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

该REU站点奖授予位于俄亥俄州托莱多市的托莱多大学伊利湖中心，该中心将在2015年至2017年夏季期间每年培训10名学生，为期9周。该REU通过与学术界、机构、公共部门和工业界合作，通过多学科独立项目解决陆地-水生态系统（包括有害藻华、入侵物种和气候变化）的关键环境挑战，培养科学研究技能。这个伊利湖中心REU的经验为研究员提供了一个在环境生物学、地理空间技术和土木工程领域工作的机会，所有这些都通过陆湖传感器网络连接起来。分层指导团队将每个人与一名教授、一名博士研究生和一名机构科学家合作，在环境科学学习社区内联网。所有人都将接受道德/负责任的研究行为培训。研究员获得形成性技能：(1)提出科学问题并提出可测试的假设；(2)掌握科学术语、工具和技术；(3)设计并进行原始实验；(4)建立工作伙伴关系；(5)分析和综合数据；(6)展示、发表和交流研究。在线申请信息可在以下列出的计划网站上获得。预计将为未来的科学和工程职业培训30名未被充分代表的少数民族、第一代大学生、女性、退伍军人或来自研究机会有限的学校的学生。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（生物科学理事会）资助的所有REU项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.utoledo.edu/nsm/lec/REU.html，或联系PI （Stepien博士carol.stepien@utoledo.edu）或副PI （Czajkowski博士kevin.czajkowski@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).