Undergraduate Summer Research in Seismology - REU Site

地震学联合研究机构（IRIS）是一个由110多所研究型大学和机构组成的联盟，致力于通过收集和分发地震数据来监测地球和探索地球内部。IRIS将为12名本科生提供研究经验，作为其为期9-11周的实习计划的一部分。学生将有机会与地震学研究领域的领导者一起工作，前往异国情调的地点进行实地考察，并制作值得在大型专业会议上展示的研究成果。考虑到联盟的分布式性质，该项目采用了一种方法，将成熟的电信技术和最新的远程学习研究相结合，以实现传统REU站点的精神。由此产生的混合REU模式将为实习生彼此交流创造新的机会，以更充分地发展和表达他们对研究过程的理解。学生还将在整个实习过程中获得持续的专业发展，并通过个人和技术联系来创建和维护队列体验，同时受益于IRIS联盟的资源。这种REU模型有机会为远程学习、社区建设和与元认知相关的技能的实施有关的电信应用的不断增长的知识体系做出贡献。这种模式的成功、记录和传播将使其他组织能够将地理上分布的资源用于发展其人力资本。此外，该项目为扩大代表性不足的群体参与地震学研究提供了机会。IRIS继续与少数专业组织密切合作，提高人们对地震学研究作为一种潜在职业道路的认识。实现这一目标的一个关键机制在于通过一系列讲座在项目和潜在申请者之间建立个人联系，这些讲座以少数民族服务机构的物理班学生为目标，并以实习项目的高级博士生校友为特色。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), a consortium of over 110 research universities and institutions dedicated to monitoring the Earth and exploring its interior through the collection and distribution of seismological data, will provide 12 undergraduate students with research experiences as part of its 9-11 week internship program. Students will have the opportunity to work with leaders in seismological research, to travel to exotic sites for fieldwork, and to produce research products worthy of presentation at large professional conferences. Given the Consortium's distributed nature, the program employs an approach that blends mature telecommunications technology and recent research on distance learning to achieve the spirit of a traditional REU site. The resulting blended REU model will create novel opportunities for interns to communicate with one another to more fully develop and express their understanding of the process of research. Students will also receive consistent professional development throughout the internship, and connect both in person and via technology to create and maintain a cohort experience while benefiting from the resources of the IRIS Consortium.This REU model has the opportunity to contribute to the growing body of knowledge regarding the application of telecommunications for distance learning, community building and the implementation of the skills associated with metacognition. The success, documentation and dissemination of this model will enable other organizations to apply geographically distributed resources to the development of their human capital. Additionally, this project presents an opportunity to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in the study of seismology. IRIS continues to work closely with minority professional organizations to raise awareness of the study of seismology as a potential career path. A key mechanism for achieving this goal lies in creating personal connections between the program and potential applicants through a lectureseries that targets students in physics classes at minority serving institutions and features alumni of the internship program that are advanced PhD students.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.