Collaborative Research: REU Site--Northeast Partnership for Atmospheric and Related Sciences (NEPARS)

合作研究：REU站点--东北大气及相关科学合作伙伴（NEPARS）

基本信息

批准号：
1757010
负责人：
Neil Laird
金额：
$ 21.23万
依托单位：
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-05-15 至 2022-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757010&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research REU Site Northeast

项目摘要

The Northeast Partnership for Atmospheric and Related Sciences (NEPARS) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site brings together two primarily undergraduate institutions with atmospheric and related science programs to expand research opportunities for a diverse population of undergraduate students early in their education. REU interns will conduct research in areas of mesoscale and synoptic weather, microclimates, biometeorology, mountain meteorology, modern climate, and paleoclimate to better understand their physical processes, their predictability, and impact on society. The primary objective of the NEPARS REU site is to provide learning opportunities to a promising and diverse group of undergraduates which will help them prepare for careers in STEM fields by conducting quality scientific research, building professional networks, improving leadership skills, and developing effective communication skills. Each year a cohort of 12 undergraduate students will be offered paid summer research positions with the NEPARS REU to work with faculty mentors from Hobart & William Smith Colleges (HWS) and Plymouth State University (PSU). Six students and three mentors will work at each research location during a 9-week summer research program. Additionally, the NEPARS REU will partner with the Mt. Washington Observatory and the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at SUNY Albany to offer interactions beneficial to REU student professional development. The NEPARS REU site has a primary focus on participation of rising sophomores and rising juniors that have just completed their first and second year, respectively, at two-year or four-year colleges and universities across the U.S. offering degrees in STEM fields. The REU site will be structured so that students work in pairs with a mentor. This will allow the students to develop experience working as part of a research team, while they will also learn autonomy of research with their own individual project within the team. Modern technology, such as video-conferencing, will be leveraged so that students can communicate across the two locations. The REU site has 4 objectives for students: 1) interact with, learn from, and conduct research investigations with their peers and dedicated mentors through the use of REU pairings and a REU cohort across two research locations, 2) explore and discover the social, cultural, and geographic diversity of others with comparable academic interests from similar or vastly different colleges and universities, 3) cultivate a greater understanding of atmospheric and related sciences beyond the extent taught in the undergraduate classroom and lab, including the development and enhancement of research skills while working with observational and modeling datasets, and 4) develop effective leadership and communication skills through a series of workshops and opportunities to interact with professionals within the scientific community. Additionally the REU site has developed two objectives for the REU mentors: 1) increase interactions between two primarily undergraduate institutions to strengthen the respective programs and support new, as well as existing, faculty research collaborations, and 2) enhance faculty development as undergraduate mentors through training, faculty-to-faculty mentoring, and by working with a diverse student population from a variety of academic institutions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

东北大气和相关科学伙伴关系（NEPARS）为本科生（REU）网站的研究经验汇集了两个主要的本科机构，其中包括大气和相关的科学计划，以扩大研究机会，以扩大教育早期的各种本科生的研究机会。 REU实习生将在中尺度和天气天气，微气候，生物气象学，山气象学，现代气候和古气候方面进行研究，以更好地了解其身体过程，可预测性和对社会的影响。 Nepars REU网站的主要目标是为有前途且多样化的本科生提供学习机会，这将通过进行优质的科学研究，建立专业的网络，提高领导能力和发展有效的沟通技巧来帮助他们为STEM领域的职业做准备。每年，将为Nepars REU提供一组12名本科生的夏季研究职位，与Hobart＆William Smith Colleges（HWS）和普利茅斯州立大学（PSU）的教师导师合作。在为期9周的夏季研究计划中，六名学生和三名导师将在每个研究地点工作。此外，Nepars REU将与SUNY Albany的华盛顿天文台和大气与环境科学系合作，提供有益于REU学生专业发展的互动。 Nepars REU网站的主要重点是大二学生和上升大三学生的参与，他们刚刚在美国的两年或四年制学院和大学的STEM领域学位上分别完成了他们的第一年和第二年。 REU站点将结构结构，以便学生与导师成对工作。这将使学生能够发展作为研究团队的一部分工作的经验，同时他们还将通过团队中的个人项目学习研究的自治。现代技术（例如视频会议）将被利用，以便学生可以在两个地点进行交流。 REU网站有4个针对学生的目标：1）通过使用REU配对，与同龄人和敬业的导师进行互动，学习和进行研究调查，并在两个研究地点跨两个研究地点，2）探索和发现与他人的社会，文化和地理多样性相似的社会，文化和地理多样性，从类似的不同的大学和大学中培养的范围，3）与其他相似的学术兴趣相关，3）与其他相似的学业相关。课堂和实验室，包括在使用观察和建模数据集的同时发展和增强研究技能的发展，以及4）通过一系列讲习班和机会与科学界的专业人员进行互动，发展有效的领导能力和沟通技巧。此外，REU网站还为REU指导者开发了两个目标：1）增加两个主要是本科机构之间的互动，以增强各自的计划和支持新的计划，并为现有的，以及现有的教师研究合作以及2）增强教师的发展，以通过培训，教师到教师的培训，以及各种各样的学业人数来增强教师的发展，并通过各种各样的培训来培养各种各样的学业，使命，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估值得支持的。