REU Site: Undergraduate Research and Mentoring - Using the Lake Erie Sensor Network to Study Land-Lake Ecological Linkages

这个REU网站奖托莱多的伊利湖中心，位于俄亥俄州托莱多的大学，将支持在2015年至2017年的夏天，每年9周的10名学生的培训。该REU通过多学科独立项目建立科学研究技能，解决陆地-水生态系统的关键环境挑战（包括有害藻华，入侵物种和气候变化），与学术界，机构，公共部门和行业合作。这个伊利湖中心REU的经验，让研究员有机会在环境生物学，地理空间技术和土木工程领域的工作，所有通过陆地-湖泊传感器网络连接。分层指导团队与每个研究员合作，教授，博士，研究生和机构科学家，在环境科学学习社区内联网。所有人都将接受伦理/负责任的研究培训。研究员获得形成技能：（1）提出科学问题和发展可检验的假设，（2）掌握科学术语，工具和技术，（3）设计和进行原创实验，（4）建立工作伙伴关系，（5）分析和综合数据，（6）目前，出版和交流研究。在线申请信息可在下面列出的程序网站。预计共有30名学生谁是代表性不足的少数民族，第一代大学生，妇女，退伍军人，或从学校与有限的研究机会，将接受培训的科学和工程事业的明天。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议，网站，出版物和研讨会上展示他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的共同网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并必须通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http：//www.utoledo.edu/nsm/lec/REU.html，或联系PI（Dr. Stepien，电子邮件：carol. utoledo.edu）或共同PI（Dr. Czajkowski，电子邮件：kevin. utoledo.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center, located in Toledo, OH, will support the training of 10 students per year for 9 weeks during the summers of 2015- 2017. This REU builds science research skills through multi-disciplinary independent projects addressing key environmental challenges of land-water ecosystems (including harmful algal blooms, invasive species, and climate change) partnering academia, agencies, public sectors, and industry. This Lake Erie Center REU experience gives fellows an opportunity to work in the areas of environmental biology, geospatial technologies, and civil engineering, all linked via a Land-Lake Sensor Network. Tiered mentoring teams partner each fellow with a professor, a Ph.D. graduate student, and an agency scientist, networked within an Environmental Science Learning Community. All will receive ethics/responsible conduct of research training. Fellows gain formative skills to: (1) ask scientific questions and develop testable hypotheses, (2) master science terminology, tools, and techniques, (3) design and conduct original experiments, (4) build working partnerships, (5) analyze and synthesize data, and (6) present, publish, and communicate research. Online application information is available at the program website listed below. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students who are underrepresented minorities, first generation college students, women, veterans, or from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained for the science and engineering careers of tomorrow. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences, and a website, publications, and workshops. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting http://www.utoledo.edu/nsm/lec/REU.html, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Stepien at carol.stepien@utoledo.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Czajkowski at kevin.czajkowski@utoledo.edu).