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An
interdisciplinary research team at Kansas State University
seeks applications from potential Master's and Ph.D.
candidates to conduct field-based and laboratory research
related to non-point source (NPS) pollution at Fort Riley,
Kansas. Non-point
source pollution has been called the nation's largest
water-quality problem. Military
training activities significantly alter land surfaces and may
contribute to increased NPS pollution that results in military
installations being out of compliance with the Clean Water Act
and related laws. The
objective of this research is to identify sources of NPS
pollution resulting from military activities, to assess the
impact of this pollution on surface water quality, and provide
military commanders with the information and tools necessary
to reduce the impact of training on water quality.
Three graduate
research assistantships are available, as early as May, 2003,
where students can earn an annual stipend of $15,000 to
$20,000, out-of-state tuition waiver, and travel to
professional conferences. Specific positions include:
1) Environmental/ Ecological engineer (at the Master's
degree or Ph.D. level) to assess the impact of riparian buffer
zones on NPS pollution mitigation through a comprehensive
field study and model development; 2) Physical geographer
(Master's or Ph.D.) to use innovative GIS and satellite remote
sensing techniques to link training-related disturbance to
land cover change and quantify its
impact on surface water quality at watershed scale; and
3) Geologist (Master's) to work on fluvial geomorphology,
including watershed mapping, study of fluvial geomorphic
history, and establishment of sediment and channel-change
monitoring stations.
Kansas State
University is the land-grant university for the state of
Kansas, and is located in the tallgrass prairie of the Flint
Hills. See
http://www.k-state.edu/ for information about the university
and the Departments of Biological and Agricultural
Engineering, Geography, and Geology. For more information, please contact Dr. J.M. Shawn
Hutchinson, Department of Geography, 118 Seaton Hall, Kansas
State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201 (785.532.6727;
shutch@ksu.edu). Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Kansas State University is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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