[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 <http://www.passcal.nmt.edu>, or contact PASSCAL
Instrument Center Director Bruce Beaudoin (505-835-5070;
bruce at passcal.nmt.edu <mailto: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 <mailto:aster at ees.nmt.edu>; 505 835-5924).