REU Site: Experience for Undergraduates in Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing at NOAA-CREST

通过参与纽约城市理工学院(附属于纽约城市大学)的本科生研究体验(REU)网站，每年将有总共10名精心挑选的学生与大学和政府的知名科学家配对，并为地球科学的现实世界研究项目做出明显贡献。这个城市校园与NOAA的合作遥感科学和技术中心(NOAA-CREST)有着长期和密切的联系，因此特别适合于鼓励和加强未被充分代表的群体参与科学的外联活动。学生将被挑选并分配给特定的大学教职员工和/或NOAA研究员作为他们的首席导师。在适当的指导下，利用偶尔举办的侧重于科学研究过程各个方面的研讨会，每个学生将在15周的时间内完成一个由导师领导的既定研究项目。来自已经在他们选择的子学科工作的研究生的额外指导将进一步提供接近同行水平的指导，以鼓励学生的科学成长和成功。通过亲身参与实地数据收集活动、科学会议和对附近研究中心的访问，重点将是在各种环境中将参与的REU学生与知名科学家，包括研究界的少数群体成员联系起来。学生将通过书面报告和口头陈述来正式确定他们的工作，选定的参与者将有机会在适当的研讨会和会议上分享他们的成果。智力优势：参与者将有助于增加对基础科学和应用研究主题的知识和理解。活动将包括各种分学科，但将特别利用与NOAA-CREST相结合的优势，使学生接触对准确观测和增进对地球系统的了解至关重要的尖端遥感技术。这个REU网站将对NSF建立一个具有国际竞争力和适当参与的公众的既定目标做出重大贡献，并从长远来看，提高学术科学工作队伍的质量。广泛的影响：通过吸引和支持主要来自纽约城市理工学院高度多样化的人口群体的丰富多样的学生，该项目将理想地为历史上在科学界代表性不足的群体的成员提供短期教育和长期职业机会。它还将有助于进一步丰富研究生和未来的教育工作者，并作为其他类型的项目的典范。

Through participation in this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the New York City College of Technology (affiliated with the City University of New York), each year a total of 10 carefully selected students will be paired with established University and government scientists and demonstrably contribute to real-world research projects in the Earth Sciences. This urban campus has a longstanding and close association with NOAA's Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (NOAA-CREST), and is thus particularly well suited to outreach that will encourage and enhance involvement of underrepresented groups in the sciences. Students will be selected and assigned to a specific university faculty member and/or NOAA researcher as their chief mentor. Following an appropriate orientation and with the benefit of occasional workshops focusing on various aspects of the scientific research process, each student will work over a 15-week period on an established mentor-led research project. Additional guidance from graduate students already working in their chosen sub-disciplines will provide further near peer-level mentorship to encourage the students' scientific growth and success. Through hands-on participation in field data collection activities, scientific conferences and visits to nearby research centers, emphasis will be placed on connecting participating REU students with established scientists, including minority members of the research community, in a variety of settings. Students will formalize their work via both written reports and oral presentations, and select participants will be given the opportunity to share their results at appropriate symposia and conferences.Intellectual Merit: Participants will contribute to increased knowledge and understanding in basic science as well as applied research topics. Activities will encompass a variety of sub-disciplines, but will in particular take advantage of collocation with NOAA-CREST to expose students to cutting-edge remote sensing techniques critical to accurate observation and increased understanding of the Earth system. This REU Site will contribute significantly toward NSF's established goal of creating an internationally competitive and appropriately engaged public and, over the long term, enhance the quality of the academic scientific workforce.Broader Impacts: By virtue of entraining and supporting a rich variety of students drawn primarily from the highly diverse demographic of the New York City College of Technology, this program will desirably enhance both near-term educational and long-term career opportunities for members of groups that have historically been underrepresented in the sciences. It will also contribute to the further enrichment of graduate students and future educators, and serve as a model for other programs of this type.