[iris-bulk] (Job) Summer Student Internship, IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center

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Summer Student Internship
IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center and EarthScope USArray Array  
Operations Facility at New Mexico Tech.

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Program  
for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL)  
has an opening for a summer student intern. The duration of the  
internship is flexible (up to three months, depending on student  
availability). If scheduling allows, the intern will also take part  
in the IRIS Education and Outreach Orientation Week at New Mexico  
Tech, to be held late May in association with the IRIS Summer  
Undergraduate Internship program.  This position is designed for an  
advanced undergraduate or graduate student who has an interest in  
experiment design, field methods, seismograph electronics, and data  
processing. For general information, please visit  
www.passcal.nmt.edu, or contact PASSCAL Instrument Center Director  
Bruce Beaudoin (505-835-5070; bruce at passcal.nmt.edu). The internship  
includes a weekly stipend, living expenses, round-trip travel funds  
to Socorro, NM, and tuition support to cover NMT summer registration  
as a special graduate student. To apply, send a letter summarizing  
interests, college transcripts, and at least one appropriate letter  
of recommendation to:  PASSCAL Summer Intern Committee, c/o Bruce  
Beaudoin, IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center, New Mexico Tech, 100 East  
Rd., Socorro, NM 87801.  For full consideration, materials must be  
received by March 19, 2007.

Details: The internship is designed for a student who has a  
background in geophysics and is interested in learning field methods,  
electronics and data processing. The IRIS/PASSCAL Instrument Center,  
funded by the National Science Foundation through the IRIS  
consortium, maintains a large national pool of portable seismographs  
(Reftek and Quanterra), broadband sensors (Streckheisen, Guralp),  
portable telemetered networks, and high-resolution cable reflection  
systems (Geometrics). The successful candidate will learn about  
repair and maintenance of seismographic equipment, potentially assist  
in deployments around the US and overseas, and participate in the  
processing of the data under the direction of the Instrument Center  
Director and Staff. The intern will register as a special student for  
6 credits of Directed Study (Geophysics 581) under the advisorship of  
PASSCAL Instrument Center P.I. and Geophysics Professor Richard  
Aster. At least one week prior to the conclusion of the internship,  
the intern will submit a report not to exceed 15 pages summarizing  
tasks performed and observations/suggestions pertinent to PASSCAL  
program operations and future Education and Outreach efforts. The  
intern will be given a stipend at the rate of $450 week.  
Transportation costs to and from New Mexico Tech will be reimbursed  
up to $3,500, as will room and board costs up to $900.

For further information, please contact Bruce Beaudoin (see above) or  
Rick Aster (aster at ees.nmt.edu; 505 835-5924).


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