REU Site: Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Cryospheric Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

“REU网站：科罗拉多博尔德大学的大气、海洋和冰冻圈科学”旨在为不同的本科生群体提供在大气、海洋和冰冻圈科学的广泛领域中真实的、引人入胜的学习和研究培训经验和职业成长机会。该计划将面向招募女性、代表性不足的少数族裔，以及在与少数族裔服务机构现有关系的基础上建立起来的第一代大学生。REU计划支持智力方面的优点，因为一群不同的本科生将准备开始他们的职业生涯，成为未来的顶尖研究人员、科学家和大气、海洋和冰冻圈科学大使。他们将与大气和海洋科学系的教职员工一对一合作，这些教职员工是各自领域的领导者，将受益于导师网络。专业的项目评估员将收集数据，以量化未被充分代表的学生参与研究经历和随后追求STEM职业生涯的影响。从更广泛的影响角度来看，教育成果是一群不同的有才华的美国学生，他们被激励并准备利用在这个REU项目中培养的研究和沟通技能来应对大气、海洋和冰冻圈科学方面的重大挑战。除了REU的学生，该项目还将提高科罗拉多博尔德大学职业生涯早期研究人员的指导技能，这些研究人员可能会进入其他大学和国家实验室的领导职位。因此，这个REU网站将(I)有助于维持美国STEM劳动力的竞争力和多样性，(Ii)加强科罗拉多博尔德大学的STEM教育基础设施，以及(Iii)培训早期职业研究人员(研究生和博士后导师)，以有效地支持不同的本科生群体。REU网站将使用西班牙语和英语的招聘材料。这些研究项目代表了大气层、海洋和冰冻圈科学领域中一些最紧迫的科学专题，例如可再生能源、冰的快速消失事件、海洋表面温度变化对生物过程的影响、阿拉斯加海岸的水清晰度、小行星撞击排放对气候系统的作用、冰盖和急流之间的相互作用，以及了解海冰消退如何影响上层海洋。REU网站将支持12名本科生进行为期10周的暑期研究，包括：(I)为期两周的蟒蛇训练营，以提供和提高学生的数据分析技能；(Ii)形成研究队列，以加强学生的专业网络；(Iii)每周举办专业发展研讨会；(Iv)在海报会议上进行研究交流/传播；以及(V)有机会在专业会议上展示他们的研究成果。REU网站的目标是1)支持在大气、海洋和冰冻圈科学领域中代表性不足的学生开发一个工具包，以在STEM项目和其他领域取得成功；2)激励和支持学生参与者选择研究生院项目或STEM领域的职业生涯；3)聘请大气和海洋科学系的教师参与REU指导，并为教师提供包容性指导方面的培训。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。

"REU Site: Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Cryospheric Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder" aims to provide a diverse group of undergraduate students an authentic, engaging learning, and research training experience and professional growth opportunities in the broad areas of atmospheric, oceanic, and cryospheric science. The program will target recruiting women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation college students building on existing relationships with minority-serving institutions. The REU program supports intellectual merit in that a diverse group of undergraduate students will be prepared to embark on their careers as future leading researchers, scientists, and ambassadors for atmospheric, oceanic, and cryospheric sciences. They will work one-on-one with faculty members in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who are leaders in their fields and will benefit from a network of mentors. A professional program evaluator will collect data to quantify the effects of engaging underrepresented students in research experiences and subsequent pursuit of STEM careers. From a broader impact perspective, the educational outcome is a diverse group of talented U.S. students motivated and prepared to use the research and communication skills developed in this REU program to address important challenges in atmospheric, oceanic, and cryospheric sciences. Beyond the REU students, this program will advance the mentoring skills of early-career researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder who are likely to move into leadership positions at other universities and national laboratories. Therefore, this REU site will (i) contribute to sustaining the U.S. STEM workforce's competitiveness and diversity, (ii) enhance STEM education infrastructure at the University of Colorado Boulder, and (iii) train early career researchers (graduate student and postdoctoral mentors) in effectively supporting a diverse group of undergraduate students. The REU site will utilize recruitment materials in Spanish and English. The research projects represent some of the most pressing scientific topics within atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric science, such as renewable energy, rapid ice loss events, ocean surface temperature variability impacts on biological processes, water clarity off the Alaska coast, role of asteroid impact emissions on the climate system, interaction between ice sheets and the jet stream, and understanding how the retreat of sea ice affects the upper ocean. The REU site will support twelve undergraduate students for ten-week summer research consisting of: (i) a two-week python boot camp to provide and enhance student skills in data analytics, (ii) the formation of research cohorts to enhance student professional networks, (iii) weekly seminars for professional development, (iv) research communication/dissemination in a poster session and (v) the opportunity to present their research results at a professional conference. The goals of the REU site are 1) to support students underrepresented in the atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric sciences to develop a toolkit for success in a STEM program and beyond, 2) inspire and support student participants to choose a graduate school program or a professional career in a STEM field, and 3) engage faculty from the Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department in REU mentoring and provide training to faculty around inclusive mentoring.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.