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Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmed13a0606m&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #ED13A-0606
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[0810] Education / Post-Secondary Education, [0840] Education / Evaluation And Assessment, [0850] Education / Geoscience Education Research, [0855] Education / Diversity
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The volcanic tipping-point: is there evidence for an eruption trigger at the Valles supercaldera? What is the role of groundwater in a northern peatland, Schefferville, Quebec? What are the lower wind profiles of a landfalling hurricane? These are just a few of the research questions discussed at the 7th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium (IGSRS): A universe of ideas, 25 - 26 March 2010, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada. Each year the symposium hosts ~ 80 graduate students from multiple fields in the Faculty of Science. This event was initiated in 2004 by a group of graduate students who realized that our scientific futures depend on communication in interdisciplinary science. The conference is novel in that it is now in the 8th year and continues to be organized by students for students. The objectives of the IGSRS are to provide students the opportunity to (1) communicate in an interdisciplinary group, (2) enrich their own research by exchanging ideas with researchers from different scientific backgrounds, (3) give and receive valuable feedback on presentation formats and (4) develop skills to network with other researchers and industry personnel. The students are asked to present either in poster or oral format to an interdisciplinary audience. Presentation feedback on clarity to an interdisciplinary audience, scientific merit and presentation style is provided from their peers and judges who are academics or employed in industry. Preliminary results from formative evaluations for 2006 indicate 88% of the students attended for 1) experience in presenting to an interdisciplinary group and to 2) meet student researchers from other disciplines. Out of this majority 68 % of the students were scientifically stimulated by conversations with their peers (26 % were neutral). Feedback on the student poster presentation format is low (36 %) and due to poor scheduling by the organizers. Formative evaluations given by the judges to the symposium organizers indicate not enough time allotted to poster judging. In total, 97% of the students liked the idea of a symposium organized by students for students, 84% said they would participate the next year and 32% said they would get involved in planning. Graduate students like the concept of a conference organized by students, for students, thus creating a sense of ownership by both the organizers and participants. The interdisciplinary theme of the conference is timely and if graduate students can develop these skills in graduate school they will be that much more prepared for successful careers in the sciences.
de Boef M.
Goulet-Hanssens A.
Hudson Erin
Mann C. P.
Pandzic E.
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