REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Estuarine Processes

摘要0754609：该奖项为马里兰州大学环境研究中心（UMCES）的本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供了新的资金。经过为期5天的培训，学生将主要在两个UMCES海洋实验室，切萨皮克生物实验室（CBL）或霍恩点实验室（HPL）之一工作。该计划将在为期12周的夏季研究计划中支持14名学生，其中包括学生的独立研究项目，NSF风格提案的准备，仲夏演讲，实地和实验室研究，以及最终期刊风格研究论文的准备和研讨会上的最终口头陈述。该计划向REU学生介绍应用科学方法;学习现场和实验室方法;了解河口过程;深入了解研究问题;并学习解释，组织和以书面和口头形式呈现研究项目的结果。学生可以单独与他们的导师或作为一个大型的跨学科研究计划的一部分。最近的学生研究课题包括营养盐地球化学，河口建模，沉积学，微量元素化学，土地利用的影响，渔业生物能量学建模，捕食者/猎物研究，微生物生态学，遗传学，环境污染和生物毒性。此外，学生活动包括学习科学传播，研究伦理，研究生院申请过程，网络，科学政策和海洋科学的替代职业。将鼓励学生在同行评审的期刊上发表文章，并参加夏季研究计划之后的国家会议。

Abstract 0754609: This award provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Studies (UMCES). Following a 5-day orientation session, students will work mainly at one of the two UMCES marine laboratories, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) or Horn Point Laboratory (HPL). The program will support fourteen students during a twelve week summer research program that includes independent research projects by the students, preparation of an NSF-style proposal, a mid-summer presentation, field and laboratory studies, and preparation of a final journal-style research paper and a final oral presentation at a symposium. The program introduces REU students to applying the scientific method; learning field and lab methods; developing an understanding of estuarine processes; achieving an in-depth understanding of a research problem; and learning to interpret, organize and present in written and oral form the results of a research project. Students may work individually with their mentors or as part of a large, interdisciplinary research program. Recent student research topics include nutrient biogeochemistry, estuarine modeling, sedimentology, trace element chemistry, land use impacts, fisheries bioenergetics modeling, predator/prey studies, microbial ecology, genetics, environmental contamination and organism toxicity. In addition, student activities include learning about science communication, research ethics, graduate school application process, networking, science policy and alternative careers in marine science. Students will be encouraged to publish in peer-reviewed journals and participate in national conferences following the summer research program.