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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in
Environmental Engineering 2004
REU PROGRAM
Students participating in the NSF sponsored REU program in Environmental
Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder spend 10-weeks doing
research with faculty and graduate student mentors in topics related to:
a) protection of water resources and ecosystems and
b) water treatment processes.
This year, we are especially interested in the area of
engineering for developing communities (EDC).
The objective of the REU program is to motivate and prepare undergraduate
students for advanced study and research in Environmental Engineering. In
particular we want to enable greater participation of women and minority
students in research careers.
REU interns will earn three hours of upper division academic credit in
Independent Study through the Department of Civil, Environmental and
Architectural Engineering. In addition, students receive a stipend of $2,100,
plus $1,500 payment for full room and board at university dormitories or that
amount can be applied toward your own housing arrangement, full health and
campus facility benefits, and travel stipend.
EXAMPLE RESEARCH TOPICS
Individual research topics in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
areas reflect the diverse program at the University of Colorado, including:
- Lab and field studies on bioremediation of acid mine drainage
- Iron, nitrogen and sulfur cycling by bacteria in mountain stream
sediments
- Perchlorate reduction in a bioreactor
- Heavy metal removal from industrial wastewater using corrosion
inhibitors
- Water use for sustainable urban water management for the West
- Control of particulate and organic contaminants in drinking water
- Arsenic removal in drinking water sources
- Formation and control of disinfection by-products
- Ceramic-filter (Filtron) drinking water treatment for developing
communities
- Passive solar inactivation of pathogens in wastewater treatment
lagoons
- Bioclogging of aquifer materials during enhanced bioremediation
- Surfactant-enhanced biodegradation of organic contaminants
- Water resources management under interannual and interdecadal
climate variability
- Infrastructure risk assessment due to hurricane hazards
- Acid mine drainage metal loading field experiments
- Sources of suspended sediment in a mountain watershed
2004 REU PROGRAM
The 2004 REU program runs from May 31 to August 6, 2004. We will begin reviewing
applications on February 18th, 2004. More details about the program and
application forms are available at
http://civil.colorado.edu/~silverst/REU/
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