All Environmental Sciences majors are required to complete a two quarter research seminar (either Env. Sci. 398-1,2 or Civil Engineering 398-1,2) in their senior year. Beyond that, students are encouraged to pursue research projects either on existing faculty research or on a project of their own design. Students are encouraged to pursue research projects either on existing faculty research or on a project of their own design. There are a number of ways this can be done. Please discuss this with either Professor Gray or Hudson to determine the best path for you.

Student Research Feature Joseph Hoover (Env. Sci. 2007)

Joe Hoover has been involved in a number of research projects. In June 2004 he researched water contamination on the Navajo Reservation under the supervision of Professor Franz Geiger in the Department of Chemistry and he also looked at the effectiveness of filtration to remove uranium. In Summer 2005 he studied in Alaska on a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He studied the use of a chemical dye to identify a reactive bromine compound in the atmosphere, a componenet of a larger project investigating mercury depostion in the Hihg Arctic and mercury bioaccumulation in the Arctic food chain. He has also worked in the research labs of Professor Kimberly Gray at Northwestern to investigate the denitrification cycle in wetlands.