Program is an intensive residential research experience for
undergraduate science majors. Those students participating in the
program spend the fall semester living, working and studying at the
Hugh R. Sharp Campus in the coastal city of Lewes at the mouth of
the Delaware Bay. The program is designed to provide junior or
senior students (with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA) the opportunity
to explore marine studies through graduate-level course work and
seminars as well as an individual research project guided by a faculty
advisor.
Students have access to all the amenities of CMES’s thriving
marine research and teaching program, including offices, research
and teaching laboratories, classrooms, computer facilities, and a
library. Cannon and Smith laboratories are equipped with
recirculating seawater systems and controlled-environment rooms for
maintaining saltwater fish and plants.
Smith Lab includes a shellfish hatchery, algal culture facilities,
fish aquaria, microbiology labs, and greenhouse space for halophyte
(salt-tolerant plant) research.
Two smaller laboratories in Lewes contain specialized research
facilities. Henlopen Lab, adjacent to Cape Henlopen State Park, is
home to one of the world's only tilting wind-wave tanks for studying
physical phenomena at the air-sea interface. The Pollution Ecology
Laboratory serves as supplemental space for marine geological
research.
The Adrian S. Hooper Marine Operations Building and harbor
support the seagoing research activities of the college. The harbor is
home port of the 146-foot Hugh R. Sharp research vessel. Several
smaller vessels are available for scientific exploration and sampling
in nearby Delaware Bay and coastal Atlantic waters.
The nature of this program necessitates that interested students
begin planning fairly early in their college career to incorporate this
special semester into their curriculum. The program can provide a
valuable, advance look at the graduate school experience.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Charles Epifanio
University of Delaware
College of Marine and Earth Studies
700 Pilottown Road
Lewes, DE 19958-1298
e-mail: epi@udel.edu
