The REU program goal is to provide undergraduate students in engineering, environmental science and other related majors an opportunity to participate in ongoing active research. Working closely with faculty and graduate students, the participants will gain hands-on experience with environmental engineering measurements and modeling. Students at all levels of their undergraduate work are sought for this program, and majors such as civil engineering, environmental engineering, as well as students from chemistry, physics, math, and other technical majors are encouraged to apply.

Students will work on research projects ranging from air quality measurements in the laboratory to running water resource models. Each student will have a primary instrument, dataset or model they use during the summer. Students may work in collaborative teams with faculty and graduate students or more independently to accomplish specific research goals.

All participants will take a series of half-day workshops designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of environmental engineering, atmospheric chemistry, and measurements. Workshops may include:

• Climate Change
• Environmental Microbiology
• Atmospheric Chemistry
• Water Resources Engineering
• Scientific Writing
• Poster Presentation

Near the end of the 9.5 week session, students will prepare a poster and present their results during a poster symposium for all of the WSU REU programs.

Students will also have the opportunity to attend a National Conference and present their research.