HR: 08:15h
AN: ED41C-02    [Abstracts]
TI: The Ocean Sciences RIOS REU Site at Rutgers University
AU: Grassle, J P
EM: jgrassle@imcs.rutgers.edu
AF: Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
AU: * Ammerman, J W
EM: ammerman@imcs.rutgers.edu
AF: Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
AU: Quinlan, J A
EM: quinlan@imcs.rutgers.edu
AF: Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
AU: DeLuca, M P
EM: deluca@imcs.rutgers.edu
AF: Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
AB: The Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) at Rutgers University recently completed the first year of its new NSF Ocean Sciences-supported REU site. This program is called RIOS, for Research Internships in Ocean Sciences. The program enrolled 15 students for a 10-week program, 11 located on the New Brunswick campus, and 4 at the Tuckerton field station. NSF funds supported ten of these students and funds from several other sources supported the other five students. All students participated in the group activities during the first and last weeks and periodically throughout the summer. One day of the first week was devoted to a Hudson River plume cruise, which introduced the students to river plume systems and provided data for a group project. Students pursued a variety of individual research projects with faculty mentors, explored the use of MATLAB for data analysis, and collaborated in the analysis of the Hudson plume data. The program culminated in a poster session with presentations of all the individual projects. This presentation will present highlights of the RIOS program, discuss its successes and areas for improvement, and outline plans for next summer.
UR: http://marine.rutgers.edu/rios/
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting