REU Site: Interdisciplinary Studies in Tsunami Impacts & Mitigation

摘要Kibranski-Correa，EEC-0552432：这个REU奖的一个网站的跨学科研究海啸对减灾的影响（ISTIM）支持10名本科生，每年在圣母大学为期10周的暑期课程三年。 在该计划的前8周，学生将从事研究项目，以及在圣母院丰富的活动。 在8周的结束时，学生将有机会通过海报和口头报告在研讨会上展示他们的发现。该计划的最后两周将涉及前往NEES海啸模拟现场（科瓦利斯，OR），随后前往泰国海啸受灾地区进行调查。 学生将有机会与参与人道主义恢复工作和社会关注问题的人互动。 通过这种互动，学生将接触到他们的研究的道德/人道主义/社会背景，因为它涉及到灾难恢复。 智力优势：在海啸影响和缓解（ISTIM）计划的跨学科研究将包括岩土工程，环境工程以及地球物理，这将强调需要多学科合作，以改善自然灾害和风险评估和缓解。 成功完成拟议项目有可能改进对可能受海啸影响地区的预测，提高我们对海啸触发机制的认识，提出改善海啸易发地区住房的建议，提供迅速修复海啸造成的损害的方法，并改进海啸发生后补救环境危害的现有方法。更广泛的影响：ISTIM REU网站计划将使本科生有机会将研究融入他们的教育，并增加在科学和工程中代表性不足的群体的参与。此外，REU网站有可能通过减少美国和国际上自然灾害（如海啸）造成的损失来造福社会。该REU网站由国防部（DoD）与NSF REU计划合作支持。

Abstract for Kijewski-Correa, EEC-0552432:This REU award for a Site the Interdisciplinary Studies in Tsunami Impacts on Mitigation (ISTIM) supports 10 undergraduates each year for three years in a 10-week summer program at the University of Notre-Dame. During the first 8 weeks of the program, students will be engaged in research projects as well as enrichment activities at Notre Dame. At the conclusion, of the 8 weeks, the students will get the opportunity to present their findings in symposium through posters and oral presentations. The last two weeks of the program will involve travel to the NEES tsunami-simulation site (Corvallis, OR), followed by an investigational trip to tsunami- affected areas in Thailand. The students will have the opportunity to interact with those involved in humanitarian recovery efforts and issues of social concern. Through such interactions the students will be exposed to the ethical/humanitarian/social context of their research as it relates to disaster recovery. Intellectual Merit: The Interdisciplinary Studies in Tsunami Impacts and Mitigation (ISTIM) program will encompass geotechnical, and environmental engineering as well as geophysical, which will emphasize the need for multidisciplinary collaboration to improve natural hazards and risk assessment and mitigation. Successful completion of the proposed projects has the potential to improve predictions of areas that could be affected by tsunamis, improve our understanding of triggering mechanisms for tsunamis, result in recommendations for improved housing in tsunami-prone areas, provide methods to quickly repair damage resulting from such events, and improve existing methods of remediating the environmental hazards following such events. Broader Impacts: The ISTIM REU site program will give undergraduates the opportunity to integrate research into their education as well as increase the participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering. Also, the REU site has the potential to benefit society by reducing the damage that could result from natural hazards, such as tsunamis, in the US as well as internationally.This REU site is supported by the Department of Defense (DoD) in partnership with the NSF REU program.