[Geoldept] Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) at the University of New Hampshire

[Eric Grossman]

Hi All,
I strongly endorse this opportunity for anyone interested in acoustics, seafloor/habitat mapping, and geophysics - CCOM is perhaps the most prestigious mapping center in the US!

In addition, we want to develop additional capacity here at WWU and my USGS team has many opportunities to participate and advance your hands-on skills with multibeam and single-beam mapping of bathymetry, acoustic backscatter intensity (for interpreting substrate/morphology), and shallow seismic reflection profiling (some of you have taken me up on past volunteer opportunities).  We also use both red and green LiDAR (latter penetrates water) to complement coastal mapping, and recently I have been bringing sonars and sidescans up our rivers including the Nooksack River. These methods are used to inform several emerging science priorities here in the PNW including characterizing benthic habitats and change, evaluating faults, landslide, and other coastal hazards, quantifying sediment transport processes and budgets, reconstructing quaternary coastal evolution, and generating critical boundary conditions for numerical hydrodynamic modeling - all of which we are trying to grow here in our department.

See attached for applications to the Nooksack Delta, last year's Skokomish Delta survey, and yesterday's update from Snohomish Delta.

let me know if you are interested and how I can help you.
Eric



Eric E. Grossman, PhD
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center, 6505 NE 65th St., Seattle, WA 98115; 206-526-6282x334<tel:206-526-6282x334> (office), 831-234-4674<tel:831-234-4674> (cell)
email: egrossman at usgs.gov<mailto:egrossman at usgs.gov>

Affiliate Researcher, Western Washington University
Dept. of Geology, 516 High St., MS 9080
Bellingham, WA, 98225; 360-650-4697<tel:831-234-4674> (office)
email: Eric.Grossman at wwu.edu<mailto:egrossman at usgs.gov>
http://puget.usgs.gov/
http://coralreefs.wr.usgs.gov/
http://www.usgs.gov/coastsalish
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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) at the
Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
CCOM-SURF

The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) at the University of New Hampshire is a national center for excellence for the development of state-of-the-art ocean mapping technologies and for training the next generation of ocean mappers.

CCOM’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program is designed to create research experiences for undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing graduate work. SURF is aimed primarily at students who are working toward a degree in science, engineering, or math and are completing their junior year.

Students accepted into the program will spend up to 10 intensive weeks (normally early-June to mid-August) working under the guidance of a CCOM faculty member.
They will conduct research related to acoustics, bathymetric mapping, habitat mapping, lidar, marine geology and geophysics, optical imaging, sonar signal processing, or data visualization. Research activities may include laboratory experiments, field work, a research cruise, data analysis, model development, or instrument development. The research conducted by all fellows will be presented to CCOM at the end of the summer, and summarized in a written report. Students who are awarded a fellowship will receive a stipend, on-campus room and board, and travel assistance.

How to Apply

Students should submit the following:
• a current transcript indicating their GPA
• a list of courses in which they are currently enrolled
• two letters of recommendation from faculty at their home institution
• a short essay (one to two pages) outlining their research interests and reasons for applying for the SURF

Submissions should be in PDF format and sent to surf at ccom.unh.edu<mailto:surf at ccom.unh.edu>.
Applications must be received by March 1.
Applicants will be informed of the selection committee’s decision by April 1.

For more information about CCOM-SURF, visit www.ccom.unh.edu/surf<http://www.ccom.unh.edu/surf>

For more information about CCOM, visit www.ccom.unh.edu<http://www.ccom.unh.edu>

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Tara Hicks Johnson

Outreach Specialist

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping / Joint Hydrographic Center

University of New Hampshire

24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824

603-862-1417, tjohnson at ccom.unh.edu<mailto:tjohnson at ccom.unh.edu>



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