HR: 15:25h
AN: ED23B-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Effective Collaboration between a Research Center and a Minority-Serving Institution
AU: * Dalbotten, D
EM: dalbo001@umn.edu
AF: Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory 2 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 United States
AU: Camarena, C
EM: celina.camarena@tamuk.
AF: Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, MSC 213, Kingsville, TX 78363 United States
AU: Ruiz, J
EM: jruiz@eng.tamuk.edu
AF: Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, MSC 213, Kingsville, TX 78363 United States
AU: Ren, J
EM: jren@even.tamuk.edu
AF: Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, MSC 213, Kingsville, TX 78363 United States
AU: Marr, J
EM: marrx003@umn.edu
AF: Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory 2 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 United States
AU: Hondzo, M
EM: mhondzo@umn.edu
AF: Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory 2 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 United States
AU: Power, M
EM: mepower@berkeley.edu
AF: Unversity of California, Berkeley, Integ Biol 3060 VLSB, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140 United States
AB: In order to increase opportunities for research collaboration between the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED) and Minority Serving Institution (MSI), a Faculty-to-Faculty program was designed at NCED. This presentation discusses one such initiative, which brought researchers from Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK) to the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, headquarters of NCED. The research team is composed of a faculty member and two graduate students from Texas A&M University and three researchers from NCED. The two graduate students from TAMUK are Celina Camarena and Jessica Ruiz. The collaborative research was about the uptake of heavy metals by alder trees. Celina and Jessica spent five weeks at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. They toured various research facilities at the laboratory. Experiments were also set up by the students with the help of Jeff Marr and Miki Hondzo from NCED to grow the alder trees hydroponically and traditionally. Soil, water, and plant tissue samples were collected for investigation of the potential uptake of metals by alder trees. Both students got well trained with various research facilities and enjoyed the short visit. It is anticipated that the results from this collaboration will form the basis for continuous research collaboration between Jianhong Ren, faculty from MSI, and professors at NCED. This successful initiative demonstrates the possibilities for new types of collaborations between institutions.
UR: http://www.nced.umn.edu
DE: 0461 Metals
DE: 0744 Rivers (0483, 1856)
DE: 0855 Diversity
DE: 1813 Eco-hydrology
DE: 1852 Plant uptake
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005