REU Site: Atmospheric Science in the Gulf Coast Region at Texas A&M University

德克萨斯农工大学大气科学系将在三个暑假期间接待 30 名本科生，与教师导师及其研究小组在本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站上进行研究。 德克萨斯农工大学大气科学系的教师和学生在广泛的大气学科中进行研究。 这些经历为学生提供了丰富的职业生涯和探索大气科学研究课题的机会。 该网站提供了研究气象和大气科学主题的机会，特别是与墨西哥湾沿岸国家相关的主题，包括恶劣天气、数值预测、大气化学和气候。 该 REU 网站的主要目标是 (1) 提供高质量的科学研究体验，以及 (2) 增加对研究职业感兴趣并为研究职业做好准备的学生群体的多样性。该项目旨在通过将参与者纳入由研究生和教师导师组成的研究小组，尽可能地与研究生的研究经验相平行。 每周的个人和团体研究活动和会议辅以专业发展和关于沟通、毕业生和职业机会的研讨会，以及与其他领域的 REU 的校园活动。 我们将特别关注根据具体需求通过个人辅导、小组辅导和小组研讨会来提高学生的定量技能。 学生将有机会在校园演讲和全国会议上报告他们的成果。 该计划特别努力招募和吸收来自规模较小的大学和少数族裔服务机构的参与者，并与整个墨西哥湾沿岸地区为历史上代表性不足的人群提供服务的机构合作，以帮助招募多样化的申请者。

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University will host thirty undergraduate students over a period of three summers to conduct research with faculty mentors and their research groups in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site. The Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Sciences faculty and students conduct research across a broad range of atmospheric disciplines. The experience provides career enrichment and opportunities for students to explore research topics in the atmospheric sciences. The site offers an opportunity to study meteorology and atmospheric science topics especially relevant to the Gulf Coast states, including severe weather, numerical prediction, atmospheric chemistry, and climate. The primary objectives of this REU site are (1) to provide a high-quality scientific research experience and (2) to increase diversity in the population of students interested in and preparing for research careers. The program is designed to parallel the graduate research experience as closely as possible by embedding participants in research groups with graduate students and a faculty mentor. Weekly activities and meetings on individual and group research are supplemented with professional development and seminars on communicating, graduate and career opportunities, and on campus events with REUs in other fields. Special attention will be given to furthering students' quantitative skills via individual mentoring, group tutorials, and small group workshops based on specific needs. Students will have opportunities to report their results in presentations on campus and at national conferences. This program makes a specific effort to recruit and include participants from smaller colleges and minority-serving institutions, partnering with institutions throughout the Gulf Coast region that serve historically underrepresented populations to help recruit a diverse pool of applicants.