HR: 0800h
AN: ED51B-0024    [Abstracts]
TI: Project SMART at the University of New Hampshire: Integrating Space and Environmental Sciences Studies
AU: * Jordanova, V
EM: vania.jordanova@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Rock, B
EM: barry.rock@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Farrugia, C
EM: charlie.farrugia@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Smith, C
EM: charles.smith@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Kucharek, H
EM: harald.kucharek@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Puhl-Quinn, P
EM: pamela.puhlquinn@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Vasquez, B
EM: bernie.vasquez@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Raeder, J
EM: j.raeder@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Dorelli, J
EM: john.dorelli@unh.edu
AF: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AB: We present an overview of the Science and Mathematics Achievement through Research Training (SMART) program at the University of New Hampshire. This academic program, designed for high school sophomores and juniors, emphasizes multidisciplinary development through active involvement in scientific research. Students with diverse backgrounds meet over a four week period in the summer at research centers across the University, and are given the opportunity to explore in depth fields of science that are not generally offered in high school curricula. Fields of study include Space Science, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, and Chemistry. The program includes interdisciplinary lectures, demonstrations, field trips, and "hands on" research experience. Our statistics from previous years of Project SMART indicate that typically more than $50%$ of the enrollees are women. Student research in Space Science this summer has involved several NASA flight missions (Wind, ACE, Cluster) and computer simulations. Environmental Science research topics focused on aquatic and terrestrial studies, many involving remote sensing analysis and image processing methods. The knowledge students gained was tied together in the form of research posters they presented on the last day of the program and defended in a public viewing to other researchers, friends, and families. We present examples of cross-disciplinary studies integrating concepts from both Space and Environmental Sciences and of student-generated research.
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0925 Magnetic and electrical methods
DE: 0933 Remote sensing
DE: 0994 Instruments and techniques
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting