REU Site: Statistical Models with Applications to Geoscience

REU 网站：统计模型及其在地球科学中的应用

• 批准号: 1950768
• 负责人: Nezamoddin Nezamoddini-Kachouie
• 金额: $ 30.41万
• 依托单位: Florida Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950768&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Statistical; Models; Applications

In an effort to broaden participation in the geosciences, this 8-week summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Florida Institute of Technology will recruit students from community colleges and minority serving institutions. Eight undergraduate students per summer will be immersed in hands-on learning activities and research projects designed to both encourage them into and prepare them for careers in the geosciences. To accomplish this, participants will first be exposed to basic statistical models and computer programming skills and then will apply those skills to their geoscience related projects. To promote teamwork and esprit de corps, students will work in groups of two in four specific project areas that share a common theme related to a changing climate. The individual projects, which link climate impact on rainfall patterns to water quality and sea level rise with melting glaciers, address key geoscientific problems and issues. Making these connections between projects and disciplines is an important outcome that will be achieved through various activities including workshops, engaging discussion, and mentorship. Professional development activities include team building, presentation and personal interaction skills, preparing for and applying to graduate school, and career opportunities and options.This is an 8-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Florida Institute of Technology. This REU Site will recruit underserved and underrepresented students from community colleges and minority institutions. The participating undergraduate students will be immersed in hands-on learning activities and research projects designed to both encourage and prepare them for careers in the geosciences. Eight students per summer in groups of two will work on four research projects with a unifying theme of statistical models with applications to real geoscience problems. Cross-fertilization and connections are important components in geoscience research and synthesizing various scientific disciplines can help to emphasize areas of common interest. Students will work on four diverse projects in this REU program of which climate change forms the nexus. These projects address climate-related impacts involving changes in precipitation patterns, mountain glaciers, benthic communities/coastal estuarine water quality, and ciguatoxins that make fish poisonous. The diverse set of projects integrates accumulated knowledge from individual disciplines and applies that knowledge toward the understanding of connected geoscience processes ranging from the local to global scale. Students will learn basic statistical analysis methods and tools and then implement them using a programming language applied to their geoscience projects. The participants will also learn how to interpret and present their research findings. Professional development activities include team building and personal interaction skills, preparing for and applying to graduate school, and career opportunities and options.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.

为了扩大对地球科学的参与，佛罗里达理工学院为期8周的本科生暑期研究体验(REU)网站将招收来自社区学院和少数族裔服务机构的学生。每年暑假，八名本科生将沉浸在实践学习活动和研究项目中，旨在鼓励他们进入地球科学领域，并为他们的职业生涯做好准备。为了做到这一点，参与者将首先接触到基本的统计模型和计算机编程技能，然后将这些技能应用到与地球科学相关的项目中。为了促进团队合作和团队精神，学生们将在四个与气候变化相关的共同主题的特定项目领域中以两人为一组进行工作。这些单独的项目将气候对降雨模式的影响与水质和海平面上升与冰川融化联系起来，解决了关键的地球科学问题。在项目和学科之间建立这些联系是一个重要的成果，将通过各种活动实现，包括研讨会、引人入胜的讨论和指导。专业发展活动包括团队建设、演示和人际交往技能、准备和申请研究生院，以及职业机会和选择。这是佛罗里达理工学院为期8周的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。这个REU网站将从社区学院和少数族裔机构招收服务不足和代表性不足的学生。参与的本科生将沉浸在实践学习活动和研究项目中，这些活动和研究项目旨在鼓励和准备他们在地球科学领域的职业生涯。每个暑假，八名学生以两人一组的形式参与四个研究项目，其统一主题是统计模型在实际地球科学问题中的应用。交叉培养和联系是地球科学研究的重要组成部分，综合各种科学学科有助于突出共同感兴趣的领域。在这个REU项目中，学生们将致力于四个不同的项目，气候变化是其中的纽带。这些项目涉及与气候有关的影响，包括降水模式的变化、山区冰川、海底群落/沿海河口水质以及使鱼类有毒的雪卡毒素。这套多样化的项目整合了从个别学科积累的知识，并将这些知识应用于理解从地方到全球范围内的相互关联的地球科学过程。学生将学习基本的统计分析方法和工具，然后使用应用于他们的地学项目的编程语言来实施它们。参与者还将学习如何解释和展示他们的研究成果。专业发展活动包括团队建设和个人互动技能，准备和申请研究生院，以及职业机会和选择。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

The Impact of Benthic Organisms to Improve Water Quality in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

底栖生物对改善佛罗里达州印第安河泻湖水质的影响

• DOI: 10.1007/s11270-023-06528-w
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: & Soil Pollution
• 作者: Despeignes, Alain;Sharma, Alyssa;Beltran, Rebecca;Rech, Sandra;Hunsucker, Kelli;White, Ryan T.;Weaver, Robert J.;Kachouie, Nezamoddin N.
• 通讯作者: Kachouie, Nezamoddin N.