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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dynamics of Water and Societal Systems</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An Interdisciplinary Research Program at the Virginia Tech StREAM Lab</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2014 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Program Dates: June 2 – August 1, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Application will be Reviewed Starting February 15th, 2014</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>pplications 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 (</span><a href="http://www.bse.vt.edu/site/streamlab/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.bse.vt.edu/site/streamlab/</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For application links and more information: </span></b><a href="http://www.bse.vt.edu/streamreu" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.bse.vt.edu/site/reu-streamlab/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Additional information can be found at our Facebook site: </span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/StreamLabReu" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://www.facebook.com/StreamLabReu</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research Activities: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We will begin reviewing application submission on <b>February 15, 2014</b>. Successful applicants will be informed by March 1, 2014. Please contact <b>Dr. W. Cully Hession </b></span><a href="tel:%28540-231-9480" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(540-231-9480</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:chession@vt.edu" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>chession@vt.edu</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) or <b>Dr. Leigh Anne Krometis</b> </span><a href="tel:%28540-231-4372" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(540-231-4372</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:krometis@vt.edu" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>krometis@vt.edu</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) for more information or with any questions. [NSF-Engineering Education and Centers #1156688]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>W. Cully Hession, PhD, PE, CED</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Biological Systems Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Virginia Tech</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>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.</b> <a href="http://wrrc.arizona.edu/conference" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>wrrc.arizona.edu/conference</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This 4.5 minute video features some of my research.<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGPLwT6IABk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGPLwT6IABk</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Web page with bio information and CV: <a href="http://wrrc.arizona.edu/sharon-b-megdal" target="_blank">http://wrrc.arizona.edu/sharon-b-megdal</a><br>Water Resources Research Center web site: <a href="http://wrrc.arizona.edu/" target="_blank">http://wrrc.arizona.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <br>Sharon B. Megdal, Ph.D.<br>Director, Water Resources Research Center<br>The University of Arizona<br>350 N. Campbell Ave.<br>Tucson, AZ 85719<br>520-621-9591<br>Fax 520-792-8518<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>C. W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor<br>Professor, Dept. of Soil, Water and Environmental Science<br>Distinguished Outreach Professor<br>Director, Water Sustainability Program<br>Co-Director, Water, Environment and Energy Solutions (water lead)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>President-Elect, National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>