AUB Earth Sciences Summer Program 2025
1. Application Deadline:
Application Deadline: June 15, 2025
2. Program Dates:
Program Dates: July 1 - 15, 2025 (5-day program)
3. Daily Schedule:
Program Schedule:
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Daily)
One Field Trip: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
4. Program Fees:
Program Fees: Optional donation to the Geological Museum
Additional Information:
Secure your spot! Apply by June 15, 2025.
Required documents: Statement of purpose, CV, passport copy, and proof of insurance.
As part of its outreach program, the Department of Earth Sciences at AUB has been visiting numerous schools in Beirut to promote its newly revamped program. Throughout these visits, it was noticed that most students were unaware of how vast and comprehensive the field of Earth Science is. Recognizing this gap, the Department of Earth Sciences proposes dynamic and immersive 1-week activities followed by an educational experience over 9 months during the academic year 2024-2025.The project aims to introduce a group of 12 motivated students to various fields in Earth Sciences and provide them with an educational, interactive, and hands-on experience in research work. This project addresses the challenge of making Earth Sciences familiar and well-known to the public and aligns with contemporary educational trends by incorporating interactive hands-on components.
The research topics and activities the students will tackle are designed to provide them with an understanding of certain domains within Earth Sciences and expose them to various research techniques and methodologies. By the end of the project, students will have the opportunity to present their accomplishments and eventually become citizen scientists by applying and communicating what they learned to their communities.
| # | Topic | Day | Duration (hour) | Instructor |
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| 1 | Lab safety and protocol | 23-Jul | 1 | Samar Al Khalil |
| 2 | Basic of research | 23-Jul | 2 | Team |
| 3 | K-T Boundary | 24-Jul | 1.5 | Ali Haidar |
| 4 | Geology and computers | 24-Jul | 1.5 | Ariel Vazquez |
| 5 | Field: a journey through time | 25-Jul | 6 | Team |
| 6 | Groundwater theory | 29-Jul | 2 | Joanna Doummar |
| 7 | Sieving | 29-Jul | 2 | Alexy Bahnan |
| 8 | Coding: Introduction to Python | 30-Jul | 2 | Melissa Rizkallah |
| 9 | Thin section and microscopes | 30-Jul | 2 | Alexy Bahnan |
| 10 | Field: Water and instruments | 1-Aug | 6 | Team |
| 11 | Bacteria analysis | 2-Aug | 2.5 | Zeinab Al Ashkar |
| 12 | Groundwater conceptual models: demonstration on GIS | 2-Aug | 1 | Joanna Doummar |
| 13 | Groundwater modeling application | 6-Aug | 1 | Joanna Doummar |
| 14 | Earth sciences and instrumentation | 6-Aug | 1 | Rania Shatila |
| 15 | X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron microscopy | 6-Aug | 2.5 | Team |
| 16 | Basin Modeling | 6-Aug | 1 | Alexy Bahnan |
| 17 | Bacteria analysis | 7-Aug | 0.5 | Zeinab Al Ashkar |
| 18 | Machine learning (basics of linear regression) | 7-Aug | 2 | Melissa Rizkallah |
| 19 | Geoeducation | 7-Aug | 1.5 | Jad Abu Arrage |
| 20 | Field: Geo Education | 8-Aug | 6 | Team
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