REU Site: An Interdisciplinary Program at Old Dominion University for the Study of Metropolitan Coastal Environments and Communities

REU 站点：旧道明大学的一个跨学科项目，用于研究大都市沿海环境和社区

• 批准号: 1659543
• 负责人: Rodger Harvey
• 金额: $ 35.69万
• 依托单位: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659543&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Program; Old

Renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Old Dominion University (ODU) will support research training and professional development for ten undergraduates each summer for three years. ODU is the located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, a metropolitan region of 1.6 million inhabitants. The region includes the largest naval complex in the world, and is situated at the conjunction of the Elizabeth and Lafayette Rivers, tidal tributaries flowing into southern Chesapeake Bay. Coastal flooding during spring tides and storms is increasing as a result of the high rates of sea level rise in the Hampton Roads region, currently 4 to 10 cm per decade. Research opportunities at this REU will focus on coastal resilience, sea level rise and the impact of the changing environment on urban communities. Students receive a stipend for the summer research internship, housing and travel expenses. The ten-week program will provide students an opportunity for independent research and will include professional development activities that include field trips to show the students first-hand evidence of sea level rise in Hampton Roads on short and long-term timescales and weekly workshops on topics such as scientific ethics, scientific writing and communication. This REU program will help train thirty undergraduates in research related to coastal resilience and promotes the Division of Ocean Sciences goals related to development a scientific workforce.The ODU REU program will focus on sea level rise and extreme events, such as recurrent flooding in the urban coastal environment, and will incorporate these topics into a global perspective. Students will explore a suite of issues related to the relative rate of sea-level rise, addressing topics including true global mean sea level, the effects of high frequency storm events, inundation of coastal lands, antibiotic resistance of human pathogens, geodynamical contributions to regional sea level change, nutrient delivery and cycling in waters affected by changing sea levels, local, regional and global processes contributing to sea level rise, and ocean acidification and temperature effects on Chesapeake Bay sea grasses.

奥道明大学 (ODU) 本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目的更新资金将在三年内每年夏天为 10 名本科生提供研究培训和专业发展支持。 ODU 位于弗吉尼亚州汉普顿路地区，这是一个拥有 160 万居民的大都市区。该地区拥有世界上最大的海军综合体，位于流入切萨皮克湾南部的潮汐支流伊丽莎白河和拉斐特河的交汇处。由于汉普顿路地区海平面上升速度很快（目前每十年上升 4 至 10 厘米），大潮和风暴期间的沿海洪水正在增加。该 REU 的研究机会将集中于沿海恢复力、海平面上升以及环境变化对城市社区的影响。学生将获得暑期研究实习、住宿和交通费用的津贴。这个为期十周的项目将为学生提供独立研究的机会，并将包括专业发展活动，其中包括实地考察，向学生展示汉普顿路海平面上升的短期和长期时间尺度的第一手证据，以及每周的主题研讨会例如科学道德、科学写作和传播。该 REU 计划将帮助培训 30 名本科生进行与沿海复原力相关的研究，并促进海洋科学部与发展科学劳动力相关的目标。ODU REU 计划将重点关注海平面上升和极端事件，例如城市中反复出现的洪水沿海环境，并将把这些主题纳入全球视野。学生将探讨一系列与海平面上升相对速率相关的问题，讨论的主题包括真实的全球平均海平面、高频风暴事件的影响、沿海土地被淹没、人类病原体的抗生素耐药性、地球动力学对区域的贡献等。海平面变化、受海平面变化影响的水域养分输送和循环、导致海平面上升的当地、区域和全球过程，以及海洋酸化和温度对切萨皮克湾海草的影响。