Graduate Internship: Remote Sensing and Hydrological Cycle

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The Earth System Science and Policy Department (ESSP) at the University of North Dakota has assistantship positions for students seeking a Masters of Environmental Management (MEM), Master of Science (MS) or Ph.D.  Tuition waiver is available for all announcements listed below. Some positions include Research Assistantship funding for 9 months; subsequent funding is dependent on student performance and availability of additional funding. Application deadline is May 1, 2012; early applications will receive top priority for admission. For more information about ESSP, please see the department website:

Department of Earth System Science & Policy. For application instructions, please see the UND Graduate School website www.und.edu/dept/grad/.

Remote Sensing and Hydrological Cycle

2.      Students pursuing master or doctoral degrees are sought to conduct research in the general areas of applying remote sensing technology in modeling hydrological cycle. The current research topics include development of remote sensing based algorithm, modeling of evapotranspiration, hydrological modeling of watershed, impact of climate change on water cycle and quality, and validation using cutting-edge field instruments measuring water and energy fluxes. Students with undergraduate training in physical sciences are encouraged to apply. Skills in programming will be a benefit. Tuition waiver and/or graduate assistantship will be available dependent on funding. For information, please contact Dr. Xiaodong Zhang: [email protected].

ESSP Graduate Program Information

The Earth System Science and Policy Department (ESSP) at the University of North Dakota is an interdisciplinary department which focuses on environmental sustainability. All students entering the ESSP graduate program are required to take ESSP 501 and ESSP 502 courses (10 credits each) in the first academic year. These courses cover the basics of broad earth system science and the socio-economic-political interactions, including Biosphere and biodiversity, Energy and economics, Policy and society, the Geosphere and Earth observation, the Water cycle and Hydrology, and Biogeochemical cycles. Information on the Earth System Science and Policy Department is available at:

Department of Earth System Science & Policy.

Applicants must meet the requirements for GPA, GRE, TOEFL standards (appropriate to MS or PhD) and meet all the requirements of the Graduate School of the University of North Dakota.

PhD students are expected to write a grant to support their work as part of the process of proposing their dissertation topic.

Interested students should contact the appropriate individual faculty members directly at the emails provided above to discuss the projects.

Applications for the ESSP graduate program must be made directly to the UND Graduate School http://graduateschool.und.edu/my-gradspace.cfm. Application deadline is May 1, 2012; however, early applications will receive top priority for admission.

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The University of North Dakota: www.und.edu

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