[Plsugs] Virginia Tech StREAM Lab NSF-REU 2014

[Tanya Quist]

Please see information below for a great NSF REU opportunity for students
here at VT this summer. Please have interested students contact Dr. Cully
Hession or Dr. Leigh Anne Krometis for more information.

Dynamics of Water and Societal Systems

An Interdisciplinary Research Program at the Virginia Tech StREAM Lab

2014 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Program Dates:  June 2 - August 1, 2014

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Application will be Reviewed Starting February 15th, 2014

Applications are invited from qualified and motivated undergraduate students
(rising sophomores, juniors and seniors) from all U.S. colleges/universities
to participate in a novel, interdisciplinary, 9-week summer research program
at Virginia Tech centered within the university's StREAM Lab (
<http://www.bse.vt.edu/site/streamlab/>
http://www.bse.vt.edu/site/streamlab/). All REU fellows will serve within
several interconnected group projects dealing with issues of water
sustainability, ecosystem resilience, and environmental stewardship. As our
REU fellows address their specific research questions, they will be mentored
by interdisciplinary faculty groups, providing them with a rich and unique
perspective on their specific target issues, as well as a more mature and
holistic view of watershed management.

U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents are eligible to apply. Successful
applicants may be current students in a number of relevant engineering,
science, and social science undergraduate disciplines. The research program
is funded through the National Science Foundation - Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (NSF REU) program. The 9-week internship will begin on May
31st (arrival day) and end on August 2nd (departure day). The research
internship includes a stipend of $4000, subsistence costs (dormitory and
most of the meals) and round trip travel expenses (up to $500) per person to
Virginia Tech. In addition, expenses will be covered for travel to a
conference, most likely the American Ecological Engineering Society
conference in Charleston, SC (June 9-11).

 

For application links and more information:
<http://www.bse.vt.edu/streamreu> www.bse.vt.edu/site/reu-streamlab/

Additional information can be found at our Facebook site:
<https://www.facebook.com/StreamLabReu>
https://www.facebook.com/StreamLabReu

 

Research Activities: Although specific research questions will differ for
each cohort of fellows, this REU will broadly focus on introducing students
to the complex interactions between the natural Stroubles Creek watershed
system and the upland anthropomorphic influences of the Blacksburg and
Virginia Tech communities. Fellows will also be encouraged to develop
critical thinking and communication skills through a series of "Society and
Science" evening lectures and discussions designed to promote
cross-disciplinary interactions and networking, and through the guided
design of outreach activities intended to engage minority middle school
students in summer science camps.

 

We will begin reviewing application submission on February 15, 2014.
Successful applicants will be informed by March 1, 2014. Please contact Dr.
W. Cully Hession  <tel:%28540-231-9480> (540-231-9480;
<mailto:chession at vt.edu> chession at vt.edu) or Dr. Leigh Anne Krometis
<tel:%28540-231-4372> (540-231-4372;  <mailto:krometis at vt.edu>
krometis at vt.edu) for more information or with any questions.
[NSF-Engineering Education and Centers #1156688]

 

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W. Cully Hession, PhD, PE, CED

Biological Systems Engineering

Virginia Tech

 





 

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Please register for the WRRC 2014 annual conference on Closing the Gap
Between Water Supply and Demand, to be held on April 8, 2014 at the
University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center.
<http://wrrc.arizona.edu/conference> wrrc.arizona.edu/conference

 

This 4.5 minute video features some of my research.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGPLwT6IABk

Web page with bio information and CV:
http://wrrc.arizona.edu/sharon-b-megdal
Water Resources Research Center web site:  http://wrrc.arizona.edu/

 
Sharon B. Megdal, Ph.D.
Director, Water Resources Research Center
The University of Arizona
350 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85719
520-621-9591
Fax 520-792-8518

 

C. W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor
Professor, Dept. of Soil, Water and Environmental Science
Distinguished Outreach Professor
Director, Water Sustainability Program
Co-Director, Water, Environment and Energy Solutions (water lead)

President-Elect, National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR)

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