REU Site: Environmental Chemistry with Science Policy Formulation and Ethics

化学系支持更新蒙大拿大学2007-2009年夏季本科生研究经验(REU)网站。加隆·史密斯和厄尔·亚当斯是这个网站的负责人，该网站主要关注环境化学和科学政策的形成。来自化学、生物学、地质学和环境健康科学中心的教职员工将在八周的时间里指导八名学生。研究项目包括训练蜜蜂探测爆炸物，研究森林火灾产生的有毒气体，以及开发从环境中去除有毒金属的新方法。参与者和他们的导师从为期三天的研究道德行为课程开始。在整个项目中，学生将通过参加当地健康、空气质量和水质委员会的会议和公开听证会，体验环境研究如何纳入公共政策。该项目的一个丰富方面是，美洲原住民学生参与者将他们部落学院的理科教师带到蒙大拿大学作为研究伙伴。

The Division of Chemistry supports this renewal of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Montana for the summers of 2007-2009. Garon Smith and Earle Adams direct this site, which focuses on environmental chemistry and the formation of science policy. Faculty members from Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and the Center for Environmental Health Sciences will mentor eight students over an eight-week period. Research projects include the training of honeybees to detect explosives, studies of the toxic emissions from forest fires, and the development of new approaches for the removal of toxic metals from the environment. Participants and their mentors begin with a three-day course on the ethical conduct of research. Throughout the program, students will experience how environmental research is incorporated into public policy by taking part in meetings and public hearings of the local health, air quality, and water quality boards. An enriching dimension of the program has Native American student participants bringing their tribal college science faculty to the University of Montana as research partners.