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 学生和早期职业科学家能够在海上花时间收集、处理和解释数据以获得学位。虽然这是他们准备工作的重要组成部分，但它并没有完整介绍海上科学研究的过程。大多数学生不熟悉提案流程以及研究船上首席科学家的角色。许多学生将时间花在海上执行分配的任务，而不负责或参与巡航规划和执行。该奖项旨在让学生有机会根据现有数据规划和执行科学巡航，从而完成对航海科学的介绍。 将来，这将有助于人们更好地了解如何最大程度地充分利用昂贵的研究船。 学生将通过定义假设、计划调查并执行数据收集来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相结合来解决所有科学过程。该调查将受到船舶时间表所施加的时间限制以及船舶设备所施加的物理限制的影响。教育过程将从申请人响应征求建议书（RFP）开始，这将为调查提供一个框架。巡航的科学可能性。参与者将在登船前在荷兰港会面两天，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 的回应。 PI 将提供有关提案撰写、访问现有数据和船上能力的指导。参与者将在动员日尽早登船。这一天将介绍海上生活、安全以及 RV Sikuliaq 上设备的初步介绍。学生们将被分成两个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”，就航行的执行做出决定并指导参与者。其他学生将被分配一个特定的乐器来观看。他们将负责监控该仪器，记录其正常运行并向首席科学家报告重要观察结果。学生将循环使用这些仪器，因此每个人在海上期间至少会遇到每件航行装置一次。PI 将通过介绍仪器的操作原理、数据简化和解释来补充值班和首席科学家的经验，以及我们经过海底时的地质情况。这些讲座将在每天轮班期间进行。第二次值班变更将包括审查过去 24 小时内收集的数据。当船舶接近檀香山时，准备巡航报告的过程将开始。每个学生都会有一份写作作业，该作业有助于形成邮轮的最终产品、调查的初步结果以及邮轮评估。