An REU Site for Undergraduate Research Training in the Geosciences

本科生实质性地参与华盛顿卡内基研究所Broad Branch Road校区的一名科学家的研究，该校区包括地球物理实验室和地磁系。该计划旨在弥合教育和研究之间的差距，表明两者对于科学进步至关重要，并且是同一过程的两个部分。学生们从艰苦的科学工作中看到了实实在在的好处，其中包括智力努力完成的成就感，同时直接与顶尖科学家一起工作，并利用最先进的技术和设备亲身参与科学发现的兴奋。地球科学（实验岩石学、矿物学、矿物物理学、地震学）、行星科学和天文学以及相关化学科学（无机和有机地球化学、宇宙化学）的研究项目可供选择。在开始研究之前，学生要熟悉他们研究领域的文献，并在咨询他们的顾问后准备一份简短的研究计划。在暑期项目的研究阶段，学生和他们的导师密切合作。在夏季结束时，学生准备一篇研究论文，利用该领域领先期刊的格式描述他们的工作成果，并在项目最后一周举行的特别研讨会上向他们的同龄人和研究人员展示结果。鼓励学生在专业会议上提交结果，并/或将结果用作高级项目的一部分，并与他们的研究导师保持联系，以进一步推进夏季完成的工作。卡内基有广泛的研究方向，学生可以通过研讨会、小组会议和同学之间的互动接触到地球科学的各个学科。选择的主要标准是奖学金、个人动机、由学生推荐信判断的科学潜力，以及学生兴趣与现有研究项目的良好匹配。招聘的重点是招收那些无法提供大量研究经验的学校的学生，以及那些在科学领域历史上代表性不足的群体的学生。在卡内基，我们有能力从各种类型的教育机构、地理位置和不同背景中挑选出高素质的学生，所有这些都将大大增加我们校园充满活力的智力活动。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。

Undergraduate students participate substantively in the research of a scientist at the Broad Branch Road campus of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, which includes both the Geophysical Laboratory and the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. The program is designed to bridge the gap between education and research, showing that both are essential to advancements in science, and are two parts of the same process. Students see tangible benefits from the hard work of science, among these the sense of accomplishment from an intellectual endeavor done well, while working directly with a leading scientist and participate first-hand in the excitement of scientific discovery using state-of-the-art techniques and facilities. Research projects in the geosciences (experimental petrology, mineralogy, mineral physics, seismology), planetary sciences and astronomy, and related chemical sciences (inorganic and organic geochemistry, cosmochemistry) are available. Prior to beginning research, students become familiar with the literature of their research area and prepare a short research proposal in consultation with their advisor. During the research phase of the summer program, students and their advisors work together in close collaboration. At the end of the summer, students prepare a research paper utilizing the format of a leading journal in their field describing the results of their work, and present the results to their peers and the research staff at a special symposium held during the last week of the program. Students are encouraged to submit the results for presentation at a professional meeting, and/or use the results as part of a senior project, and to maintain contact with their research mentors to further the work done during the summer. With the broad range of research directions available at Carnegie, students can be exposed to a full range of disciplines in the geosciences through seminars, group meetings, and interactions among their fellow students. Primary criteria for selection are scholarship, personal motivation, scientific potential as judged by student references, and a good match of student interests with available research programs. Recruitment focuses on reaching students from schools unable to offer a substantial research experience and students from groups historically under-represented in science. At Carnegie, we are well positioned to select highly qualified students from a variety of types of educational institutions, geographic locations and diverse backgrounds, all of which will add significantly to the vibrant intellectual activity that characterizes our campus.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.