UBM-Group: Collaborative Research on the Arthropod Way of Life (CRAWL): Interdisciplinary Training in Mathematical Biology

东田纳西州立大学的这个项目为学生提供了通过充分参与研究过程来获得生物学和数学技能的机会。节肢动物生活方式CRAWL计划的合作研究的一个主要组成部分是长期沉浸在研究项目中，让每个学生参与科学过程的每个阶段。主要重点是：（1）假设演绎方法解决问题，（2）严格的实验设计，由整个团队开发，从而确保真正的综合方法，（3）通过研讨会介绍批判性思维和数学和生物技能的应用，（4）“在职”学习数据收集，数据管理，统计分析和数学建模的关键技能，（5）在地方和国家层面传播结果，（6）进行出版过程，包括创建出版质量的&图表、科学写作以及回应评论员的批评。该项目的PI制定了解决种内相互作用（蜘蛛和苍蝇的侵略，蜜蜂的通信）和神经激素基础和这些行为的生态影响的时空动态领域的基本问题的项目。分析方法包括时间序列分析、空间分析、基于代理的建模、图论分析、逻辑回归建模和基于扩散的数学模型。凭借其相互关联的生物和数学主题，联合导师和团队方法，CRAWL是一个有效地将本科生融入既定研究计划的模式。由东田纳西州立大学NSF支持的本科生生物数学课程为本科生提供了参与有意义的跨学科研究经验的机会。CRAWL计划旨在通过建立确保其可持续性的基础设施，在ETSU产生生物学和数学的研究文化。其成功的关键，发现过程的兴奋必须转化为课堂和教学实验室的经验，为学生不直接支持的程序。CRAWL计划旨在对ETSU的整体课程产生协同效应，因为项目和结果作为模块纳入上师数学和生物课程。此外，一些研究项目可能会被改编为教学实验室。 CRAWL学生有机会通过在入门和高级课程中提供客座讲座和演讲来影响大学中其他代表性不足的学生。CRAWL学生是从南阿巴拉契亚地区代表性不足的群体中挑选和招募的。

This project at East Tennessee State University provides opportunities for Students to gain skills in biology and math through full participation in the research process. A major component of the Collaborative Research on the Arthropod Way of Life CRAWL program is long-term immersion in a research project, involving each student in every stage of the scientific process. Major emphases are on: (1) the hypothetico-deductive approach to problem-solving, (2) rigorous experimental design developed by the entire team, thus ensuring a truly integrative approach, (3) introduction to critical thinking and the application of mathematical and biological skills via workshops, (4) "on-the-job" learning of critical skills for data collection, data management, statistical analyses, and mathematical modeling, (5) dissemination of results at both the local and national levels, (6) undergoing the publication process, including creation of publication-quality graphs & tables, scientific writing, and responding to reviewer critiques. The PIs of the project have developed projects that address fundamental questions in the areas of spatiotemporal dynamics of intraspecific interactions (aggression in spiders and flies, communication in honey bees) and the neurohormonal underpinnings and ecological implications of these behaviors. Analytical approaches include time-series analyses, spatial analyses, agent-based modeling, graph theoretic analyses, logistic regression modeling, and diffusion-based mathematical models. With its inter-connected biological and mathematical themes, joint mentorship, and team approach, CRAWL is a model for efficiently integrating undergraduates into established research programs. The Undergraduate Biomathematics Program supported by NSF at the East Tennessee State Unvisersity provides opportunities to engage undergraduates in meaningful interdisciplinary research experiences. The CRAWL program aims to generate a research culture in biology and math at ETSU by building an infrastructure that will ensure its sustainability. Critical to its success, the excitement of the discovery process must be translated into classroom and teaching laboratory experiences for students not directly supported by the program. The CRAWL program is intended to have a synergistic effect on the overall curriculum at ETSU as projects and results are incorporated as modules into upper division math and biology courses. In addition, several of the research projects may be adapted as teaching laboratories. CRAWL students have the opportunity to impact other underrepresented students at the university by providing guest lectures and presentations in both introductory and upper level courses. CRAWL students are selected and recruited from under-represented groups in the Southern Appalachian region.