REU Site: Real-World Research Experiences at the National Weather Center

REU 网站：国家气象中心的真实世界研究经验

• 批准号: 1560419
• 负责人: Daphne LaDue
• 金额: $ 88.57万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-15 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560419&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Real; World; Research

Through participation in the National Weather Center (NWC) REU program, 60 United States undergraduate students over a 5-year period will participate in a potentially life-changing research and career exploration experience. Participants experience the joy of scientific discovery while conducting cutting-edge research and learning skills to become scientists. Each student collaborates with one or more scientists in the weather, climate, and radar organizations within the University of Oklahoma-Norman's University Research Campus to conduct research and live the life of a scientist. Participants attend lectures, participate in workshops to build skills and knowledge relevant to the job, learn and practice a variety of research methods, and present their research in both written and oral formats. Past participants' research has advanced knowledge and understanding in basic and applied research. Additionally, in this site renewal the grant investigators will leverage ever-advancing innovations in education to incorporate additional skill-building of software development and data management practices at the undergraduate level on top of the comprehensive activity set. The research community in proximity to this REU Site enthusiastically supports this program, and this renewal will include new partners in the Radar Innovations Laboratory and South Central Climate Science Center, allowing the program to include 12 participants each year. The majority of participants will come from departments with little to no active STEM research. This REU will have broader impacts at the individual, local, university, state, national, and international level through the production of formal and professional conference publications each year while also producing or improving databases and tools useful beyond the individual research projects. Participants' research results may be used for National Weather Service training and emergency management operations. The goals of this REU site are to 1) recruit and select a diverse pool of competitive applicants from across the U.S., 2) show participants the nature of a research career through direct experience and interactions with scientists, peers, local graduate students, and REU staff, 3) build participants' self-efficacy in regard to their capability to conduct research, 4) expose participants to the variety of career options found in and near Norman, Oklahoma, 5) assist each participant with graduate school and career decisions and 6) track and network past participants. The learning objectives will move participants from a pedagogical (dependent) to andragogical (independent) role. The participants will read, discuss, and comprehend technical journal articles, build and use computer skills for research and presentation, lead their own research project (with guidance), learn and apply a variety of research methods to conduct quality research, learn about additional research methods through peer presentations, scientific lectures, workshops, learning contracts, and literature reviews, prepare a print-ready manuscript and abstract on their work, present their research in written and oral formats to both the NWC community and to the broader scientific community.

通过参加国家天气中心(NWC)REU计划，60名美国本科生将在5年内参与可能改变生活的研究和职业探索体验。参与者在进行前沿研究和学习成为科学家的技能的同时，体验科学发现的喜悦。每个学生与俄克拉荷马大学诺曼大学研究校园内天气、气候和雷达组织的一名或多名科学家合作，进行研究并过上科学家的生活。参与者参加讲座，参加研讨会，以建立与工作相关的技能和知识，学习和实践各种研究方法，并以书面和口头形式介绍他们的研究。过去参与者的研究提高了基础研究和应用研究的知识和理解。此外，在这次站点更新中，赠款调查人员将利用不断进步的教育创新，在综合活动集的基础上纳入本科水平的软件开发和数据管理实践的额外技能建设。该REU站点附近的研究社区热情支持这一计划，此次续签将包括雷达创新实验室和中南气候科学中心的新合作伙伴，使该计划每年包括12名参与者。大多数参与者将来自很少或根本没有积极的STEM研究的部门。REU将通过每年制作正式和专业的会议出版物，在个人、地方、大学、州、国家和国际各级产生更广泛的影响，同时还制作或改进除个别研究项目以外有用的数据库和工具。参与者的研究成果可用于国家气象局的培训和应急管理操作。该REU网站的目标是：1)从全美范围内招募和选择竞争激烈的申请者；2)通过与科学家、同行、当地研究生和REU工作人员的直接经验和互动，向参与者展示研究职业的性质；3)建立参与者在进行研究能力方面的自我效能；4)让参与者接触到俄克拉何马州诺曼市及其附近的各种职业选择；5)帮助每个参与者做出研究生院和职业决策；以及6)跟踪和建立过去参与者的网络。学习目标将使参与者从教学(依赖)角色转变为语言(独立)角色。参与者将阅读、讨论和理解技术期刊文章，建立和使用计算机技能进行研究和演示，领导他们自己的研究项目(在指导下)，学习和应用各种研究方法来进行高质量的研究，通过同行陈述、科学讲座、研讨会、学习合同和文献评论了解其他研究方法，准备关于他们工作的可打印的手稿和摘要，以书面和口头形式向NWC社区和更广泛的科学界展示他们的研究。