REU SITE: Undergraduate research experiences in coastal and nearshore marine systems of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

REU 站点：墨西哥湾东北部沿海和近岸海洋系统的本科研究经验

• 批准号: 1358873
• 负责人: Ruth Carmichael
• 金额: $ 18.72万
• 依托单位: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358873&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Undergraduate; research; experiences

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), located on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Alabama, will offer 10-week summer research experiences to 8 undergraduate students each summer for two years. Students will work with mentors who share their research interests and carry out independent research while interacting with graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty in a setting with ready access to the nearshore environment. REU students will participate in a series of workshops designed to develop critical skills in experimental design, scientific writing and presentations. The students, under the guidance of faculty mentors, will then design, implement, analyze and report on independent laboratory and field research projects. Projects will focus on coastal and nearshore processes in the waters surrounding the research station. Research questions may address aspects of ecology, fisheries biology, evolution, ecosystem interactions, conservation, microbiology, biogeochemistry and physical oceanography. The REU students will attend seminars by DISL and visiting faculty, interact with resident graduate students and participate in individual lab group meetings, providing opportunities to explore research topics outside of their own projects. Students will also be encouraged to publish results of their research and to attend scientific conferences to present their work.

位于亚拉巴马南部墨西哥湾的多芬岛海洋实验室（DISL）将为8名本科生提供为期10周的暑期研究体验，为期两年。学生将与导师谁分享他们的研究兴趣，并进行独立的研究，同时与研究生，博士后研究人员和教师在一个设置与准备进入近岸环境互动。REU学生将参加一系列旨在培养实验设计，科学写作和演示的关键技能的研讨会。学生在教师导师的指导下，将设计，实施，分析和报告独立的实验室和实地研究项目。项目将侧重于研究站周围沃茨的沿海和近岸过程。研究问题可能涉及生态学、渔业生物学、进化、生态系统相互作用、养护、微生物学、海洋地球化学和物理海洋学等方面。REU学生将参加DISL和访问教师的研讨会，与驻地研究生互动，并参加个人实验室小组会议，提供机会探索自己项目之外的研究课题。还将鼓励学生发表他们的研究成果，并参加科学会议，介绍他们的工作。