REU Site: Changing Dynamics of Hydrological Systems in Urban Areas: Response To Human Disturbance and Climate Change

REU 网站：城市地区水文系统动态变化：对人类干扰和气候变化的响应

• 批准号: 1852506
• 负责人: Barry Hibbs
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: California State L A University Auxiliary Services Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852506&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Changing; Dynamics; Hydrological

Hydrologic challenges in urban areas of the world provide a compelling reason to engage undergraduate students in multidisciplinary urban hydrologic research. Drought, overuse, degradation, and population growth are causing significant stress upon urban areas. With 55% of the world's population residing in urban areas and urban populations expanding, it is key to train a future generation of scientists to tackle urban hydrologic problems. Another challenge is that underserved groups are inadequately represented in the hydrologic workforce and are, thus, often not involved in policy decisions that directly impact their communities. To address these concerns, this project presents a vertically integrated set of mentor-focused education and research experiences to provide career pathways for undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds in the field of urban hydrology. Our proposal aims to attract motivated students from underrepresented backgrounds to investigate urban hydrological problems through a nested series of events during a 10-week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summer training program. Program activities include independent research, professional training, mentoring, social activities, a research and training field activity, and post-summer activities. The REU research activities include investigations in five topical areas: (1) surface hydrology of urban areas; (2) climate-driven changes in urban groundwater; (3) meteorology and precipitation along coastal urban corridors; (4) hydrochemistry of urban streams/hydrochemical methods development, and; (5) river sedimentation and restoration in urban coastal watersheds. The intellectual merit of this proposal is established through undergraduate engagement in high-level urban hydrologic research. Student research on urban hydrologic systems will provide an understanding of important hydrologic processes in urban watersheds. The research will contribute to the understanding of climate and anthropogenic-forced change in urban hydrologic systems that require additional study and long-term monitoring. The broader impacts of the proposal are focused on recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented backgrounds in the hydrological sciences. As a result, this effort aims to expand representation in water resources decision making.This REU program provides multidisciplinary training and education focused on urban hydrology affected by climate change, and challenges of integrating diversity and demographic equity in policy and technical decisions. Objectives of the program are to: 1) provide students an enriching and cultural experience under the guidance and mentorship of a core group of faculty with research interests in fields of urban hydrology; 2) increase the number of students pursuing advanced degrees in water-related fields, such as hydrogeology, watershed analysis, and hydrologic modeling, and; 3) increase the number of underrepresented students and especially those that do not have access to research opportunities and/or professional development, providing exposure/training in research and opportunities for these students to pursue graduate degrees or employment. To accomplish these objectives, the REU program includes engagement in supervised research, training activities, mentoring activities, social activities, a research and training field activity, and post-REU activities. Research activities include investigations in five topical areas: (1) surface hydrology of urban areas; (2) climate-driven changes in urban groundwater; (3) meteorology and precipitation along coastal urban corridors; (4) hydrochemistry of urban streams/hydrochemical methods development, and; (5) river sedimentation and restoration in California coastal watersheds. Training activities include half-day workshops for undergraduate mentees covering several professional topics including developing computing skills in the Spatial and Temporal Data Analysis short course, technical writing/abstract preparation, and poster/oral presentation. Mentoring activities include Friday afternoon meetings between REU students plus faculty and graduate students where they have informal discussions related to career and professional development and challenges. Social activities include three weekend social events to create bonds between REU students and faculty peers. A combination research and training activity includes a four-day field trip through the lower part of the Colorado River Basin scheduled for the end of the third week. After the summer REU activity is complete, faculty mentors will continue to work with student mentees to finalize the dissemination of the REU research results through conference publications and presentations by the student participants and to provide career guidance as practicable. We expect the REU effort to help lead students into productive research enterprises after their term in the program is complete.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.

世界城市地区的水文挑战为本科生参与多学科城市水文研究提供了令人信服的理由。干旱、过度使用、退化和人口增长给城市地区带来了巨大的压力。世界上55%的人口居住在城市地区，而且城市人口不断增加，培养下一代科学家解决城市水文问题至关重要。另一个挑战是，服务不足的群体在水文工作队伍中代表性不足，因此往往不参与直接影响其社区的政策决策。为了解决这些问题，该项目提供了一套垂直整合的以导师为中心的教育和研究经验，为城市水文学领域代表性不足的本科生提供职业道路。我们的提案旨在通过为期 10 周的本科生研究体验 (REU) 夏季培训计划期间的一系列嵌套活动，吸引来自代表性不足背景的积极主动的学生来研究城市水文问题。 项目活动包括独立研究、专业培训、指导、社交活动、研究和培训现场活动以及暑期后活动。 REU的研究活动包括五个主题领域的调查：（1）城市地区的地表水文学； (2) 气候驱动的城市地下水变化； （三）沿海城市廊道气象、降水情况； (4) 城市河流水化学/水化学方法开发； （5）城市沿岸流域河流淤积与恢复。该提案的智力价值是通过本科生参与高水平城市水文研究而确立的。学生对城市水文系统的研究将有助于了解城市流域的重要水文过程。该研究将有助于了解气候和人为造成的城市水文系统变化，这些变化需要额外的研究和长期监测。该提案更广泛的影响集中在招募和留住来自水文科学领域代表性不足的学生。 因此，这项工作旨在扩大水资源决策中的代表性。REU 项目提供多学科培训和教育，重点关注受气候变化影响的城市水文学，以及将多样性和人口公平纳入政策和技术决策的挑战。 该计划的目标是：1）在对城市水文学领域有研究兴趣的核心教师团队的指导和指导下，为学生提供丰富的文化体验； 2) 增加攻读水相关领域高级学位的学生数量，例如水文地质学、流域分析和水文建模； 3) 增加代表性不足的学生数量，特别是那些无法获得研究机会和/或专业发展的学生数量，为这些学生提供研究机会/培训以及攻读研究生学位或就业的机会。为了实现这些目标，REU 计划包括参与监督研究、培训活动、指导活动、社会活动、研究和培训现场活动以及 REU 后活动。研究活动包括五个主题领域的调查：（1）城市地区的地表水文； (2) 气候驱动的城市地下水变化； （三）沿海城市廊道气象、降水情况； (4) 城市河流水化学/水化学方法开发； (5)加州沿海流域河流沉积与恢复。培训活动包括为本科生举办的半天研讨会，涵盖多个专业主题，包括在时空数据分析短期课程中培养计算技能、技术写作/摘要准备以及海报/口头演示。指导活动包括周五下午 REU 学生、教师和研究生之间的会议，他们就职业和专业发展及挑战进行非正式讨论。 社交活动包括三个周末社交活动，以在 REU 学生和教职员工之间建立联系。研究和培训相结合的活动包括定于第三周末进行的科罗拉多河流域下游为期四天的实地考察。夏季 REU 活动结束后，教师导师将继续与学生学员合作，通过会议出版物和学生参与者的演讲来完成 REU 研究成果的传播，并在可行的情况下提供职业指导。 我们期望 REU 努力帮助学生在项目学期结束后进入富有成效的研究企业。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。