{"id":6066,"date":"2014-10-09T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T20:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2014-10-09T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T20:39:46","slug":"training-with-track-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/2014\/10\/09\/training-with-track-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-on training with Rhode Island EPSCoR Track-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baileys<\/p>\n

Watershed project provides experience, builds skills<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0North East Water Resources Network<\/a> (NEWRnet) project\u00a0offers\u00a0on an unparalleled opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to gain valuable lab and field\u00a0experience under the guidance of\u00a0faculty mentors as they develop research protocol in several emerging fields.\u00a0(Check out internship opportunities for Summer\u00a02015<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

\"Macroinvertebrate<\/p>\n

From\u00a0maintaining high tech\u00a0sensors to\u00a0taking water and macroinvertebrate samples, analyzing data, developing computational\u00a0models, creating land use maps, and doing\u00a0GIS mapping work, students participate in the latest\u00a0watershed research methods and enhance professional skills through relevant workshops and conferences.<\/p>\n

Matt Wallace began working with the NEWRnet\u00a0project\u00a0in the fall of 2013 as he headed into his last year of the University of Rhode Island\u00a0Master of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) program<\/a>. Two months after earning his degree the following spring of 2014, Wallace took\u00a0an environmental consulting job with Roux Associates, Woburn, Mass.
\n\"science
\nWallace said the extensive lab and fieldwork provided by\u00a0the Track-2 research paid off: \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s important to have experience \u2014\u00a0it was a big selling point to get interviews and get my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zoe Moskwa and Meaghan Senack, both Salve Regina University<\/a> students pursuing an\u00a0Environmental Studies major and Biology minor, found their summer internship provided not only the development of\u00a0skills and a deeper understanding of research methods, but the experience also opened up new fields of study and career tracks they had not considered.<\/p>\n

Working with the social science team, URI\u00a0Environmental Economics<\/a> major Kellie Brown\u00a0spent her summer investigating\u00a0non-point source pollution, taking field trips to the watersheds, and building site profiles.<\/p>\n

\"GISInterns from the three states gathered in Delaware twice, first at the beginning of the summer for a short course, where presentations by NEWRnet faculty introduced students to climate change in the northeast, experimental economics, and water quality issues faced in the region. They reconvened at the University of Delaware in August to present their research.
\n\"talent<\/a>
\nThe Track-2\u00a0interns also had the opportunity to engage with other Rhode Island EPSCoR interns conducting summer research projects. The Rhode Island School of Design, an RI NSF EPSCoR partner institution, gave\u00a0a\u00a0hands-on workshop with graphic designers to teach\u00a0the finer points of\u00a0designing and creating compelling, meaningful scientific posters.<\/p>\n

In addition to the presentation of work in Delaware, the RI NSF EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program <\/a>offered the chance to participate in the\u00a07th Annual RI SURF Conference<\/a> held on the URI campus in collaboration with the\u00a0Rhode\u00a0Island (IDeA) Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This summer’s event drew the\u00a0largest number of participants and attendees in its history, with more than 130 posters presented in the biomedical, behavioral, environmental, and life sciences, and more than\u00a0400 faculty, students, and administrators from URI, Brown University, Community College of Rhode Island, Bryant University, Providence College, Rhode Island College, Rhode Island School of\u00a0Design, Roger Williams University, and Salve Regina University.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Story and photos by Amy Dunkle<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"SURF<\/a>\"Zoe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watershed project provides experience, builds skills The\u00a0North East Water Resources Network (NEWRnet) project\u00a0offers\u00a0on an unparalleled opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to gain valuable lab and field\u00a0experience under the guidance of\u00a0faculty mentors as they develop research protocol in several emerging fields.\u00a0(Check out internship opportunities for Summer\u00a02015) From\u00a0maintaining high tech\u00a0sensors to\u00a0taking water and macroinvertebrate samples, analyzing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}