Graduate Research Opportunity

[Noel Urban <nurban@mtu.edu>]

Please bring to the attention of qualified, aspiring graduate 
students.


We currently are seeking two Ph.D. and two Master's level 
students to work on fully-funded projects involving both 
fundamental and applied limnology.  Projects will commence this 
summer.  One project involves refinement of water quality models 
for drinking water reservoirs.  Specifically, students on this 
project will measure the necessary site-specific rate 
coefficients relating to phytoplankton growth and nitrogen and 
phosphorus transformations and will investigate sorption of 
phosphorus onto clay particles.  A second topic of research is 
early diagenesis in lake sediments.  This doctoral project aims 
to refine our mechanistic understanding of early diagenesis to 
the point where we can reliably model sediment water exchange of 
nutrients and trace metals.  Students will work under the 
direction of Dr. Martin Auer or Dr. Noel Urban in the Department 
of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological 
University.  Doctoral candidates from any related field are 
encouraged to apply; M.S. candidates with engineering 
backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply.  Interested 
students may contact either Dr. Auer or Urban by e-mail 
(mtauer@mtu.edu or nurban@mtu.edu), phone (906-487-2799 or 
906-487-3640) or fax (906-487-3292) for further information and 
application materials.  Michigan Technological University (1400 
Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931) is located near the shores of 
Lake Superior on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan.  
Information about this position and links to information about 
Michigan Technological University may be found at 
http://www.civil.mtu.edu/~nurban/gradres.htm