REU Site: Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century: Undergraduate Research on the Evolution of Earth's Interior, Surface and Climate

REU 网站：21 世纪的动态地球：地球内部、表面和气候演化的本科生研究

• 批准号: 2243857
• 负责人: Karen Fischer
• 金额: $ 29.16万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243857&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Dynamic; Earth; 21st

Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century is a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site that is collaboratively run by Brown University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) and the Leadership Alliance. The primary goals are to enable undergraduates from groups historically marginalized in the sciences to engage in exciting, well-mentored summer research experiences; develop key research and professional skills; and build their understanding of the research process, graduate school and research careers. In each of three summers, eight undergraduates who attend schools other than Brown University will come to Brown’s campus for nine weeks of research, mentored by DEEPS faculty. REU students will be further supported by research lab teams, a twice-weekly cohort discussion group, and the highly effective professional development and networking programs of the Leadership Alliance, a national consortium dedicated to training and mentoring students from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds for competitive graduate programs and professional research-based careers. REU students will enhance their abilities to communicate their work in writing and through presentations at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium and a summer research symposium at Brown. In the following year, the REU students will have the opportunity to present their work at a national science meeting that aligns with their interests. REU student research projects will span a range of research themes, including: 1) Measuring mantle properties with earthquake waves, and modeling how mantle viscosity affects predictions of sea-level change in response to melting ice sheets; 2) Assessing the role of subduction zones in recycling water into Earth’s mantle; 3) Understanding the processes that contribute to volcanic eruptions and magma chamber stability, and modeling the formation of volcanic edifices on Earth and other planetary bodies; 4) Developing new tools to measure rock thermal histories; 5) Measuring the record of past climate change in lake and ocean sediments, and assessing glacial re-advances with sediment deformation structures; 6) Modeling the feedbacks between climate change and vegetation; 7) Assessing the drivers of air and water quality with a focus on urban landscapes. These projects include implications for societally-relevant topics such as climate change and its impacts including sea-level rise, wildfires, and vegetation responses; air and water quality; and volcanic eruptions. Recruitment will focus on students from historically marginalized groups or who face other barriers to participation in the geosciences: students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in STEM, women and non-binary students, first-generation college students, students from lower income households, students who attend schools where geoscience research opportunities are limited, and students with disabilities. The program welcomes students of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and students from diverse life experiences and academic paths, including veterans.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.

21世纪动态地球是本科生（REU）网站的国家科学基金会研究经验，由布朗大学地球，环境和行星科学系（深处）和领导力联盟合作。主要目标是使科学中历史上边缘化的群体的本科生能够从事令人兴奋的，充满活力的夏季研究经验。发展重要的研究和专业技能；并建立他们对研究过程，研究生院和研究职业的理解。在三个夏季的每个人中，八名大学生在布朗大学以外的学校上学，将在布朗的校园内进行九周的研究，并由深处教师指导。 REU学生将得到研究实验室团队的进一步支持，一两次每周一次的队列讨论小组以及领导力联盟的高效专业发展和网络计划，这是一个全国财团，该联盟致力于来自竞争性研究生和专业研究的各种文化和学术背景的培训和心理学生。 REU学生将通过在领导力联盟国家研讨会和布朗举行的夏季研究研讨会上的演讲来增强他们在书面写作和演讲的能力。在第二年，REU学生将有机会在与他们的利益相吻合的国家科学会议上介绍他们的作品。 REU学生研究项目将涵盖一系列研究主题，包括：1）用地震波测量地幔特性，并建模地幔粘度如何影响对融化冰盖的响应的海平面变化的预测； 2）评估俯冲带在将水回收到地球地幔中的作用； 3）了解有助于火山喷发和岩浆腔室稳定性的过程，并建模地球和其他行星体内火山编辑的形成； 4）开发新工具来测量岩石热历史； 5）测量湖泊和海洋沉积物过去气候变化的记录，并评估冰川变形结构的冰川再现； 6）建模气候变化与植被之间的反馈； 7）评估空气和水质的驱动因素，重点是城市景观。这些项目包括对与社会相关的主题的影响，例如气候变化及其影响，包括海平面上升，野火和植被的反应；空气和水质；和火山喷发。招聘将专注于历史上边缘化的群体的学生，或者面临其他参与地球科学的障碍：来自种族和族裔的学生在STEM，妇女和非二元学生，第一年的大学生，低收入家庭的学生，较低收入家庭的学生，参加地球科学研究机会的学生和障碍学生的学生。该计划欢迎所有性取向，性别认同和表情的学生以及来自潜水员生活经验和学术途径的学生，包括退伍军人。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是珍贵的支持。