REU Site: Ocean and Coastal ResEArch ExperieNces for UndergraduateS (REU-OCEANUS)

位于德克萨斯州墨西哥湾沿岸的德克萨斯A M大学加尔维斯顿（TAMUG）将设立一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）项目。 REU网站：海洋和沿海研究经验的本科生（REU-OCEANUS）将在为期10周的REU计划期间，每年夏天举办10名参与者，为期三年。 学生将有机会进行独立的，以海洋为重点的研究。雷乌斯将在活跃的研究实验室工作，由研究人员指导，并使用最先进的科学设施和资源。来自海洋生物学系，海洋科学系和海洋工程系的参与教师导师将从事雷乌斯正在进行的各种研究课题，包括：墨西哥湾沿海湿地对气候变化的反应;鲨鱼喂养生态学;水螅生物多样性;海啸建模;得克萨斯州海岸古气候学，沉积学，物理/化学海洋学和地质学;加勒比珊瑚礁鱼类物种形成;和北冰洋海洋地球化学。REU学生将通过完成研究计划书，模拟研究预算和预算理由，口头演示，研究研讨会口头和海报演示以及三分钟的视频摘要来获得交流研究的技能。该计划将让学生参与各种丰富的活动，包括由教师，研究生院规划和研讨会，旨在提高REU学者的成功，并突出各种职业选择。该网站将招募来自不同背景的学生，在全国范围内积极招聘，并在作为德克萨斯州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与计划联盟的联盟伙伴机构的机构中招聘。

A new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Texas A&M University Galveston (TAMUG), which is located on the Texas Gulf Coast, will be established with this award. The REU Site: Ocean and Coastal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU-OCEANUS) will host ten participants in each summer for three years during a 10-week REU program. Students will have the opportunity to conduct independent, marine-focused research. REUs will work in active research labs, be mentored by the research faculty and use state-of-the-art scientific facilities and resources. Participating faculty mentors from the Department of Marine Biology, Department of Marine Sciences and Department of Ocean Engineering will engage REUs in ongoing diverse research topics including: Gulf of Mexico coastal wetlands response to climate change; shark feeding ecology; hydrozoan biodiversity; tsunami modeling; Texas coast paleoclimatology, sedimentology, physical/chemical oceanography and geology; Caribbean reef fish speciation; and Arctic Ocean biogeochemistry. REU students will gain skills in communicating their research by completing a research prospectus, a mock research budget and budget justification, an oral presentation, a Research Symposium oral and poster presentation, and a three-minute video abstract. The program will engage students in various enrichment activities, including research seminars given by the faculty, graduate school planning and workshops designed to enhance REU scholar success and to highlight various career options. The site will recruit students from diverse backgrounds with active recruitment efforts nationwide and at institutions serving as alliance partner institutions of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Programs in Texas.