EAGER: Collaborative Research: A Marine Geology and Geophysics training cruise onboard the RV SIkuliaq for potential chief scientists

EAGER：合作研究：在 RV SIkuliaq 上为潜在的首席科学家进行海洋地质和地球物理学培训巡航

• 批准号: 1638164
• 负责人: Bernard Coakley
• 金额: $ 12.59万
• 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: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1638164&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Collaborative; Research; Marine; Geology

This award will enable MGG students and early career scientists to spend time at sea, collecting, processing and interpreting data to earn their degrees. While this is a critical component of their preparation, it is an incomplete introduction to the process of doing science at sea. Most students are unfamiliar with the proposal process and the role of being chief scientist aboard a research vessel. Many students spend their time at sea performing assigned tasks without responsibility or participation in cruise planning and execution. This award is designed to complete their introduction to seagoing science by giving the students the opportunityto plan and execute a science cruise based on existing data. In the future, this will provide an enhanced understanding of how to fully utilize expensive research vessels to the greatest extend possible. The students will do this by defining a hypothesis, planning a survey and executing the data collection to test the hypothesis. The project will address all of the scientific process through the combination of classroom instruction and experiential learning. The survey will be subject to the time constraints imposed by the ship schedule and the physical constraints imposed by the ship?s equipment.The educational process will begin with applicants responding to a request for proposals (RFP), which will provide a framework for the scientific possibilities for the cruise. The participants will meet in Dutch Harbor for two days prior to boarding the ship to refine a testable hypothesis and develop the cruise plan. During this time, the students will briefly present their responses to the RFP. The PIs will provide guidance on proposal writing, accessing existing data, and shipboard capabilities.The participants will board the ship early on the mobilization day. During this day there will be presentations on life at sea, safety and the initial introduction to the equipment on RV Sikuliaq. The students will be divided into two 12-hour watches. Once underway, each student will have the opportunity to be "chief scientist for the day," making decisions about the execution of the cruise and directing participants. The other students will be assigned a particular instrument for their watch. They will be responsible for monitoring this instrument, documenting that it operates correctly and reporting significant observations to the chief scientist. Studentswill cycle through the instruments, so each one encounters each piece of underway gear at least once during their time at sea.The PIs will supplement the watch-standing and chief scientist experiences with presentations about the operational principles of the instruments, data reduction and interpretation, and the geology of the seabed as we transit it. These lectures will occur daily during a change of watch. The second change of watch will consist of a review of the data collected during the previous 24 hours.As the ship approached Honolulu, the process of preparing the cruise report will begin. Each student will have a writing assignment, which contributes to the final product from the cruise, the preliminary results of their survey, and the cruise assessment.

该奖项将使MGG的学生和早期职业科学家能够在海上度过时光，收集，处理和解释数据以赢得学位。尽管这是他们准备的关键组成部分，但这是对海上科学进程的不完整介绍。大多数学生不熟悉提案过程，以及在研究船上担任首席科学家的作用。许多学生将时间花在海上，执行指定的任务，而无需责任或参与邮轮计划和执行。该奖项旨在通过为学生提供计划并根据现有数据执行科学巡游的机会来完成对海洋科学的介绍。 将来，这将提供对如何充分利用昂贵的研究船至最大扩展的增强理解。 学生将通过定义假设，计划调查并执行数据收集以检验假设来做到这一点。该项目将通过课堂教学和体验式学习的结合来解决所有科学过程。该调查将受到船舶时间表施加的时间限制和船舶设备所施加的物理约束的约束。教育过程将从响应提案请求（RFP）的申请人开始，该申请人将为巡航的科学可能性提供一个框架。参与者将在登机之前在荷兰港口开会两天，以完善可检验的假设并制定巡航计划。在此期间，学生将简要介绍他们对RFP的回答。 PI将提供有关提案写作，访问现有数据和船上功能的指导。参与者将在动员日早些时候登船。在这一天，将有关于RV Sikuliaq上海上生活，安全和最初对设备的最初介绍的演讲。学生将分为两个12小时的手表。一旦开始，每个学生将有机会成为“当天的首席科学家”，并就执行巡航和指导参与者做出决定。其他学生将被分配一种特定的手表工具。他们将负责监视该工具，记录其正确运行，并向首席科学家报告大量观察。学生会在仪器中进行循环，因此每个人在海上的时间至少遇到一次地下齿轮。这些讲座每天都会在换取手表时进行。手表的第二个更改将包括对过去24小时内收集的数据的审查。随着船接近檀香山的审查，准备巡航报告的过程将开始。每个学生都会有一个写作作业，这为巡航，调查的初步结果和巡航评估做出了贡献。