Summer 2011 - Undergraduate Research Fellowships Announcement National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site INTERDISCIPLINARY WATER SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Application Deadline March 07, 2011 (Monday)
Applications are invited from qualified and motivated undergraduate students (freshmen, sophomores, juniors and rising seniors) from all U.S. colleges/universities to participate in a 10-week (May 30-August 5, 2011) summer research in interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering at Virginia Tech. U.S. citizenship is required. The research program is funded through the National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program. The 10-week research will begin on May 30 (arrival day - May 29) at Virginia Tech and end on August 5, 2011 (departure day – August 6). The research internship includes a stipend of $450/week, subsistence costs (dormitory and meals) and round trip travel expenses to Virginia Tech. We have already graduated 26 excellent undergraduate researchers from our site during 2007-09. Application materials, details of possible research projects and other program activities are posted on following website: http://www.eng.vt.edu/vt-research-fellowships-interdisciplinary-water-sciences-and-engineering Example Projects: • Biogeochemical Controls on Contaminant Transport and Transformation • Hydrology and Hydraulics Impacts on Ecological Health of Surface Waters • Bacterial Contamination of Water Distribution and Plumbing Pipelines • Water Quality for Human Health and Aesthetics • Microbial Source Tracking in a Watershed Environment • Hypolimnetic Oxygenation: Coupling Bubble-Plume and Reservoir Models • Real-Time Water Monitoring System • Water-Energy Nexus and Decentralized Water Infrastructure • Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) as Emerging Environmental Contaminants • Analysis of Patterns of Macroinvertebrate Density and Distribution in Strouble’s Creek Deadline for application submission is March 07, 2011. Successful applicants will be informed by March 21, 2011. Please contact Dr. Vinod K Lohani (phone: (540)231-9545; E-mail: [email protected]) for questions. -- Erich T. Hester, PhD, PE Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 220-D Patton Hall, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0105 [email protected] ph: 540-231-9758 http://filebox.vt.edu/users/ehester/website/index.html
