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The Water Center has been awarded a highly competitive award by the National Science Foundation called Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU), in the interdisciplinary area of watershed sciences and engineering.

The NSF-REU program allows undergraduate students from across the country to work for 10 weeks during the summer in a stimulating interdisciplinary environment at Virginia Tech, while nourishing their analytical skills and creativity as future water scientists and engineers.

The NSF-REU fellows are selected competitively, giving priority to highly qualified applicants of diverse cultural backgrounds who may have few research opportunities at their home institutions.

Initiated in 2007, the program will continue through 2009 and is supported by the NSF grant no. 0649070.

2009 NSF REU fellows

• Alexander Baish, John Hopkins University, Stream Ecology
• Timothy Byrne, Penn State, Water Chemistry
• Stephanie DiBetitto, University of Vermont, Watershed Assessment
• Sean Ezrol, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Watershed Instrumentation
• Shannon Flynn, Michigan Tech, Water Chemistry
• Caitlin Grady, Virginia Tech, Decentralized Water Systems
• Mari Love, Florida State University, Microbial Source Tracking
• Maya Nadimpalli, McGill University, Arsenic Bioavailability
• Benjamin Sawyer, Shenandoah University, Oxygenation in Reservoirs
• Tiffany Sprague, James Madison University, Geospatial Analysis of Watershed

2008 NSF REU fellows

• Brittany Bogle, University of Arkansas, efficiency of decentralized drinking water systems
• Corrie Rose Campbell, Hulman Institute, water chemistry of plumbing pipes
• Frank Gronwald, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, watershed monitoring & instrumentation
• John Kenny, University of Kansas, watershed instrumentation & monitoring
• Ini Li, Columbia University, green buildings and rainwater harvesting
• Monica Neely, Oregon State University, biogeochemical controls
• MaryTheresa Pendergast, Columbia University, oxygen depletion in reservoirs
• Krista Williams, Virginia Tech, microbial source tracking

The 2008 NSF REU fellows, along with Dr. Tamim Younos (right), one of the program coordinators

2007 NSF REU fellows

• Laurel Ackison, Marshall University, stream ecology
• Edward Bravo, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, instrumentation
• Christopher Burrell, Hampton University, water chemistry
• Teresa Chen, Virginia Tech, water and energy systems
• Brandi Clark, University of Missouri - Rolla, water chemistry
• Mollie Pettit, West Virginia University, geohydrology
• Ryan Smith, Rowan University, microbial source tracking
• Corey Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University, water chemistry