REU: Watershed Development and Engineering in Urbanizing Regions

建议没有。摘要本提案旨在通过阿拉巴马农工大学、佛罗里达农工大学、克拉克亚特兰大大学和波多黎各大学的合作，让未被充分代表的少数民族和妇女参与康奈尔大学的流域开发与工程研究。该计划的理念是让学生参与问题或假设的形成，计划一种方法来回答问题或测试假设，批判性地分析结果，得出结论，并提出发现。重点是流域内具有生物和/或环境成分的问题。为此，我们将启动一种跨学科的方法，其中包括具有生物，环境或土壤科学背景的教师。主题将包括农用化学品、生物（如隐孢子虫）和其他化学品在景观中的运动的实验和模拟研究，动物饲料中氮的减少，堆肥，以及城市污泥对金属流动性的影响。在每周的会议上，将强调这些学生项目在分水岭规模上的整合。夏季REU项目计划招收10名学生。我们还为REU的夏季学生提供了在本国机构继续研究的可能性。在暑期课程期间，将为学生建立一个结构化的环境，包括：(1)介绍性会议，讨论研究项目的关键要素；(2)每周一次的研讨会，由教师导师和REU研究员进行正式演讲，讨论研究的分水岭尺度整合主题，以及一般主题（图书馆，书目数据库，计算资源，方法的批判性分析，实验设计的基础知识，以及研究生课程的机会）；(3)每周至少两次与教师导师的定期会议；(4)在第7周的讨论中，REU的学生向小组展示他们的进展，(5)在第10周的最终报告中，在全系范围内进行。此外，还将组织各种小组建设活动。建议采取积极的招聘程序，以扩大从REU经验中受益的少数族裔人数。该项目是康奈尔大学和阿拉巴马农工大学的合作项目，另外三所少数族裔大学在学年期间参与了招生和指导工作。

Proposal No.: 9732609 PI: Steenhuis University: Cornell U ABSTRACT This proposal seeks to engage underrepresented minorities and women in research on watershed development and engineering at Cornell University with cooperation of Alabama A&M, Florida A&M, Clark Atlanta University and the University of Puerto Rico. The philosophy of the proposed program will be to engage students in the forming of a question or hypothesis, planning of a method to answer the question or test the hypothesis, critically analyzing the results, drawing conclusions, and presenting the findings. The focus is on those problems within the watershed that have biological and/or environmental components. For this, we will initiate an interdisciplinary approach which involves faculty with background in either biological, environmental or soil sciences. Topics will include the experimental and simulation studies of the movement of agri-chemicals, organisms (such as Cryptosporidium) and other chemicals through the landscape, the reduction of nitrogen in animal feeds, composting, and the effect of municipal sludges on metal mobility. The integration of these student projects on a watershed scale will be emphasized during the weekly meetings. A summer REU Program is proposed for ten students. We have also included a possibility for the summer REU students to continue their research at the home institutions. A structured setting for students during the summer Program will be established, which includes: (1) an introductory session that discusses the critical elements of a research program (2) a weekly seminar with formal presentations by faculty mentors and REU Fellows, dealing with the topic of watershed scale integration of the studies, and general topics (libraries, bibliographic databases, computing resources, critical analysis of the approach, basics of experimental design, and opportunities for graduate programs), (3) regular meetings with the faculty mentor at least twice a week, (4) a discussion during week 7 in which the REU students present their progress to the group, and (5) a final presentation during week 10 in a department-wide setting. Also, various group building activities will be organized. Proposed is an aggressive recruitment procedure to expand the pool of minorities that benefit from the REU experience. The project is a cooperative effort between Cornell and Alabama A&M and involves the participation of three more minority universities in recruitment and mentoring during the academic year.