Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduate Geology Majors

这个项目将提供一个夏天的研究经验， 地质学本科专业6名。 在与会者中，两名将 来自两个联盟的学校， 大学是一个成员或从学校内的国家南部 卡罗莱纳，格鲁吉亚，北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚。 所有学校 参与的是规模较小的本科学校， 地质学。 参与的高级人员包括来自 弗曼大学地质系和研究地质学家在 萨凡纳河核研究和生产设施 在西屋萨凡纳河边竞选能源部部长 公司 参与者将参加为期8周的密集培训， 研究工作与三名学生位于弗曼 校园和其他三个位于萨凡纳河遗址，艾肯， S.C. 随着暑假的进行，学生们将被鼓励 变得越来越独立。 每一项努力的目标将 产生有效的可核查的结果， 地质学知识体系 该计划的总体目标将 教育学生了解研究的过程， 给他们灌输一种对地质学领域的兴奋， 研究，这将鼓励他们继续研究生学习。

This project will provide a summer's research experience for six undergraduate geology majors. Of the participants, two will come from schools that are members of two consortia of which Furman University is a member or from schools within the states of South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. All schools involved are smaller undergraduate schools with strong programs in geology. Senior personnel involved include faculty from the geology department at Furman University and research geologists at the Savannah River Site, a nuclear research and production facility run for the Department of Energy by the Westinghouse Savannah River Company. The participants will be involved in an intensive 8-week research effort with three of the students located on the Furman Campus and three others located at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C. As the summer progresses, the students will be encouraged to become increasingly more independent. The goal of each effort will be to produce valid verifiable results that will contribute to the body of knowledge in geology. The overall goal of the program will be educating the students to understand the process of research and instilling in them an excitement about the field of geological research that will encourage them to continue on to graduate study.