REU Site: Stanford Earth Summer Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE)

Surge REU将把10名本科生与他们感兴趣的斯坦福地球学院(Stanford School of Earth，Energy and Environmental Science)的教职员工配对。这些本科生将来自美国的社区学院或四年制大学，在2020年至2022年的夏季期间拥有为期八周的地球系统科学、能源工程、地质科学和地球物理领域的指导研究经验。在遴选过程中，将优先考虑地球和环境科学方面代表性不足的背景的学生，包括没有先前研究经验的学生和来自研究机会有限的本科院校的学生。在这三年的时间里，Surge计划将为30名学生提供研究机会，目的是帮助创建一条通往地球和环境科学研究生课程和职业的多样化渠道。浪涌学者将根据研究兴趣、申请论文、推荐信和面试来与教职员工配对。除了在斯坦福大学地球研究小组接受科学培训外，学生还将参加研究生院准备和职业发展活动，如每周两次的GRE预备课程，以及关于申请研究生院、规划职业发展轨迹和口头陈述的研讨会。参加者还将有机会参加编码研讨会。每周的教师研究研讨会将使学生熟悉广泛的地球科学研究主题，而教育实地考察将为学生提供实地学习和建立社区意识的机会。研究研讨会结束了这个项目，学生们通过口头报告和海报在教师、导师和其他帮助审查报告的斯坦福地球同事面前展示他们的项目发现。Surge学者将住在斯坦福校园，并可以使用餐厅和其他斯坦福便利设施，与其他学者分享住宿经验，从而增强队列研究体验。项目的成功将通过学生和教职员工的调查来衡量。浪涌奖学金获得者将在项目结束后被跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路并提供校友网络。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The SURGE REU will match 10 undergraduate students to faculty in Stanford Earth (Stanford School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences) that are in their area of interest. The undergraduate students will come from community colleges or four-year universities in the US with eight-week-long mentored research experiences during the summers of 2020 through 2022 in the areas of Earth System Science, Energy Resources Engineering, Geological Sciences, and Geophysics. In the selection process, priority will be given to students from underrepresented backgrounds in the Earth and environmental sciences, including students who do not have prior research experience and who come from undergraduate institutions with limited research opportunities. Within this three-year span, the SURGE program will provide research opportunities to 30 students with the aim of helping to create a diverse pipeline into Earth and environmental sciences post-graduate programs and careers. SURGE Scholars will be matched with faculty members based on research interest, application essays, letters of recommendation, and interviews. In addition to gaining scientific training in a Stanford Earth research group, students will also participate in graduate school preparation and professional development activities such as a GRE prep course that meets twice per week and workshops on applying to graduate school, planning career trajectories, and giving oral presentations. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in coding workshops. Weekly faculty research seminars will familiarize students to a broad range of research topics in the Earth sciences, while educational field trips will provide opportunities for students to learn in the field and build a sense of community. A research symposium concludes the program, where students present their project findings through oral presentations and posters in front of faculty, mentors, and other Stanford Earth colleagues who help review the presentations. SURGE scholars will live on the Stanford campus and have access to dining halls and other Stanford amenities, sharing the residential experience with fellow scholars and thus enhancing the cohort research experience. Program success will be measured through student and faculty surveys. SURGE scholars will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths and to provide an alumni network.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.