Collaborative Research: Alaska/Hawaii Joint Undergraduate Field Program

合作研究：阿拉斯加/夏威夷联合本科生实地计划

• 批准号: 0503632
• 负责人: Catherine Hanks
• 金额: $ 5.83万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0503632&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Alaska; Hawaii; Joint

Alaska and Hawai'i possess a number of demographic, geographic & geologic similarities: a large indigenous population, physical isolation from the remainder of the continental U.S., close economic, cultural, and scientific ties throughout the Pacific rim, and geologically dynamic, but vastly different, physical environments. Location is thus an asset and an obstacle to geologic education in both states. Hawai'i provides spectacular examples of on-going basaltic volcanism, but a Hawaiian student rarely sees non-basaltic rocks or structurally and tectonically complex geology. Volcanoes of the Aleutian Arc are inaccessible to most Alaskan students, while field trips to view metamorphosed, folded, and faulted rocks are hampered by severe weather during the academic year. This Track 1 project is a joint Alaska-Hawai'i lecture and field course that builds on existing links between the scientific communities in Alaska and Hawai'i to address a mutual goal-to encourage Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian undergraduate students to enter the geosciences by exposing them to different geologic settings and processes.The project consists of an 8 week, 3-credit sophomore-level lecture course on the geology of Alaska and Hawai'i, offered simultaneously at University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and University of Hawai'i Manoa (UH) via videoconferencing. Immediately following the lecture portion of the class, all the students participate in a 7-day field trip to Hawaii hosted by UH faculty that focuses on active volcanic processes, volcano monitoring and analysis, and associated natural hazards. The class then goes to Alaska for a 7 day, UAF-hosted field trip on the geology of Alaska, where the focus is on collisional tectonics and associated volcanism, faults, folds, metamorphism, and sedimentation. Alaska Native, Hawaiian, and other minority undergraduate students are specifically recruited for the class, with enrollments kept low to encourage student interaction with both the faculty and other students.This project builds on the framework developed by the Pacific Alliance (a NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program). The Pacific Alliance provides the students participating in the course with tuition and follow-up mentoring in the basic science courses needed for a geology degree. The target audience for the project are Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other minority undergraduate students who have already demonstrated interest in the geosciences, but may be unsure of educational and career options available to them. The project broadens the participation of these minority groups in the geosciences by exposing them to different geologic disciplines, professionals, and career options. The project builds on existing academic ties between UAF and UH and, in the process, provides Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and other minority students the opportunity to experience a different indigenous culture while exploring graduate study options at both schools.

阿拉斯加和夏威夷具有许多人口，地理和地质的相似性：大量的土著人口，与美国其余的物理隔离，整个太平洋缘故的紧密经济，文化和科学关系，以及地质动态的，但截然不同的物理环境。 因此，位置是两个州地质教育的资产和障碍。 夏威夷提供了正在进行的玄武岩火山主义的壮观例子，但夏威夷学生很少看到非山质岩石或结构和构造复杂的地质。 大多数阿拉斯加学生的火山是无法访问的，而在学年中，要查看变态，折叠和断层的岩石的实地考察会因恶劣天气而受到阻碍。 This Track 1 project is a joint Alaska-Hawai'i lecture and field course that builds on existing links between the scientific communities in Alaska and Hawai'i to address a mutual goal-to encourage Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian undergraduate students to enter the geosciences by exposing them to different geologic settings and processes.The project consists of an 8 week, 3-credit sophomore-level lecture course on the geology of Alaska and夏威夷，通过视频会议同时在阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯大学（UAF）和夏威夷大学马诺阿大学（UH）提供。班级演讲部分结束后，所有学生都参加了由UH教职员工主持的为期7天的夏威夷实地考察，该旅行专注于活跃的火山过程，火山监测和分析以及相关的自然危害。 然后，该课程在阿拉斯加的地质上去阿拉斯加进行了为期7天的UAF托管野外旅行，那里的重点是碰撞构造和相关的火山，断层，褶皱，变质和沉淀。 阿拉斯加的本地人，夏威夷人和其他少数族裔本科生被专门招募到班级，入学率保持较低，以鼓励学生与教职员工和其他学生的互动。这项项目建立在太平洋联盟（Pacific Alliance）的框架基础上（NSF Louis Louis Stokes for Minialce for Minor Compitation（Lsamp）计划）。 太平洋联盟为参加该课程的学生提供了学费和后续指导，以获得地质学位所需的基础科学课程。该项目的目标受众是阿拉斯加本地人，夏威夷人和其他少数族裔本科生，他们已经对地球科学表现出了兴趣，但可能不确定他们可以使用的教育和职业选择。该项目通过将这些少数群体在地球科学中的参与扩大，通过将它们暴露于不同的地质学科，专业人士和职业选择。 该项目建立在UAF和UH之间的现有学术关系的基础上，并在此过程中为阿拉斯加本地，夏威夷人和其他少数民族学生提供了体验不同土著文化的机会，同时在两所学校探索研究生学习方案的同时。