Students will work on research projects ranging from air quality measurements in the laboratory or during field campaigns to running large scale air quality 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 atmospheric chemistry, measurements, and modeling.  Workshops include:

• Climate Change
• Atmospheric Chemistry
• Atmospheric Measurements
• Modeling
• Data Analysis and Visualization
• Aerosols
• 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. In addition students will:

• Visit the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a U.S. Department of Energy government research lab.
• Participate in ongoing research projects.
• Gain valuable research experience using cutting edge instrumentation or models and working in a team environment.
• Have fun, make new friends, see the Palouse!