2012 Summer Internship Program
“Fluids in the Earth from Surface to Core”
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Research Areas Below
Aqueous and Experimental Geochemistry
Basin Analysis
Climate Change & Paleoclimatology
Earth and Planetary Materials
Environmental Geology
Experimental Petrology
Geobiology
Geomicrobiology
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Hydrogeology
Isotope Geochemistry
Limnogeology
Metamorphic Geology
Numerical Modeling
Oceanography
Paleontology and Paleoecology
Rock and Mineral Physics
Rock Magnetism
Scientific Visualization
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Seismology and Geostatistics
Solid Earth Geophysics
Structure and Tectonics
Surface Processes and Geochronology
Volcanology
Application and Eligibility
The program is open to non-University of Minnesota
students majoring in the Earth sciences or related fields.
Freshmen will not be considered. Students must be
citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
All application materials must be received by the
deadline, February 3, 2012.
The application must include the following items:
* Application Form (available on the web site)
* Cover Letter should address your motivation; reason for
choosing our UMN program; goals and expectations
from our program. Also, note anything else that will help
us understand you better.
* One letter of recommendation from a professor who can
vouch for your research experience and/or potential.
* One original/official undergraduate transcript(s).
All application materials except the transcript(s) may be
sent by email or postal mail to Ms. Kressler.
(see contact information to the right)
http://www.esci.umn.edu/dept/programs/interns.html
About the Program
Our Department is seeking undergraduate science majors to participate in
a 10-week NSF-sponsored summer research program designed around the
theme of “geofluids”. Participants will work with individual faculty members
and their research groups, and will be actively involved in current research
projects. Research can involve field, analytical, experimental, or theoretical
study of geological fluids, and will range from investigations of surface
and near-surface fluid systems to deep earth processes in the lower crust,
mantle, and core.
Read more at http://www.esci.umn.edu/dept/programs/interns.html
Contact Information
We encourage applicants to correspond directly with potential
faculty advisors about their interest in the program and to
inquire about potential summer research topics. For a list of
Department faculty and links to descriptions of their research
specialties, see
http://www.esci.umn.edu/faculty.html
Send application materials to:
Sharon Kressler
Re: Summer Internship Program
University of Minnesota
Department of Geology & Geophysics
310 Pillsbury Dr. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
email: kress004@umn.edu
Logistics
The program is designed for a 10-week internship from early June 4 through
August 10, 2012 (with dorm move-in on Sunday, June 3).
A stipend of $4600 will be provided for a 10-week program. In addition, funds
are available to pay for travel to and from Minneapolis (up to $400/intern).
For students from outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, housing