REU Site: Statistical Models with Applications to Geoscience

为了扩大对地球科学的参与，佛罗里达理工学院这个为期8周的本科生暑期研究体验（REU）项目将招收来自社区学院和少数民族服务机构的学生。每年夏天，八名本科生将沉浸在实践学习活动和研究项目中，这些活动和研究项目旨在鼓励他们进入地球科学领域，并为他们的职业生涯做好准备。为了实现这一目标，参与者将首先接触到基本的统计模型和计算机编程技能，然后将这些技能应用到他们的地球科学相关项目中。为了促进团队合作和团队精神，学生们将在四个特定的项目领域中以两人一组的方式工作，这些项目领域都有一个与气候变化相关的共同主题。这些单独的项目将气候对降雨模式的影响与水质、海平面上升和冰川融化联系起来，解决了关键的地球科学问题。在项目和学科之间建立这些联系是一个重要的结果，它将通过各种活动实现，包括研讨会、参与讨论和指导。专业发展活动包括团队建设，演讲和个人互动技能，准备和申请研究生院，以及职业机会和选择。这是一个为期8周的佛罗里达理工学院本科生研究经验（REU）网站。这个REU网站将从社区学院和少数民族院校招收服务不足和代表性不足的学生。参与的本科生将沉浸在实践学习活动和研究项目中，旨在鼓励和准备他们在地球科学领域的职业生涯。每年夏天，八名学生将以两人为一组，进行四项研究项目，其主题是统计模型在实际地球科学问题中的应用。交叉受精和联系是地球科学研究的重要组成部分，综合各种科学学科有助于强调共同感兴趣的领域。学生将在这个REU项目中从事四个不同的项目，其中气候变化形成了联系。这些项目处理与气候有关的影响，包括降水模式、山地冰川、底栖生物群落/沿海河口水质的变化，以及使鱼类有毒的雪卡毒素。不同的项目集整合了各个学科积累的知识，并将这些知识应用于从本地到全球范围内相互关联的地球科学过程的理解。学生将学习基本的统计分析方法和工具，然后使用一种应用于他们地球科学项目的编程语言来实现它们。参与者还将学习如何解释和展示他们的研究成果。专业发展活动包括团队建设和个人互动技能，准备和申请研究生院，以及职业机会和选择。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In an effort to broaden participation in the geosciences, this 8-week summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Florida Institute of Technology will recruit students from community colleges and minority serving institutions. Eight undergraduate students per summer will be immersed in hands-on learning activities and research projects designed to both encourage them into and prepare them for careers in the geosciences. To accomplish this, participants will first be exposed to basic statistical models and computer programming skills and then will apply those skills to their geoscience related projects. To promote teamwork and esprit de corps, students will work in groups of two in four specific project areas that share a common theme related to a changing climate. The individual projects, which link climate impact on rainfall patterns to water quality and sea level rise with melting glaciers, address key geoscientific problems and issues. Making these connections between projects and disciplines is an important outcome that will be achieved through various activities including workshops, engaging discussion, and mentorship. Professional development activities include team building, presentation and personal interaction skills, preparing for and applying to graduate school, and career opportunities and options.This is an 8-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Florida Institute of Technology. This REU Site will recruit underserved and underrepresented students from community colleges and minority institutions. The participating undergraduate students will be immersed in hands-on learning activities and research projects designed to both encourage and prepare them for careers in the geosciences. Eight students per summer in groups of two will work on four research projects with a unifying theme of statistical models with applications to real geoscience problems. Cross-fertilization and connections are important components in geoscience research and synthesizing various scientific disciplines can help to emphasize areas of common interest. Students will work on four diverse projects in this REU program of which climate change forms the nexus. These projects address climate-related impacts involving changes in precipitation patterns, mountain glaciers, benthic communities/coastal estuarine water quality, and ciguatoxins that make fish poisonous. The diverse set of projects integrates accumulated knowledge from individual disciplines and applies that knowledge toward the understanding of connected geoscience processes ranging from the local to global scale. Students will learn basic statistical analysis methods and tools and then implement them using a programming language applied to their geoscience projects. The participants will also learn how to interpret and present their research findings. Professional development activities include team building and personal interaction skills, preparing for and applying to graduate school, and career opportunities and options.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.