Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, January 4-9, 2018

该奖项将支持将于2018年1月在亚利桑那州坦佩的亚利桑那州立大学举行的第五届半年期构造地质与构造论坛。论坛将汇集构造地质学和构造学的专家，进行口头和海报演示、实地考察和短期课程。构造地质学和构造学项目为构造地质学和构造学社区提供了一个框架，以便在教育工作者和研究人员之间进行交流、发展和推进教学和研究。这些论坛在确定应用于构造地质学和构造学的关键教学进展和方法、构造地质学和构造学中的重要科学问题，同时建立解决这些问题的合作关系，以及在支持这些问题的早期职业地球科学家方面发挥了关键作用。会议将包括为期三天的演讲，其中将包括技术会议，其中将包括地壳剪切带的演变、北美西部构造演化的新发展以及构造地质学和构造学的有效教学方法等主题。每期会议将突出当前研究和/或教育的一个重要领域，将由一位杰出的主旨发言人主持，并将展示与该主题有关的工作的相关性。每一次会议都将有充足的时间进行充分的参与者互动。举办该论坛的目的是在公开讨论中最大限度地促进与会者之间的思想交流。会议将提供充分的机会向个别演讲者提问，评估我们目前的知识状况，并考虑未来有成效的研究领域。除了正式会议外，还将进行实地考察，以研究坦佩附近选定地区的地质情况，以及可选的会议，以研究加利福尼亚州圣安德烈亚斯断层南部的地质情况。短期课程的主题将包括高分辨率地形和地球观测的使用、数字在野外地质学中的应用、地质统计学在地质测绘和野外工作中的应用、实验岩石变形以及构造地质学实验室练习和软件。构造地质学与构造论坛旨在促进构造地质界不同领域的社区建设和个人互动。它将汇集来自研究型大学、文理学院、社区和两年制学院以及为少数族裔服务的机构的教师。重要的是，将举行小组讨论，讨论构造地质学和构造学的关键发展，以及未来的研究重点。这一社区建设努力将有助于建立一支更强大、更有活力的科学家群体，并有助于向研究生和高级本科生介绍构造地质学和构造学学科。这种环境对研究生特别有用，他们将能够利用论坛的场地和非正式性质来了解其他机构正在进行的研究，会见广泛的教职员工，并发展对他们未来职业生涯非常有价值的有用的联系。学生将能够在一个友好的环境中展示他们自己的工作，在那里他们可以获得有思想和有用的反馈，并提供建立新的科学合作的机会。摘要、实地指导和简短的课程笔记将通过一个专门的网站传播，该网站将向公众开放。继续支持构造地质学和构造论坛有助于地球科学界的长期健康、活力和基础设施。结构地质学和构造学论坛通过强调STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)教育和各级教育工作者的发展，通过促进下一代科学家的培训，通过促进STEM中代表性不足的群体的扩大，以及通过促进提高公众的科学素养，造福于社会并促进预期的社会成果。这些活动有助于提高美国的经济和科学竞争力。

This award will support the fifth biannual Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, which will be held in January 2018 at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The forum will bring together specialists in structural geology and tectonics for oral and poster presentations, field trips, and short courses. The Structural Geology and Tectonics Program provides the framework for the structural geology and tectonics community to communicate, develop, and advance teaching and research among educators and investigators. These forums play a key role in identifying key pedagogical advances and methods applied to structural geology and tectonics, important science questions in structural geology and tectonics, while initiating collaborative relationships to address these questions, and early career geoscientists while supporting them. The meeting will include three days of presentations that will include technical sessions that will include topics such as the evolution of crustal shear zones, new developments in the tectonic evolution of western North America, and effective teaching methods for structural geology and tectonics. Each session will highlight an important area of current research and/or education, will be anchored by a distinguished keynote speaker, and will showcase relevance of work on the topic. Poster sessions with abundant time for full participant interaction will accompany each session. The forum will be organized to maximize the exchange of ideas between participants in open discussions. Sessions will provide ample opportunity to ask questions of individual presenters, assess the current state of our knowledge, and consider productive areas for future research. In addition to the formal meeting, there will be field trips to examine the geology of selected areas near Tempe, as well as an optional meeting to examine the geology of the southern San Andreas Fault of California. Short course topics will include use of high resolution topography and Earth observation, digital applications to field geology, geostatistics applied to geological mapping and fieldwork, experimental rock deformation, and structural geology laboratory exercises and software. The Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum is designed to facilitate community building and personal interaction within different segments of the structural geology community. It will bring together faculty from research universities, liberal arts colleges, community and two-year colleges, and minority-serving institutions. Importantly, there will be group discussions on critical developments in structural geology and tectonics, and what future research priorities should be. This community building effort will help create a stronger, more vibrant group of scientists and help introduce graduate students and advanced undergraduates to the structural geology and tectonics disciplines. The setting will be particularly useful for graduate students, who will be able to use the venue and informal nature of the forum to find out what research is taking place at other institutions, meet a wide range of faculty, and develop useful contacts which will be of great value to their future careers. Students will be able to present their own work in a friendly environment where they can obtain thoughtful and useful feedback, as well as providing opportunity to build new scientific collaborations. Abstracts, field guides, and short course notes will be disseminated through a dedicated website that will be publicly accessible. Continued support for the Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum contribute to the long-term health, vitality, and infrastructure of the Earth Science community. The Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum benefits society and advances desired societal outcomes by its emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education and educator development at a variety of levels, by contributing to the training of the next generation of scientists, by contributing to the broadening of underrepresented groups in STEM, and by contributing to the advancement of scientific literacy of the public. These activities contribute to the increased economic and scientific competitiveness of the United States.