学研究的信念和观点的影响的评估将有助于更广泛的教育界，也有助于指导未来的REU计划在全国范围内。

This is a renewal of the REU site at the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (LAR) at Washington State University (WSU), which for many years has successfully engaged undergraduate students in research activities involving atmospheric chemistry, air quality, and climate change. Ten students will be recruited each summer, targeting underrepresented communities in the Pacific Northwest (including Northwest Indian College and Columbia Basin College) and students funded through WSU's Undergraduate Research Opportunity (URO) program. During the 9.5-week program, students will participate in several half-day workshops focusing on atmospheric chemistry, measurement and modeling techniques, data interpretation, and scientific communication. In parallel with the workshops, students will be trained on the specific research tools required for their individual projects and will conduct these projects under the mentorship of faculty and graduate students. The individual projects will be part of LAR externally-funded research programs that focus on current problems in atmospheric chemistry. The summer will culminate with poster presentations at the WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. The focus on atmospheric chemistry, air quality, and climate change will foster the participants' appreciation for the importance of interdisciplinary and collaborative research. It will also encourage some students to pursue graduate school opportunities and careers in an environmental field. By targeting underrepresented groups outside WSU, the REU renewal will help increase diversity both within the program and across broader engineering and scientific disciplines. Before, during, and after their summer at WSU, REU participants will be interviewed to determine how their views of research were affected by the program. This assessment of the program's impact on participants' beliefs and perspectives regarding scientific research will contribute to the broader education community and also help guide future REU programs nationally.