{"id":99395,"date":"2019-07-05T16:08:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T02:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=99395"},"modified":"2020-05-08T10:20:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:20:54","slug":"manoa-soest-reu-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/05\/manoa-soest-reu-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer interns investigate unsampled volcanic rift zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_20713\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRS0HKu_TJs?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Summer interns investigate unsampled volcanic rift zone\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Ten motivated undergraduate students arrived at the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> to participate in a summer research internship, Earth Science on Volcanic Islands, hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/GG\/\">Department of Earth Sciences<\/a>. The program, funded for three years by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/home\/crssprgm\/reu\/\">National Science Foundation&#8217;s Research Experience for Undergraduates<\/a> (<abbr>REU<\/abbr>), seeks to increase participation in the <abbr title=\"science, technology, engineering and math\">STEM<\/abbr> (science, technology, engineering and math) workforce by underrepresented groups.<\/p>\n<p>The internship program takes advantage of the unique tropical volcanic islands and surrounding marine environments in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (<abbr>SOEST<\/abbr>) earth sciences faculty, the cohort departed on a three-day expedition on the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa research vessel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/UMC\/cms\/kilo-moana\/\"><em>Kilo Moana<\/em><\/a> to a previously unsampled submarine volcanic rift zone located west of <span aria-label=\"Kahoolawe\">Kaho&#699;olawe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The current geologic map for <span aria-label=\"Kahoolawe\">Kaho&#699;olawe<\/span> is largely based on a map drafted in 1940. At present, only 14 rock samples from there have been age-dated, and about 50 have been analyzed for rock type and chemistry. A primary goal of this student-focused research cruise was to collect a broad range of rock samples from the nearby seafloor to improve data on rock chemistry, volcanic history and age estimates of this rift zone and enhance understanding of how the area is related geologically to <span aria-label=\"Kahoolawe\">Kaho&#699;olawe<\/span> and Maui.<\/p>\n<h2>A research-filled summer<\/h2>\n<p>For the remainder of the nine-week internship, students are assigned to work with faculty throughout <abbr>SOEST<\/abbr>, with mentors from earth sciences and oceanography departments as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.higp.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute for Geophysics and Planetology<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botany.hawaii.edu\/\">botany department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will conduct a wide range of original research, including studies of active and inactive Hawaiian volcanoes, environmental science in tropical watersheds and coastal environments, effect of groundwater discharge on corals, and mapping and modeling of earth processes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The goal of our program is to find highly qualified students for whom participation in this program will have the biggest impact, and provide them with cutting-edge earth science research opportunities in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; said <strong>Paul Wessel<\/strong>, program director and chair of the Department of Earth Sciences in <abbr>SOEST<\/abbr>. &ldquo;These 10 students were selected from a large pool of over 300 applicants, and represent a vibrant and diverse cohort of undergraduate students from across the country. They make up a smart and hard-working group that is very excited to be spending the summer in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Said <abbr>REU<\/abbr> intern <strong>Kayli Ching<\/strong>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> student, &ldquo;One of the fields I&#8217;m considering getting into is biological oceanography, and oceanographers go out to sea a lot. So this trip was really nice to give me a feel for what I would like or wouldn&#8217;t like on a cruise and, so far, I like just about everything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/announce\/news\/students-in-earth-science-summer-internship-investigate-previously-unsampled-volcanic-rift-zone\/\">full story on the <abbr>SOEST<\/abbr> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Marcie Grabowski<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99486\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-soest-reu-interns-2.jpg\" alt=\"Two people aboard the Kilo Moana\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-soest-reu-interns-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-soest-reu-interns-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-soest-reu-interns-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Thropp, a junior majoring in journalism, and Sherrie White, media lab director at the College of Social Sciences, took video on the <em>Kilo Moana<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opportunity was funded for three years by the National Science Foundation&#8217;s Research Experience for Undergraduates program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[301,758,63,92,9],"class_list":["post-99395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-environmental-science","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99395"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117785,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99395\/revisions\/117785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}