ED31A:
Challenges and Approaches to Running Effective Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Geosciences I Posters

Session ID#: 5066

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Daphne S LaDue, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States and Rebecca Haacker, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education, Engagement & Early-Career Development, Boulder, United States
Primary Convener:  Rebecca Haacker, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education, Engagement & Early-Career Development, Boulder, United States
Co-conveners:  Daphne S LaDue, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States and Valerie Sloan, UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Valerie Sloan, UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
Index Terms:
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Experiences in Geosciences for Physical Science and Engineering Students (4174)
Solomon Bililign, North Carolina A & T State University, Physics, Greensboro, United States, Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A & T State University, Energy and Environmental Systems, Greensboro, NC, United States, Yuh Lang Lin, North Carolina A & T State University, Department of Physics and Energy and Environmental Systems, Greensboro, NC, United States and Amy Germuth, EvalWorks, Durham, NC 27705, United States
 
Laboratory Techniques in Geology: Embedding Analytical Methods into the Undergraduate Curriculum (16527)
Steve J Baedke, James Madison University, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Harrisonburg, United States, Elizabeth A Johnson, James Madison University, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Harrisonburg, VA, United States, Lance E Kearns, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States, Sarah E Mazza, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Esteban Gazel, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, United States
 
An REU Project on the Precambrian Rocks of Yellowstone National Park: Some lessons learned (18322)
Darrell Henry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, David W. Mogk, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, United States, Paul A Mueller, Univ Florida-Geology Dept, Gainesville, FL, United States and David A Foster, UF, Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States
 
REU Programs at Field Research Stations Offer Unique Advantages that may Enhance Retention of Students in STEM Fields. (30867)
Diane Y Kim1, Roberta L Marinelli1, Karla Heidelberg2 and USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States, (2)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
 
Creating Authentic Geoscience Research Experiences for Underrepresented Students in Two-Year Undergraduate Programs (18515)
Reginald Blake, CUNY New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, United States and Janet Liou-Mark, NYCCT/CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, United States
 
Increasing Diversity in Global Climate Change Research for Undergraduates (21379)
Leon P Johnson1, Paul Marchese2, Barbara E Carlson3, Armando McNeil Howard4,5, Dorothy M Peteet3,6, Cynthia Rosenzweig3,6, Leonard M Druyan3,6, Matthew Fulakeza3,6, Stuart Gaffin3,6, Shermane A. Austin1, Tak D Cheung7, M Chantale Damas8, Christopher Boxe1,9, Tanvir Prince10, Carolyn Ng11 and James Frost12, (1)Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, United States, (2)Queensborough Community College of CUNY, Bayside, NY, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Turbulence Group, New York, NY, United States, (5)Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Physics and Computer Science, Brooklyn, NY, United States, (6)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (7)Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY, United States, (8)Queensborough Community College, Physics, Bayside, NY, United States, (9)CUNY Graduate Center, Chemistry Division, Earth and Environmental Science Division,, Manhattan, NY, United States, (10)Hostos Community College, CUNY, Mathematics, Bronx, NY, United States, (11)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (12)LaGuardia Community College, Physics, Long Island City, NY, United States
 
Attracting Students Into Science: Insights From a Summer Research Internship Program for Community College Students in Colorado (25015)
Suzanne P Anderson, University of Colorado, INSTAAR and Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States, Lesley K Smith, CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Anne U Gold, University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, Rebecca L Batchelor, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Barbara Monday, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Serving Community College Students: Student Preparation, Development and Growth through the REU Experience (26900)
Christopher S Kim1, Jan Osborn1 and Marianne Smith2, (1)Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States, (2)Citrus College, Glendora, CA, United States
 
Over a Decade of Lessons Learned from an REU Program in the Science of Global Change and Sustainability (30288)
Eric S Hersh1, Eric W James1 and Jay Banner2, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Environmental Science Institute and Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
 
Successes and Challenges in the SAGE (Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience) REU Program (30468)
Lawrence W Braile, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, W. Scott Baldridge, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Louise Pellerin, Green Geophysics, Berkeley, CA, United States, John F Ferguson, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States, Paul Bedrosian, USGS Denver Federal Center, Denver, United States, Shawn Biehler, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, George R Jiracek, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA, United States, Catherine Mary Snelson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Shari Kelley, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, United States and Darcy McPhee, USGS California Water Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
Under the hood of IRIS’s Distributed REU Site (30709)
Michael Hubenthal, EarthScope Consortium, Washington, DC, United States and J John John Taber, IRIS, Washington, DC, United States
 
Enriching the Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Geoscience Through Student Feedback (27476)
Roberta F Sears and Carl-Georg Bank, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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