Month: December 2019

Environmental Engineers of the Future (E2F)

This is for students who might pursue a master’s in Env. Eng. in 2020-2021 and will not continue for a PhD; they can apply using this application link.

Environmental Engineers of the Future (E2F) is providing $10,000 to selected students that will attend one of 68 participating universities.  E2F has given almost $1.3 million to master’s students, and E2F employers have hired approx. 55 of the funded grad students for full-time Civil & Environmental Eng. positions.  See the E2F website and flyer for more information.

The SC Space Grant Consortium is offering 8 different student opportunities for 2020-2021. Specific details about each program can be found at the SC Space Grant website: http://scspacegrant.cofc.edu/.

All of the student applications will be due by 5pm Friday, January 31, 2020.  

The programs include:

*Graduate Research Fellowship,
*Kathryn D. Sullivan Earth and Marine Science Fellowship,
*Undergraduate Student Research Award,
*Minorities in STEM Research Award,
*STEM Outreach awards,
*Technical College Research Award,
*NASA Center Internships,
and
*Palmetto Academy Student applications to various PA sites across SC –

• Dr. Frank Chen, USC, Oxygen Production from Carbon Dioxide to Support NASA’s Planetary Exploration Missions
• Dr. Quishi Chen, Clemson University, Characterization of Lunar Regolith Simulants and Their Feasibility for in situ Resource Utilization
• Dr. Ana Oprisan, College of Charleston, Two-scale factor Universality in Oxygen: Experiments Under Density Gradient
• Dr. Sorinel Oprisan, College of Charleston, Altered Time Perception Under Stress – The Role of (Micro)gravity Stressor in Time Perception
• Dr. Sudeep Popat, Clemson University, Electrochemical Ammonia Stripping for Nitrogen Recovery from Yellow Water during Space Missions
• Dr. Sakamuri Reddy, MUSC, IER3 Gene Expression during Osteoclast Differentiation
• Dr. Ya-Ping Sun, Clemson University, Student Participation in Developing Nanomaterials-Derived Technologies for Space Applications
• Dr. Theodore Them, College of Charleston, The Mesozoic mass extinction trifecta: Reconstructing the drivers of extinction during the end-Triassic, Pliensbachian-Toarcian, and end-Cretaceous mass extinctions

The Blandy Experimental Farm provides an Undergraduate Research Fellowship to students interested in ecology and environmental science. The primary goal is to teach students to formulate testable hypotheses about important ecological and evolutionary questions. The format of the program encourages students to develop skills in experimental design, data collection, analysis, and critical reading of primary scientific literature. Students also learn to prepare and communicate scientific information to other scientists and the general public.

Application deadline: February 15, 2020

Program website: https://sites.google.com/site/blandyreu/home 

The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt) is now accepting applications for its Summer 2020 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. Participants will conduct mentored research in ReNUWIt faculty lab groups at Colorado School of Mines, New Mexico State University, Stanford University, and University of California at Berkeley.

Application due date: February 10, 2020

Interested undergraduates should visit the program website (http://renuwit.org/education/reu-program/) to learn more and apply.

Program Contact: Dr. Pam McLeod (pamelamc@stanford.edu)