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WELCOME MARGINS Education Planning Working Group

WELCOME MARGINS Education Planning Working Group. Oct. 28-30, 2009. Geoff Abers Chair, MARGINS Steering Committee. What is MARGINS?. “ to understand the complex interplay of processes that govern continental margin evolution globally ” Four Initiatives 6 focus sites

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WELCOME MARGINS Education Planning Working Group

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  1. WELCOMEMARGINS Education Planning Working Group Oct. 28-30, 2009 Geoff Abers Chair, MARGINS Steering Committee

  2. What is MARGINS? • “to understand the complex interplay of processes that govern continental margin evolution globally” • Four Initiatives • 6 focus sites • Interdisciplinary, amphibious science; active processes • Ten year Science Plan: 2000-2010 • now in synthesis mode • Next: Successor planning

  3. Decadal Review & Successor Planning • 2007-9: Meetings & Community input • Nov. 2008: Submit Review Documents • Feb. - Mar. 2009: Review, Response • seewww.nsf-margins.org/Review2009 • Feb. 15-18 2010: MARGINS Successor Planning Workshop (MSPW) • community plans Successor Program • Spring 2010: draft Science Plan to NSF • NSF decision follows

  4. Main Decadal Review Recomendations • NSF should authorize Successor • Not just active margins; rotate focus sites • Initiatives in SEIZE, SubFac, and Rift-sediment-fluids (RSF) • Experiments and Modeling are important • Work with major facilities, industry, etc. • Expand & strengthen educational programs

  5. MSC Perspective on Review • Decadal Review Report provides guidance • Given this perspective, how do we do best science? • Main MARGINS Principles continue • ... but restructure Initiatives to target most compelling science for next decade • Leadership should come from a new generation www.nsf-margins.org/Review2009

  6. What are MARGINS principles? (1) • A MARGINS Successor will investigate the coupled geodynamics, Earth surface processes, and climate interactions, that build and modify continental margins over a wide range of timescales (from s to My), with applications to margin evolution & dynamics, construction of stratigraphic architecture, accumulation of economic resources, and associated geologic hazards and environmental management.

  7. What are MARGINS principles? (2) • Interdisciplinary, truely integrated research • Shoreline-crossing field studies • Integrate experiment & theory • Successor will broadly focus around: rifts and subduction zones

  8. MARGINS is relevant, teachable science • Most geohazards at continental margins • Great earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, mass-wasting, coastline erosion, ... • Resources form at continental margins • Most hydrocarbon storage; metals • Law of the Sea • Large and growing populations • Earth Science where people live

  9. MSPW:MARGINS Successor Planning Workshop • Feb 15-18 2010, San Antonio • support for 150 participants • Goal:Community defines science, structure of a successor • Pre-meeting Preparation: • mini-WhitePapers (just announced) • “Vision statements” from groups like this • Result is preliminary Science Plan to NSF • April 2010 Application Deadline Nov. 6

  10. Main goal at this workshop: Elucidate Education Program Opportunities for a Successor • Continue with Undergraduate/graduate emphasis? • How could those audiences be better served? • Is there a model that makes sense for other targets? • How best to integrate education with basic science? • part of the program, not just add-ons • what are incentives for PI’s? • Endproduct: Vision Statement (3-8 pages) distributed to MSPW participants in advance

  11. The Education Program’s strengths (personal view) • Close linkage between education and the science program: science drives • Undergrad/grad emphasis benefits PI’s • “enlightened self interest” • Efficient aproach to broader impacts • Manageable given size of program/Office

  12. Current Education Program • Mini-Lesson Program (DUE support) • DLP: Distinguished Lectures @ PUI’s • Student Prize & Forum at AGU • Workshops and Meetings • Post-doc program • Resources • Data Portal www.marine-geo.org/portals/margins/ • Speaker presentations from meetings • Research Nuggets, Newsletters, .... www.nsf-margins.org/EPO

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