Environmental Aquatic Resource Sensing Basic Science, Business Education and Outreach.

Environmental Aquatic Resource

Sensing

Basic Science, Business Education and Outreach

What is IGERT?

IGERT = Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship

Funded by the National Science Foundation  “IGERT is the National Science Foundation's

flagship interdisciplinary training program, educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers by building on the foundations of their disciplinary knowledge with interdisciplinary training.” www.igert.org

What is EARS IGERT?

interdisciplinary, dual-institution (Kent State and Miami University)

Environmental Aquatic Resource Sensing (EARS).  

theme training of doctoral students in environmental sensing, focused on freshwater resources, accentuated with business experiences, to develop professionals equipped for diverse careers.

An incremental process

How did we get to this point?

Participating Units

The sciences Miami—geology, geography, chemistry,

zoology, microbiology Kent---geology, geography, chemistry, biology

chemical physics

Business Technology and computer science

Our vision

Training a new generation of scientists that can talk across disciplines and to those in business

Help prepare doctoral students for future careers in a range of areas

Helping push sensor technology and its use forward in environmental research

Program Elements

The pieces

Curriculum Interactions with and among trainees

Cohort project Networking

Newsletter, web page Outreach Career development Research!

The curriculum

This workshop Lake Metabolism

Sensor technology Introduction to Environmental Sensors Wireless Sensor Technology

Chitra Rajagopal

Business and technology transfer Greg Wilson, Don Coates, Rick Schroath (Entrepreneurship

Extravaganza) Ethics And all the usual disciplinary requirements

Pedagogy

strategies of instruction Use of short burst format Hands on, active learning Learning by doing Team work Build connections with the real world

Career Development Workshops

An unexpected bonus!    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=102798126423790

Grantsmanship-last Academic year New Kent State science graduate student orientation o   http://libguides.library.kent.edu/sciences Fellowships (including post-docs)

Monday, Sept 13th, 4PM, Robin Selinger—will be taped an made available to all students

Career paths—future events Academia Private/public sector

Who else is involved?

Internal advisory committee External evaluators Assessment person (Ginny Anderson) Program assistant (Margie Nagella) A teacher (outreach) NSF The rest of the IGERT community

Virginia (Ginny) Anderson

Towson

Outreach

www.lakescientist.com

Annual Meeting

RECRUITMENT!

Start getting the word out now

Acknowledgements

The National Science Foundation The Miami and Kent State offices of

sponsored programs, grants accounting, and units

The college and university administration at Miami and Kent State