REU Site: Healthy Streams, Healthy Coasts: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Watershed Science and Education

路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校（UL Lafayette）的本科生研究经验计划每年夏天为10名学生提供机会，参与路易斯安那州南部环境中流域和沿海过程和资源主题的研究。路易斯安那州南部的流域和沿海河口受到许多自然和人为压力的影响，包括海岸线退缩，地面沉降，水中含氧量降低和污染。每个参与者将直接与生物学，土木工程或地球科学部门的教师顾问以及当地环保组织合作八周。REU的参与者将受益于经验丰富的教师和各种专业发展机会的一对一指导。将通过以下方式促进参与者的科学和专业发展：a）教员导师在指导的最佳实践中接受培训，特别关注代表性不足的群体和第一代学生，B）每周科学研讨会，向学生介绍研究和研究职业，c）每周学生研讨会，提供研究更新和正式演讲，d）最后的研究研讨会，展示总结研究结果的海报，e）为在可再生能源股之后参加区域/国家会议提供差旅支助，以及f）可再生能源股开展多种社交活动，帮助在与会者之间建立网络。UL拉斐特-REU夏季研究计划的重点是以跨学科的方法来理解相互关联的陆地，河流和河口过程，结构以及影响路易斯安那州南部流域和沿海环境水资源的人为做法。UL Lafayette-REU暑期研究计划将涉及以下具体研究目标：1）促进本科生的专业发展; 2）灌输对研究耦合人类-自然系统的复杂性的更好理解，以及3）促进该地区流域和河口的基础研究。该项目将在三个方面进行评估：学生的a）通过该计划的进展，B）对科学的态度，以及B）走向STEM职业生涯的轨迹。学生的研究经验将通过一系列的科学和专业发展研讨会，研究演示的机会，以及沉浸式的社会和教育活动得到加强。该计划将补充当地组织的使命（即，Teche-朱红淡水区和Bayou朱红区），致力于改善特切河和朱红河的水质，并让公众参与提高对该地区文化和自然资源的认识。

The Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette) provides ten students each summer the opportunity to participate in research on topics in watershed and coastal processes and resources within the southern Louisiana environments. The watersheds and coastal estuaries of southern Louisiana are affected by many natural and human-caused stressors, including shoreline retreat, land subsidence, decreased oxygen levels in the water, and pollution. Each participant will work for eight weeks directly with a faculty advisor in the departments of Biology, Civil Engineering, or Geosciences and with local environmental organizations. REU participants will benefit through one-on-one mentoring from experienced faculty and a variety of professional development opportunities. Participants' scientific and professional development will be enhanced through: a) faculty mentors trained in best practices in mentoring, with a particular focus on underrepresented groups and first-generation students, b) weekly science seminars introducing students to research and careers in research, c) weekly student seminars with research updates and formal presentations, d) a final research symposium with poster presentations summarizing research findings, e) travel support for presentation at a regional/national conference after REU, and f) a multitude of REU social activities to help develop networks among participants. The focus of the UL Lafayette-REU summer research program centers around an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the linked terrestrial, in-stream, and estuarine processes, structures, and anthropogenic practices affecting water resources in the southern Louisiana watersheds and coastal environments. The UL Lafayette-REU summer research program will involve the following specific research objectives: 1) promote the professional development of undergraduate students; 2) instill a better understanding of the complexity of studying coupled human-natural systems, and 3) contribute to basic research of the region's watersheds and estuaries. This project will be evaluated in three areas: students' a) progression through the program, b) attitudes toward science, and b) trajectory toward a STEM career. Student research experiences will be enhanced through a series of scientific and professional development seminars, research presentation opportunities, and immersive social and educational activities. The program will complement the missions of local organizations (i.e., the Teche-Vermilion Freshwater District and Bayou Vermilion District) that work to improve water quality in the Teche and Vermilion rivers and engage the public to create awareness on the cultural and natural resources of the region.