Urban Water Innovation Network Undergraduate Research
Program
We are pleased to announce a new Undergraduate Research
Program (URP) for summer 2016. Ten students will be given the opportunity to
perform cutting edge, transdisciplinary research of immediate relevance to
people in urban areas. Students will work with mentors in one of five study
regions in the Network: Mid-Atlantic, South Florida, Phoenix-Tucson Sun
corridor, Front Range of Colorado, and California.
Our goal, where possible, is to pair students – one in
the social sciences and one in environmental science or engineering – to tackle
an urban water problem from different perspectives.
For information, see below or go to: <https://erams.com/UWIN/urp/>
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Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Research in Urban Water
Sustainability
Ten students will join the Urban Water Innovation Network
(UWIN) for 8 weeks in summer 2016 to:
·Complete an independent, guided research project,
working closely with mentor scientists, other students and the broader UWIN
team
·Attend a 3 day kick-off meeting at Colorado State
University
·Participate in skill building workshops and seminars in
research methods, statistics, scientific writing, ethics, collaboration and
preparing for graduate school
·Attend a Virtual Forum on Opportunities in Urban Water
Research and Management
·Give an oral presentation in a final Urban Water
Sustainability Research Symposium
·Write a paper based on the summer’s research
UWIN URP studentswill work on individual research
projects in their area of concentration, where the topics support integration
across disciplines and connections to the national UWIN Network. In this way,
students develop disciplinary and place-based depth while also learning across
the socio-environmental spectrum, and across broader spatial scales.
2016 UWIN URP projects include:
1.Use of Alternative Water Sources, Colorado State
University, Ft.
Collins, CO
2.Water Consumption & Conservation, Colorado State
University, Ft.
Collins, CO
3.Thermal and hydrologic Properties of Pavements,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
4.Urban Flooding, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
5.Urban Energy Water Nexus, Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ
6.Hydrology of Urban Floodplains, University of Maryland
Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
7.The Human Thermal Experience in the City, Arizona State
University, Phoenix, AZ
8.Urban Water Governance, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
9.Decomposition in Urban Streams, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
10.Urban Water Adaptation under Sea-Level Rise, Florida
International University, Miami, FL
11.Urban Water Systems Interactions, University of
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Dates:June 6 – July 29, 2016 (8 weeks)
Eligibility:Students that are current freshmen,
sophomores, juniors or seniors that still will be undergraduates in fall 2016,
who are citizens or permanent residents of the US or its possessions.
Award:$4,000 participation stipend, room and board (or
$400 food stipend); travel to kick-off meeting and then to research site. Some
assistance is available for travel at the end of the program.
To apply: See our website at: <https://erams.com/UWIN/urp/> Online
application only.
Applications must be submitted by February 5, 2016.
For more information, contact:
Alan R. Berkowitz, UWIN URP Director
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
PO Box AB, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY 12545
(845) 677-7600 x 311 <tel:%28845%29%20677-7600%20x%20311>
Fax: (845) 677-5976 <tel:%28845%29%20677-5976>
