REU Site: Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century: Undergraduate Research on the Evolution of Earth's Interior, Surface and Climate

21世纪的动态地球是由布朗大学地球、环境和行星科学系和领导力联盟合作运营的国家科学基金会本科生研究体验(REU)网站。主要目标是使来自科学领域历史上被边缘化群体的本科生能够参与令人兴奋的、得到良好指导的暑期研究经历；发展关键的研究和专业技能；并建立他们对研究过程、研究生院和研究职业的理解。每年三个暑假，八名在布朗大学以外的学校就读的本科生将在迪普斯教职员工的指导下，来到布朗大学的校园进行为期九周的研究。REU的学生将得到研究实验室团队、每周两次的队列讨论小组以及领导力联盟高效的专业发展和网络计划的进一步支持，领导力联盟是一个全国性联盟，致力于为具有竞争力的研究生课程和基于专业研究的职业生涯培训和指导来自不同文化和学术背景的学生。REU的学生将通过在领导力联盟全国研讨会和布朗大学夏季研究研讨会上的演讲，提高他们书面交流工作的能力。在接下来的一年里，REU的学生将有机会在一个与他们的兴趣相一致的全国科学会议上展示他们的工作。REU的学生研究项目将涵盖一系列研究主题，包括：1)用地震波测量地幔属性，并模拟地幔粘度如何影响对冰盖融化做出的海平面变化预测；2)评估俯冲带在将水循环到地球地幔中的作用；3)了解导致火山喷发和岩浆室稳定的过程，并对地球和其他行星上火山建筑物的形成进行模拟；4)开发新的工具来测量岩石热历史；5)测量湖泊和海洋沉积物中过去的气候变化记录，并评估冰川随沉积物变形结构的重新推进；6)模拟气候变化和植被之间的反馈；7)评估空气和水质量的驱动因素，重点放在城市景观上。这些项目包括对社会相关主题的影响，如气候变化及其影响，包括海平面上升、野火和植被反应；空气和水质量；以及火山喷发。招生将集中于历史上被边缘化的群体或在参与地球科学方面面临其他障碍的学生：在STEM中代表性不足的种族和民族的学生，女性和非双职工学生，第一代大学生，来自低收入家庭的学生，就读于地球科学研究机会有限的学校的学生，以及残疾学生。该计划欢迎各种性取向、性别认同和表达的学生，以及来自不同生活经历和学术道路的学生，包括退伍军人。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。

Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century is a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site that is collaboratively run by Brown University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) and the Leadership Alliance. The primary goals are to enable undergraduates from groups historically marginalized in the sciences to engage in exciting, well-mentored summer research experiences; develop key research and professional skills; and build their understanding of the research process, graduate school and research careers. In each of three summers, eight undergraduates who attend schools other than Brown University will come to Brown’s campus for nine weeks of research, mentored by DEEPS faculty. REU students will be further supported by research lab teams, a twice-weekly cohort discussion group, and the highly effective professional development and networking programs of the Leadership Alliance, a national consortium dedicated to training and mentoring students from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds for competitive graduate programs and professional research-based careers. REU students will enhance their abilities to communicate their work in writing and through presentations at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium and a summer research symposium at Brown. In the following year, the REU students will have the opportunity to present their work at a national science meeting that aligns with their interests. REU student research projects will span a range of research themes, including: 1) Measuring mantle properties with earthquake waves, and modeling how mantle viscosity affects predictions of sea-level change in response to melting ice sheets; 2) Assessing the role of subduction zones in recycling water into Earth’s mantle; 3) Understanding the processes that contribute to volcanic eruptions and magma chamber stability, and modeling the formation of volcanic edifices on Earth and other planetary bodies; 4) Developing new tools to measure rock thermal histories; 5) Measuring the record of past climate change in lake and ocean sediments, and assessing glacial re-advances with sediment deformation structures; 6) Modeling the feedbacks between climate change and vegetation; 7) Assessing the drivers of air and water quality with a focus on urban landscapes. These projects include implications for societally-relevant topics such as climate change and its impacts including sea-level rise, wildfires, and vegetation responses; air and water quality; and volcanic eruptions. Recruitment will focus on students from historically marginalized groups or who face other barriers to participation in the geosciences: students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in STEM, women and non-binary students, first-generation college students, students from lower income households, students who attend schools where geoscience research opportunities are limited, and students with disabilities. The program welcomes students of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and students from diverse life experiences and academic paths, including veterans.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.