Undergraduate Research in Aquatic Environmental Sciences

9605127 Sterner明尼苏达大学通过其在伊塔斯卡湖、格雷淡水研究所和雪松溪自然区域的实地研究站，为本科生举办了一个夏季研究项目，重点是水生环境科学。以卓越的培训和研究记录为基础，强调现代湖沼学的实地研究，该大学的课程让学生沉浸在一个高度互动的、为期十周的研究项目、研讨会、讲习班和演讲中。大批教师导师，加上夏季来访的科学家，在水质研究以及湖泊、河流、溪流和湿地中发生的物理、化学和生物过程分析方面有着共同的兴趣。在过去的国家科学基金会支持的项目中，少数民族学生和女性的参与一直很重要，并且正在努力继续这些重点。该计划的研究部分包括：(1)在导师科学家的赞助下进行学生项目，每个学生提出一个研究问题和相关假设，实施项目，收集和分析数据；(2)在每周的学生研讨会上作简短的口头报告；(3)以科学海报的形式对研究项目进行总结，以供全校范围内的研讨会使用。最初为期三天的介绍会、当地实地考察以及来访科学家举办的众多研讨会是这些活动的补充。

9605127 Sterner The University of Minnesota, through its field stations at Lake Itasca, the Gray Freshwater Institute, and the Cedar Creek natural area, hosts a summer-research program for undergraduate students, with emphasis on aquatic environmental science. Building upon a distinguished record of training and research, emphasizing field-based research in modern limnology, the University's program immerses students in a highly interactive, ten-week session of research projects, seminars, workshops, and presentations. A large staff of faculty mentors, augmented by visiting scientists during the summer, shares common interests in research related to water quality and the analyses of physical, chemical, and biological processes that occur in lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands. Minority-student participation as well as participation by women have been significant in past NSF-supported programs, and efforts are being made to continue those emphases. The research components of the program include: (1) student projects under the sponsorship of a mentor scientist, in which each student develops a research question and associated hypotheses, implements the project, collects and analyzes data; (2) presentation of brief oral reports in weekly student seminars; and (3) preparation of a summary of the research project in the form of a scientific poster for a campus-wide symposium. An initial three-day orientation session, local field trips, and numerous seminars by visiting scientists complement these activities.