Description


This nine-and-a-half-week program is available to undergraduate students to pursue research in climate science, scientific inquiry, and science communication. The program seeks to expose students to the full range of scientific exploration, from the generation of hypotheses to communicating research findings and their implications to other scientists and the general public. With guidance from faculty advisors, students will learn to design experiments, collect and analyze data, and present results to scientific and non-scientific audiences. Research projects will involve the spectrum of climate science from fundamental physical processes of the atmosphere, oceans, and cryosphere and theoretical climate modeling, to interactions entailing the biosphere, and impacts on various natural and human systems. Each student will have a faculty advisor to guide the research activities.

 

Objectives of the REU

 

  • To bring together a diverse group of students in an environment where they can learn how to ask, answer, and communicate research questions in the area of climate science by using cutting edge tools to apply the scientific method: hypothesis, observation, experimentation, data analysis, interpretation, prediction, and dissemination of results.
  • To instruct students how to use and become fluent in accessing the primary scientific literature, gain experience in experimental design and data collection, and participate in experiments using both up-to-date observation systems and numerical models.
  • To acquire skills in integrating interdisciplinary research and estimate rates of environmental change to address problems related to climate change.

Past Schedules

2023 Schedule

2022 Schedule

2021 Schedule

2020 Schedule

2018 Schedule

2017 Schedule

2016 Schedule