The 1991-1992 NSF Young Scholars Program at the University of Hawai'i: Science and Engineering Studies of the Ala Wai Canal, an Urban Estuary in Honolulu

摘要

In 1991 and 1992 the School of Ocean and Earth Science andTechnology of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa offered a summer scienceand engineering enrichment program to a total of 75 Hawai'i students entering10th through 12th grades. The program was funded by the National ScienceFoundation's Young Scholars Program. Students participating in the programstudied chemical, biological, physical, and geological aspects of the Ala WaiCanal, a small artificial estuary in Waikiki, Hawai'i. The program provided thestudents with an opportunity to participate in original research through multidisciplinary(botany, civil engineering, computer sciences, geology and geophysics,microbiology, oceanography) scientific and engineering projects. Resultsof the students' work have contributed to an increased understanding ofthe physical condition of the canal, the level of pollution involved, and thepotential for cleanup.