Research Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Watershed Sciences and Engineering

EEC-0649070 Tamim Younos该奖项为弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学的一个为期三年的REU站点提供支持。REU计划将为教师和学生提供跨学科论坛，以培训未来的专业人员，了解以水为基础的水资源可持续管理方法的关键要素。REU网站的活动将包括：1)向参与者介绍跨学科环境中的高级研究主题；2)为学生提供获得高级实验室、现场测量、分析和计算技能的机会；3)激发参与者的科学好奇心，使他们可以攻读流域科学和工程方面的高级学位；以及4)促进不同学术、社会和文化背景的智力和个人互动的环境，以促进多样性。该计划将促进终身学习体验，并在不同的环境中培养未来工程师和科学家的分析能力和创造力。此外，预计它还将扩大未来流域科学和工程领域的研究生研究人员和专业人员的潜在人才库。至少60%的目标REU参与者将是由于种族、民族、性别、财政资源、父母的教育水平而在分水岭科学和工程领域代表性不足的学生，以及那些来自规模较小的学院/大学的学生，他们在本国机构的研究机会很少。

EEC-0649070Tamim YounosThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The REU program will provide an interdisciplinary forum of faculty and students to train future professionals on critical elements of water-based approach to sustainable management of water resources. The activities of the REU Site will include: 1) introduce participants to advanced research topics in an interdisciplinary environment; 2) provide students opportunities to acquire advanced laboratory, field measurement, analytical, and computational skills; 3) stimulate scientific curiosity of participants so that they may pursue an advanced degree in watershed sciences and engineering; and 4) facilitate an environment for intellectual and personal interaction of different academic, social and cultural backgrounds to promote diversity.This program will facilitate life long learning experiences, and nourish analytical skills and creativity of future engineers and scientist in a diverse environment. Also, it is expected to expand the potential pool of future graduate researchers and professionals in watershed sciences and engineering. At least 60% of the target REU participants will be students who are underrepresented in the areas of watershed sciences and engineering due to their race, ethnicity, gender, financial resources, parent's educational level, and those from smaller colleges/universities who have few research opportunities at their home institutions.