REU Site: IRIS Undergraduate Summer Research in Seismology

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。作为其为期9-11周的实习计划的一部分，IRIS每年将提供多达12名本科生的研究经验。通过这个项目，学生们将参加为期一周的密集预备课程，并在实验室和实地环境中与地震研究领域的领导者一起工作，以产生值得在大型专业会议上展示的研究成果。考虑到该联盟是一个机构的集合，该项目采用了一种分布式REU模型，该模型已被证明可以将学生联系到一个队列中，尽管他们在地理上分散的地点进行研究。该模型的一些要素包括：强调地震数据的获取和分析，以帮助解决更广泛的地球科学问题；通过分享经验建立团队的新生周；在促进同行学习和协作的同时，培养团队凝聚力的网络基础设施；在大型专业会议上展示研究成果时，重新面对面联系并融入实习校友网络的机会；整个夏天始终如一的支持。这个项目不仅通过实习研究发展地震知识，而且这种独特的REU模式有机会为远程学习、社区建设和元认知相关技能的网络基础设施应用方面不断增长的知识体系做出贡献。这种模式的成功、记录和传播也将使其他组织能够将地理分布的资源用于发展其人力资本。此外，这一建议为扩大代表性不足的群体在地震学研究中的参与提供了机会。IRIS继续与少数族裔服务机构和专业组织密切合作，以提高人们对地震学研究作为潜在职业道路的认识。

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 up to 12 undergraduate students per year with research experiences as part of its 9-11 week internship program. Through this program, students will take part in an intensive week-long preparatory course, and work with leaders in seismological research, in both lab-base and field-based settings, to produce research products worthy of presentation at large professional conferences. Given that the Consortium is a collection of institutions, the program employs a distributed REU model that has been demonstrated to bond students into a cohort, despite conducting their research at geographically distributed sites. Some elements of this model include: an emphasis on the acquisition and analysis of seismic data to help address broader Earth science questions, an orientation week to build the cohort through shared experiences, a cyber-infrastructure to nourish group cohesion while enabling peer-learning and collaboration, the opportunity to reconnect face-to-face and become integrated into the intern alumni network while presenting research at a large professional conference, and an Alumni Mentor to provide experienced, consistent support throughout the entire summer. Not only does this program develop seismological knowledge through intern research, this unique REU model has the opportunity to contribute to the growing body of knowledge regarding the application of cyber-infrastructure for distance learning, community building, and the implementation of the skills associated with metacognition. The success, documentation and dissemination of this model, will also enable other organizations to apply geographically distributed resources to the development of their human capital. Additionally, this proposal presents an opportunity to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in the study of seismology. IRIS continues to work closely with minority serving institutions and professional organizations to raise awareness of the study of seismology as a potential career path.