REU Site: Applied Computing Research in Wireless Sensing of Marine Data

该CISE REU网站奖为德克萨斯州墨西哥湾沿岸的西班牙裔服务机构Texas A M University-Corpus Christi提供资金，为24名主要为西班牙裔的本科生提供应用计算方面的研究经验。 学生将参与为研究人员在收集，存储和分析沿海地区海洋和水生环境数据时所面临的技术挑战提供解决方案。该计划的主要目标是为参与者提供独特的研究经验，在一个刺激的环境中，将涉及设计，开发，调整和测试无线传感器网络，从海洋和水生环境的数据收集操作。 活动包括培训课程和社会活动，旨在提高团队凝聚力，磨练技术写作，沟通和领导技能。主要的研究活动将发生在海洋传感器网络的设计，海洋传感器网络的可靠性和安全性，以及从墨西哥湾的各种领域的海洋传感器数据的整合等领域。参与者将撰写并提交关于他们在地方，区域和国家研讨会上工作的研究论文。智力优势来自学生参与一个独特的海洋研究计划，该计划旨在为海洋环境的传感器网络的生存，安全和可靠的设计寻求解决方案;海洋应用的节能传感器数据收集;以及来自墨西哥湾各种领域的海洋传感器数据的集成。学生们参与的项目有可能影响该领域，并为大学努力成为墨西哥湾及其资源研究的全球领导者做出贡献。拟议方案的更广泛影响将以多种方式超出项目范围。 这些经验应该灌输给学生的热情，在应用计算环境应用的研究，并应激励他们进一步学习和发现在计算学科。该项目有可能提高科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）专业的保留率。该项目还应扩大机构间合作，特别是在全国西班牙裔服务机构之间的合作，并将在全球范围内促进关于可持续海洋资源利用和保护的科学和技术知识。

This CISE REU Site award provides funding to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a Hispanic Serving Institution on the Texas Gulf Coast, to offer research experience in applied computing to 24 undergraduate students of primarily Hispanic descent. The students will participate in deriving solutions for technological challenges faced by researchers in the collection, storage, and analysis of data from marine and aquatic environments of the coastal region. The primary objective of the program is to provide participants unique research experiences in a stimulating environment that will involve designing, developing, adapting, and testing wireless sensor networks for data gathering operations from marine and aquatic environments. Activities include training sessions and social events designed to enhance group cohesiveness and to hone technical writing, communication, and leadership skills. Primary research activities will occur in the areas of design of marine sensor networks, reliability and security of marine sensor networks, and integration of marine sensor data from a variety of domains on the Gulf of Mexico. The participants will write and present research papers on their work in local, regional, and national symposiums. The intellectual merit comes from student participation in a unique marine-based research program that seeks solutions for survivable, secured, and reliable design of sensor networks for marine environment; energy-efficient sensor data gathering for marine applications; and integration of marine sensor data from a variety of domains on the Gulf of Mexico. The students participate in projects that have the potential to impact the field and to make a contribution to the university's efforts to become a global leader in research on the Gulf of Mexico and its resources. The broader impacts of the proposed program will extend beyond the project in a number of ways. These experiences should instill in the students a passion for research in applied computing for environmental applications and should motivate them for further learning and discovery in the computing disciplines. The project has the potential to increase retention rates of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. The project should also broaden inter-institutional collaboration, particularly among Hispanic serving institutions nationwide and will advance science and technical knowledge on sustainable marine resource utilization and preservation globally.