Project Advisor

Location

Intern

College

Project/Position Summary 

Mooney, Walter

Menlo Park, CA

Kristian Bergen

Harvard University

1) analyze seismic data; service seismic field stations; intern may develop own project for publication  2) develop tsunami warning system training program; train local scientists in Indian Ocean area to install seismic stations; travel to area likely

Nimmo, John

USGS Office: Unsaturated-Zone Flow Project

Menlo Park, CA

Curtis Barnes

San Francisco State University

Using field and published data, develop and evaluate new means of estimating soil hydraulic properties; run computer calculations to yield hydraulic property data

Rosenbauer, Robert
USGS Office: Coastal & Marine Geology

Menlo Park, CA

Aaron Powers

University of California, Santa Cruz

Analytical lab support for estuary contamination research; assist publication of results

Borchers, James

USGS Office: CA Water Science Center

Sacramento, CA/Pinnacles National Monument

Michael Lyttge

California State University, Sacramento

Baseline water quality research; survey accessible springs; develop GIS database; water sampling

Project Advisor

Location

Intern

College

Project/Position Summary 

Striegl, Rob

USGS Offices: Branch of Regional Research

Denver, CO

Amy Dawson

West Virginia University

Research on effects of climate change on carbon balance and hydrology of Yukon River basin.
1) Permafrost core analytical lab assistant
2) GIS Assistant; develop watershed GIS maps that include physical/chemical characteristics

Caine, Jon & Klein, Terry
USGS Office: Central CO Assessment Project

Denver, CO

Rocky Mtn Front Range

Danielle Odette

Western Michigan University

Field assistant in Rocky Mtns; characterize fault/fracture network, digitize field and preexisting data

Wilkison, Donald

USGS Office: MO Water Science Center, Kansas City Office

Lee’s Summit, MO

Sabrina Bradshaw

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Urban, non-pt source runoff research; water sample collection; water data equipment maintenance; collect and process microbiological samples

Loper, Connie

USGS Office: Water Resource Division PA

New Cumberland, PA

Ian Orland

Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Agricultural runoff research; find/inventory wells, collect water samples; develop computer db for well and analytical data

Project Advisor

Location

Intern

College

Project/Position Summary 

Landa, Edward

USGS Office: Water Resource Division-Nat’l Research Project

Reston, VA

Brittany Guzzo

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Mobility of zinc from tire-wear particles research; interactions with soil microbes; lab assistant maintaining microbe cultures; chemical analysis; data analysis; report preparation

Sibley, Scott

USGS Office: Metals Section

Reston, VA

Megan McKinney

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Assist in compiling and writing Minerals Yearbook; research statistical data

Project Advisor

Location

Intern

College

Project/Position Summary 

Jones, John

USGS Office

Reston, VA

Jasper Oshun

Brown University

Remote sensing research to assess impacts of landscape dynamics on hydrologic processes in the Mid-Atlantic region; calibrating satellite imagery; LIDAR analysis; GIS analysis; field data collection using GPS surveying instruments and vegetation data instruments

Journey, Celeste

USGS Office: Water Science Center

Columbia, SC

Russell Pate

University of Missouri-Rolla

Multidisciplinary water study; ground and surface water sampling; biosampling (algal, benthic, fish, macroinvertebrates)

Chapman, Melinda

USGS Office: Water Science Center

Raleigh, NC

Erik Gulbranson

University of Minnesota, Duluth

Compile/input groundwater data; analyze data in support of USGS publications

Project Advisor

Location

Intern

College

Project/Position Summary 

Butch, Gerard

Troy, NY

John Stoltz

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Hydrologic instrument maintenance assistant; operate and maintain USGS instrument stations; download data; data input, processing, computing, drafting, mapping

Wilson, Rick

USGS Office: Nebraska Water Science Center

Lincoln, NE

Michael Pagel

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Geophysical river surveys; groundwater contamination research

Leblanc, Denis

Northborough, MA/Cape Cod

Joanna Troy

Tufts University

Groundwater contaminant research assistant; install wells, field collection, data entry, statistical analysis, scientific report preparation

Leblanc, Denis

Northborough, MA/Cape Cod

Luke Parsons

Brown University

Groundwater contaminant research assistant; install wells, assist tracer experiments, data entry, statistical analysis, scientific report preparation

Project Advisor

Location

Intern

College

Project/Position Summary 

Leeds, Alena

USGS Office: Hazards Team

Golden, CO

Michael Bolz

Oklahoma State University

Maintain and install seismic instrumentation

Leeds, Alena

USGS Office: Hazards Team

Golden, CO

Michael Busby

University of California, Santa Barbara

Maintain and install seismic instrumentation

Leeds, Alena

USGS Office: Hazards Team

Golden, CO

Ryan Davis

Auburn University

Maintain and install seismic instrumentation

Schilling, Steve

Cascades Volcano Observatory

Vancouver, WA

Sarah Doelger

Western Washington University

Field Assistant for Cascades Volcano Observatory scientists, including deploying GPS equipment and describing geologic features; map making and data analysis

Daniel Dzurisin

Cascades Volcano Observatory

Vancouver, WA

Erica Simmons

Stanford University

Field Assistant for Cascades Volcano Observatory scientists, including deploying GPS equipment and surveys; database management

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