Environmental Engineering Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at Michigan Technological University

小行星9619665 摘要 该项目为期三年，为10名本科生提供机会，津贴和支持，使他们每年夏天都能参与密歇根理工大学环境工程项目的正在进行的研究项目。 该项目打算招收以下学生：（1）在该领域代表性不足（少数民族和妇女），（2）是其他机构的本科生，（3）可能没有机会在本科院校进行研究。 学生参与者将在他们的大三和大四之间，目的是激励学生追求研究生教育。 该方案将包括：（1）作为一个较大项目的独立部分的研究项目，（2）由项目教师和研究生指导，（3）定期项目会议，（4）每周一次的系列研讨会，涵盖环境工程和研究生生活的许多方面，（5）每周一次的教育图尔斯之旅，提供与环境问题和解决方案的第一手接触，（6）一个促进团队合作和社会意识的社区项目，（7）由本科研究人员撰写的最终报告，以及（8）一个总结研讨会，为所有参与者和公众提供从学生研究演示中学习的机会。 研究将在环境工程的所有领域;大气系统和空气污染控制，地表水质量和水资源，环境系统建模，污染预防，环境化学，废水，固体废物和危险废物，地下水和地下修复。 教师和学生将根据学生和教师的兴趣，教师的需求和学生的能力配对。 ***

9619665 Paterson ABSTRACT The proposed three year project provides opportunities, stipends, and support for ten undergraduate students to be involved in ongoing research projects each summer in the Environmental Engineering Program at Michigan Technological University. The project intends to recruit students who: (1) are under-represented in the field (minorities and women), (2) are undergraduates at other institutions, and (3) may not have opportunities to conduct research at their undergraduate institutions. Student participants will be between their junior and senior years with the purpose of motivating the students to pursue graduate education. The program will include: (1) a research project that is a self-contained part of a larger project, (2) mentoring by a project faculty and graduate student, (3) regular project meeting, (4) a weekly seminar series covering many aspects of environmental engineering and graduate student life, (5) weekly educational tours to provide first-hand contact with environmental problems and solutions, (6) a community project to foster teamwork and social awareness, (7) a final report written by the undergraduate researcher, and (8) a concluding symposium to provide all participants and the public to learn from the student research presentations. Research will be in all areas of environmental engineering; atmospheric systems and air pollution control, surface water quality and water resources, environmental systems modeling, pollution prevention, environmental chemistry, wastewater, solid waste and hazardous wastes, and groundwater and subsurface remediation. Faculty and students will be paired according to the interests of student and faculty, needs of the faculty, and abilities of the student. ***