REU Site: Stanford SURGE- Sustainability Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering

这个更新的REU网站，名为“斯坦福浪潮-地球科学与工程的可持续性本科研究”项目，将为10名本科生与斯坦福大学多尔可持续发展学院的教师匹配他们感兴趣的领域。参加SURGE项目的本科生将在土木与环境工程、地球与行星科学、地球系统科学、能源科学与工程、地球物理学、海洋以及包括环境正义在内的更广泛的可持续发展领域获得为期八周的暑期研究经验。参加活动的学生必须就读于美国大学/学院，包括但不限于社区学院、四年制大学和少数族裔服务机构。鼓励没有研究经验的学生、来自研究机会有限的本科院校的学生、来自少数族裔院校的学生以及来自历史上被排除在地球科学和工程专业背景的学生申请。在该奖项颁发期间，SURGE项目将为30名学生提供研究机会，目的是帮助他们在更广阔的可持续发展研究生课程和职业领域建立多元化的渠道。SURGE学者将根据研究兴趣、申请论文、推荐信和面试与教师进行匹配。除了在斯坦福大学杜尔可持续发展学院的研究小组中获得科学培训外，学生们还将参加研究生院准备和专业发展活动，如每周两次的统计分析准备课程，以及申请研究生院、规划职业轨迹和口头报告的研讨会。参与者还将在夏初参加一个编程训练营。每周的教师研究研讨会将使学生熟悉地球科学领域的广泛研究课题，而教育实地考察将为学生提供在实地学习和建立社区意识的机会。一个研究研讨会结束了这个项目，学生们通过口头报告和海报在教师、导师和其他帮助审查报告的斯坦福地球同事面前展示他们的项目发现。SURGE学者将住在斯坦福大学校园内，可以使用食堂和其他斯坦福设施，与其他学者分享住宿经验，从而增强队列研究经验。项目的成功将通过学生和教师的调查来衡量。项目结束后，SURGE将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路，并提供校友网络。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。

This renewal REU site, entitled “Stanford SURGE- Sustainability Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering” program, will match 10 undergraduate students with faculty in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability that are in their area of interest. The undergraduate students participating in the SURGE program will receive an eight-week-long mentored summer research experience in the areas of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Earth System Science, Energy Science & Engineering, Geophysics, Oceans, and the broader field of Sustainability, including Environmental Justice. Participating students must be enrolled in an US university/college, including, but not limited to, community colleges, four-year universities, and minority-serving institutions. Students from who do not have prior research experience, students who come from undergraduate institutions with limited research opportunities or from minority-serving institutions and students from historically excluded backgrounds in the geosciences and engineering will be encouraged to apply. During this award, the SURGE program will provide research opportunities to 30 students with the aim of helping to create a diverse pipeline into the broader field of sustainability post-graduate programs and careers. SURGE Scholars will be matched with faculty members based on research interest, application essays, letters of recommendation, and interviews. In addition to gaining scientific training in a Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability research group, students will also participate in graduate-school preparation and professional-development activities such as a statistical analysis prep course that meets twice per week and workshops on applying to graduate school, planning career trajectories, and giving oral presentations. Participants will also participate in a coding bootcamp at the beginning of the summer. Weekly faculty research seminars will familiarize students with a broad range of research topics in the Earth sciences, while educational field trips will provide opportunities for students to learn in the field and build a sense of community. A research symposium concludes the program, where students present their project findings through oral presentations and posters in front of faculty, mentors, and other Stanford Earth colleagues who help review the presentations. SURGE scholars will live on the Stanford campus and have access to dining halls and other Stanford amenities, sharing the residential experience with fellow scholars and thus enhancing the cohort research experience. Program success will be measured through student and faculty surveys. SURGE scholars will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths and to provide an alumni network.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.