REU Site: Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century: Undergraduate Research on the Evolution of Earth's Interior, Surface and Climate

动态地球在21世纪世纪是一个国家科学基金会研究经验的本科生（REU）网站，是由布朗大学的地球，环境和行星科学系（DEEPS）和领导联盟合作运行。其主要目标是使历史上被边缘化的科学群体的本科生能够参与令人兴奋的，精心指导的夏季研究经验;发展关键的研究和专业技能;并建立他们对研究过程，研究生院和研究生涯的理解。 在三个夏天的每一个夏天，八名就读于布朗大学以外学校的本科生将来到布朗大学校园进行为期九周的研究，由DEEPS教师指导。 REU学生将得到研究实验室团队，每周两次的队列讨论组以及领导联盟的高效专业发展和网络计划的进一步支持，领导联盟是一个全国性的联盟，致力于培训和指导来自不同文化和学术背景的学生竞争力研究生课程和专业研究为基础的职业。 REU学生将提高他们的能力，以书面形式，并通过在领导联盟全国研讨会和布朗夏季研究研讨会的演示文稿交流他们的工作。 在接下来的一年里，REU学生将有机会在符合他们兴趣的国家科学会议上展示他们的工作。 REU学生的研究项目将跨越一系列的研究主题，包括：1）测量地幔与地震波的属性，并模拟地幔粘度如何影响海平面变化的预测，以应对融化的冰盖; 2）评估俯冲带在循环水进入地球地幔的作用; 3）了解有助于火山爆发和岩浆房稳定性的过程，并模拟地球和其他行星体上火山大厦的形成; 4）开发新的工具来测量岩石热历史; 5）测量湖泊和海洋沉积物中过去气候变化的记录，并评估沉积物变形结构的冰川再进展; 6）模拟气候变化和植被之间的反馈; 7）评估空气和水质的驱动因素，重点是城市景观。 这些项目包括对社会相关主题的影响，如气候变化及其影响，包括海平面上升，野火和植被反应;空气和水质;火山爆发。 招聘将侧重于历史上被边缘化群体的学生或面临其他障碍参与地球科学的学生：来自STEM中代表性不足的种族和民族群体的学生，妇女和非二元学生，第一代大学生，来自低收入家庭的学生，参加地球科学研究机会有限的学校的学生，以及残疾学生。该计划欢迎所有性取向，性别认同和表达的学生，以及来自不同生活经历和学术道路的学生，包括退伍军人。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century is a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site that is collaboratively run by Brown University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) and the Leadership Alliance. The primary goals are to enable undergraduates from groups historically marginalized in the sciences to engage in exciting, well-mentored summer research experiences; develop key research and professional skills; and build their understanding of the research process, graduate school and research careers. In each of three summers, eight undergraduates who attend schools other than Brown University will come to Brown’s campus for nine weeks of research, mentored by DEEPS faculty. REU students will be further supported by research lab teams, a twice-weekly cohort discussion group, and the highly effective professional development and networking programs of the Leadership Alliance, a national consortium dedicated to training and mentoring students from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds for competitive graduate programs and professional research-based careers. REU students will enhance their abilities to communicate their work in writing and through presentations at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium and a summer research symposium at Brown. In the following year, the REU students will have the opportunity to present their work at a national science meeting that aligns with their interests. REU student research projects will span a range of research themes, including: 1) Measuring mantle properties with earthquake waves, and modeling how mantle viscosity affects predictions of sea-level change in response to melting ice sheets; 2) Assessing the role of subduction zones in recycling water into Earth’s mantle; 3) Understanding the processes that contribute to volcanic eruptions and magma chamber stability, and modeling the formation of volcanic edifices on Earth and other planetary bodies; 4) Developing new tools to measure rock thermal histories; 5) Measuring the record of past climate change in lake and ocean sediments, and assessing glacial re-advances with sediment deformation structures; 6) Modeling the feedbacks between climate change and vegetation; 7) Assessing the drivers of air and water quality with a focus on urban landscapes. These projects include implications for societally-relevant topics such as climate change and its impacts including sea-level rise, wildfires, and vegetation responses; air and water quality; and volcanic eruptions. Recruitment will focus on students from historically marginalized groups or who face other barriers to participation in the geosciences: students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in STEM, women and non-binary students, first-generation college students, students from lower income households, students who attend schools where geoscience research opportunities are limited, and students with disabilities. The program welcomes students of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and students from diverse life experiences and academic paths, including veterans.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.