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

德克萨斯A M大学大气科学系将在三个夏天的时间内接待30名本科生，与教师导师及其研究小组在本科生研究经验（REU）网站进行研究。 德克萨斯A M大气科学系的教师和学生在广泛的大气学科中进行研究。 这些经验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。 该网站提供了一个研究气象学和大气科学主题的机会，特别是与墨西哥湾沿岸各州相关的，包括恶劣天气，数值预报，大气化学和气候。 这个REU网站的主要目标是（1）提供高质量的科学研究经验和（2）增加感兴趣的学生人口的多样性，并为研究生涯做准备。该计划旨在通过将参与者嵌入研究小组与研究生和教师导师尽可能密切地平行研究生研究经验。 每周的活动和个人和小组研究会议补充了专业发展和交流研讨会，毕业生和职业机会，并在校园活动与其他领域的雷乌斯。 将特别注意通过个人辅导，小组辅导和基于特定需求的小组研讨会来促进学生的定量技能。 学生将有机会在校园和全国会议上报告他们的成果。 该计划做出了具体的努力，招募并包括来自较小的学院和少数民族服务机构的参与者，与整个墨西哥湾沿岸地区的机构合作，为历史上代表性不足的人口提供服务，以帮助招募多样化的申请人。

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.