Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology
The “Coastal Research in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST)” program at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) is a 10-week immersive research experience serving 10 undergraduates per year. CREST exposes these students to cutting edge, authentic, coastal environmental research at UMass Boston in an integrative transdisciplinary program across the ecological, environmental, and social sciences. CREST focuses on integrative coastal research crossing disciplinary boundaries that incorporates the ecological, earth, chemical, geographic, and social sciences and leverages the existing research and educational programs within the Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences and Biology departments at UMass Boston.
The CREST REU programs offer undergraduate students the opportunity to:
- Carry out independent research project in coastal environmental science (e.g. biology, ecology, geology, chemistry, policy, economics, and management)
- Work closely with a faculty advisor and research group
- Develop laboratory skills
- Develop a cohort and networking skills
- Explore issues of science ethics
- Exchange ideas with students and faculty at weekly seminars
- Present summer research at a program wide symposium at the end of the program
- Participate in field trips/social events in and around Boston Harbor
The CREST-REU Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston is funded by a National Science Foundation grant (NSF Award # 1062374; OCE-GEO/OCE Education and Human Resources; PIs: Hannigan and Christian)