REU Site - Summer undergraduate research internships in ocean ecology, biogeochemistry, physical oceanography, and marine geology and geophysics in the CEOAS at OSU

俄勒冈州立大学（Oregon State University）将在其位于俄勒冈州科瓦利斯（Corvallis）的主校区举办本科生研究经验（REU）项目，每年夏天将支持12名本科生实习生，为期三年。实习生将由俄勒冈州立大学地球、海洋和大气科学学院（CEOAS）的教师指导。REU网站提供物理海洋学、海洋生态学和生物地球化学、海洋地质学和地球物理学的研究经验。在研究项目可行的情况下，该项目包括远程实习选项，这使得无法亲自参加研究的学生更容易获得研究经验。REU计划的目标是：1)为学生提供高质量的海洋科学研究经验，并了解其跨学科性质；2)为学生提供专业发展和培训机会，促进他们在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）职业道路上的坚持和保留；3)通过地区社区学院和非研究型大学的招生工作，增加代表性不足群体的学生接触和参与海洋科学的机会。REU学生项目将围绕三个主题展开，包括1)海洋生态学和生物地球化学，2)海洋地质学和地球物理学，以及3)海洋和大气物理学。海洋生态与生物地球化学是通过研究海洋的生物、化学和地质过程，包括陆地、大气和海洋之间的反馈而揭示的跨空间和时间的生态系统的结构和功能。俄勒冈州立大学教师的研究背景包括人口和社区生态学，生物地球化学循环和深层生物圈。海洋地质与地球物理学包括海底和海山火山作用的研究，从岩浆和火山过程的研究延伸到海洋盆地的构造环境，包括扩张中心、俯冲带和热点。俄勒冈州立大学的古海洋学研究重点是卡斯卡迪亚边缘和北极和南极的高纬度地区，并利用一流的设施，包括俄勒冈州立大学海洋和地质储存库，这是美国最大的海洋沉积物岩心档案之一。俄勒冈州立大学对海岸和沉积过程的研究强调近岸，在那里海洋危害与人口和沿海生态系统相交。其他学科领域包括古地磁和地震学的海洋应用。海洋与大气物理：物理海洋学的项目包括湍流涡旋、内部重力波、锋面和海岸流，以及局地到全球尺度海洋环流的数值模拟、海洋声学、光学和遥感，以及耦合的海洋-大气相互作用。这一主题的研究领域包括研究在海底、海岸和海面上跨越海洋边界的物理过程，以及海洋在地球气候系统中的作用，跨越广泛的空间和时间尺度，从毫米和秒尺度的湍流到数千公里和数百年或更长时间尺度的全球环流。这一主题的研究还涉及利用一系列船基、浮标、海底、自主和卫星平台扩大海洋和大气观测能力，以及数据同化、可视化和建模技术和发展。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Oregon State University will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at its main campus in Corvallis, OR that will support twelve undergraduate interns each summer for three years. Interns will be mentored by faculty at the OSU College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS). This REU Site offers research experiences in physical oceanography, ocean ecology and biogeochemistry, and marine geology and geophysics. The project includes a remote internship option, when feasible for the research project, that makes the research experience more accessible for students who cannot attend in person. The objectives of the REU program are to:1) provide students a high-quality research experience in ocean science and an understanding of its interdisciplinary nature;2) provide students with professional development and training opportunities facilitating persistence and retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career pathways; and3) increase access to and participation in ocean sciences by students from under-represented groups through recruitment efforts at regional community colleges and non-research universities.REU student projects will center around three themes, including 1) Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry, 2) Marine Geology and Geophysics, and 3) Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres. Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry is concerned with the structure and function of ecosystems across space and time as revealed by the study of the ocean's biological, chemical, and geological processes, including feedbacks between land, atmosphere and ocean. Research backgrounds of OSU faculty include population and community ecology, biogeochemical cycling, and the deep-biosphere. Marine Geology and Geophysics includes research on seafloor and seamount volcanism and extends from the study of magmatic and volcanic processes to tectonic environments in the ocean basins including spreading centers, subduction zones, and hotspots. Paleoceanography at OSU focuses on the Cascadia margin and the high-latitudes of both the Arctic and Antarctic and utilizes premier facilities including the OSU Marine and Geology Repository, one of the nation’s largest archives of marine sediment cores. OSU research in coastal and sedimentary processes emphasizes the nearshore, where ocean hazards intersect with human population and coastal ecosystems. Other subject areas include marine applications of paleomagnetism and seismology. Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres: Projects in physical oceanography include turbulent eddies, internal gravity waves, fronts, and coastal currents, as well as numerical modeling of ocean circulation on local to global scales, ocean acoustics, optics, and remote sensing, and coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions. Research areas within this theme include the study of physical processes acting across the ocean boundaries at the sea floor, coast, and sea surface, and of the ocean's role in the Earth's climate system, spanning a wide range of space and time scales, from turbulence at scales of millimeters and seconds to global circulations at scales of thousands of kilometers and centuries or longer. Research within this theme also involves expansion of observation capabilities in the ocean and atmosphere using an array of ship-based, buoy, seafloor, autonomous, and satellite platforms, as well as data assimilation, visualization, and modeling techniques and development.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.