REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Biodiversity and Ecological Processes in Fluctuating Environments

这个奖项资助了一个为期三年的本科生研究经验（REU）网站，由德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU）和德克萨斯农工大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校（TAMUCC）主办，每年有10名学生参加。REU场地设计为为期十周的夏季体验，并将提供研究机会，将工程和生命科学技术整合在一起，因为它们与生物多样性和环境质量相关的生态过程研究有关。该项目将侧重于环境研究，受益于工程师和生命科学家之间的互动。教师导师将包括3名工程师和3名生命科学家，学生将被挑选并分配给这些导师，以优化不同学科之间的互动。研究经历将包括在位于大学城的德克萨斯农工大学校园进行的活动；德州农工大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校；溢油生物修复研究基地；以及其他与特定学生项目相关的网站。学生将参加小组活动，共同完成数据收集和分析项目；环境个案研究；并就复杂系统的科学方法和建模进行了圆桌讨论和介绍。在暑期体验结束时，每个学生将展示他们的研究成果，并就他们的项目写一篇深入的论文。学生将从TAMU系统以及全州和全国的其他机构中招募，并特别努力吸引在美国工程和科学研究领域代表性不足的人口群体的学生。

0244082 HoneycuttThis award funds a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site hosted by Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) for 10 students each year. The REU site is designed as a ten-week summer experience and will provide research opportunities to integrate engineering and life science technologies as they pertain to the study of ecological processes associated with biodiversity and environmental quality. The program will focus on environmental research benefiting from interaction between engineers and life scientists. Faculty mentors will include 3 engineers and 3 life scientists and students will be selected and assigned to these mentors to optimize interaction between different disciplines. The research experience will include activities at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station; the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi; oil spill bioremediation research sites; and other sites related to specific student projects. Students will participate in group activities involving working together on a data collection and analysis project; environmental case studies; and a roundtable discussion and presentation on the scientific method and modeling complex systems. At the end of the summer experience, each student will present their research results and write an in-depth paper on their project. Students will be recruited from within the TAMU system and other institutions across the state and nation with a special effort to attract students from population groups underrepresented in research fields in engineering and science in the United States.