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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 11:40 PM
Subject: Paying Internship with the USGS - Project #226 - Deadline 2/1/00


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> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 07:32:25 -0800
> From: Jennifer Fontes <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Paying Internship with the USGS - Project #226 - Deadline  2/1/00
>
>
> Earth Science Internship
> US Geological Survey
> DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: February 1, 2000
> Contact: Jennifer Fontes
> 179 South Street
> Boston, MA 02111
> Email: [log in to unmask]   fax: 617-426-8159
>
>
> Project #226
> Location: Reston, VA
> Compensation: $26,921.44 per year, $12.943 per hour
> Start date: between March 1, 2000 and May 15, 2000
> Deadline: February 1, 2000
>
> Project Description:
> The intern will participate in a project entitled "Vegetative Resistance
to
> Flow in the Everglades". This project consists of the collections and
analysis
> of surface-water-flow and vegetation data in laboratory flume and field
> experiments. This internship will be primarily, but not necessarily
> exclusively, in the data analysis phase of the project.
>
> Objectives of the Internship:
> The intern will become familiar with data and analysis techniques required
for
> the determination of vegetative resistance to flow. These data include
> surface-water flow data as well as data defining vegetation
characteristics.
>
> Specific Tasks:
> 1. The intern will process, analyze and quality assure surface-water flow
data
> collected both in an indoor flume and in the Everglades.
> 2. The intern will catalogue these data and participate as a co-author in
the
> production of a number of USGS Open File Reports summarizing the data.
> 3. The intern will be given the opportunity to develop a personal research
> project in support of the overall project goals and will be provided the
> resources to publish the findings of the research in a peer-reviewed
> professional journal.
> 4. The intern may be given the opportunity to participate occasionally in
the
> collection of field data to supplement the data sets already obtained for
this
> project.
>
> Work Experience Benefit(s) to Intern:
> The intern will participate in an important and relevant scientific
> undertaking. The intern will be exposed to and become proficient in a
variety
> of hydrologic and computer techniques that should prove particularly
useful in
> their future scientific endeavors. The intern will be given the
opportunity to
> publish research in their educational discipline.
>
> Specific Qualifications Required:
> The intern must by proficient in the use of personal computers and the
> Microsoft Windows NT environment. The intern must by proficient in the use
of
> Microsoft Excel. The intern should be familiar with one or more
programming
> languages, preferably Visual Basic for Excel. The intern must have
excellent
> written and communication skills. The intern must be familiar with the use
of
> Microsoft Word.
>
> Additional Qualifications Desirable:
> In order to participate in any field data collection activities, the
intern
> must be comfortable with occasional working 8 hours days in a swamp
> environment. The intern also must be capable of lifting 50 lbs from the
floor
> to a table at waist height. These qualifications are mandatory only if the
> intern wishes to participate in field work. They are unnecessary for
> performing
> the bulk of the project work, however.
>
> DIVERSITY INITIATIVE: If you are part of an underepresented group please
state
> your interest in ECO's Diversity Initiative by typing or printing in the
upper
> right hand corner of the page of your resume the following DIVERSITY
> INITIATIVE. Be sure this is included before you send your resume.
>
>
>
>
> Jennifer Fontes
> Internship Program Coordinator
> Environmental Careers Organization
> 179 South Street
> Boston, Ma. 02111
> [log in to unmask]
> Fax - 617-426-8159
>
>
>

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