This is a great opportunity for undergrads interested in
sustainability. I had two students last summer from Michigan State and
Clarkston who did a great job working as a team on a research project
involving Wal-Mart's impact on a local watershed. Please encourage your
students to apply. It's a beautiful place to be in the summer!
Christa Walck
Michigan Tech
*Subject: REU in Sustainability*
Dear Colleague:
Please share this opportunity for an NSF-supported summer undergraduate
research experience with students in your program. *Our overall goal is
to create interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty from
engineering, social sciences, and business/economics to research
specific problems related to sustainability*. Our Sustainable Futures
Model focuses on research and education in four areas: (1) environmental
systems, (2) industrial systems, (3) societal systems, and (4)
integrative initiatives that join all three of these areas.
Another unique aspect of this REU Site is that students can elect to
perform their research at either *Michigan** Technological University**
*(Houghton, Michigan) or* **Southern University and A&M College**
*(Baton Rouge, Louisiana).
*REU Theme:* Sustainability
*Location:* Students select to work at Michigan Technological University
(Houghton, MI) or Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA).
*Dates:* June 5 to August 11, 2006.
*Some of the Benefits:* 10 week stipend of $3,000, housing in residence
halls, research supplies, and support for travel to the REU site.
*Application Deadline:* March 3, 2006
*Learn more at:*
http://www.sustainablefutures.mtu.edu/REU/
For more information, faculty and students may contact:
Dr. James R. Mihelcic
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
phone: 906-487-2324
fax: 906-487-2943
Co-Director, Sustainable Futures Institute (www.sfi.mtu.edu
<http://www.sfi.mtu.edu/>)
Director of Master's International Program in Civil & Environmental
Engineering (www.cee.mtu.edu/peacecorps <http://www.cee.mtu.edu/peacecorps>)
or
Ms. Shalini N. Suryanarayana
Director of Special Academic Programs
Educational Opportunity Department
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
email:
shalini@mtu.edu
or
Dr. Ronald Harris, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
P.O. Box 9656
Southern University and A&M College
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: 225-771-2034
Fax: 225-771-3105
email:
ruow@yahoo.com
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Christa Walck
Dean, School of Business & Economics
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
ph: 906-487-2205
fax: 906-487-1863
email:
cwalck@mtu.edu