From:    Barbara Dorsey 
Subject: USGS Earth Sciences Intern, Project #00673, St. Petersburg, FL

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EARTH
SCIENCES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

PLEASE NOTE:
Application is restricted to students who have
not been out of school for more than one year.
   Non-citizens are eligible only if they have
attended or graduated from a U.S. college or
university during the past year and have a
visa that allows them to receive a stipend.
(U.S. citizens attending foreign schools are
eligible for the program). Current or former
employees of the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) are not eligible.  Oak Ridge Associated
Universities (ORAU) administers internship
opportunities for USGS.  All potential
applicants should direct any questions to
ORAU rather than the USGS.  ORAU contacts
are listed on the information sheet following
the project description.

Project Description for
EARTH SCIENCES INTERN -- St. Petersburg,
Florida -- Project Number 000673

DESCRIPTION/TITLE OF PROJECT: This
project seeks to explain the documented
evolution of the Washington coastline
through application of regional wave models
and analysis of long-term wave data.
Shorter-term hydrodynamic data (waves,
currents, sea-level) will also be collected and
analyzed to address specific processes and
the evolution of local features.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: August 18, 1998

OBJECTIVES: The intern will work with
permanent research staff of the USGS and
the university cooperators to implement
methodologies for application of existing
wave models to regional and long-term
coastal evolution.  The intern will be trained
to run the appropriate models and will
participate in the development of protocols
for application of models to assessments of
long-term sediment transport and coastal
evolution.  The intern will also participate in
the collection and analysis of hydrodynamic
data for more focused studies.

SPECIFIC TASKS:
1.    Based on existing wave information
(observed, hind cast) models will be
implemented to provide nearshore/coastal
wave conditions for representative (storms,
climatology) offshore wave conditions.
2.    Model output will be analyzed to
develop indices of sediment
transport/coastal erosion for comparison to
documented changes in
shorelines/bathymetry.
3.    Data will be collected and analyzed to
address site-specific processes in areas of
particular concern (tentatively, the role of
inlets, shoals and jetties).

BENEFIT: Intern will gain experience in
application of wave models to assessment of
coastal erosion.  Intern will also participate
in a full range of data collection, analysis and
modeling approaches to understanding
coastal processes.  Participating in a broad
multi-disciplinary study will provide
experience and insight into the development
and implementation of research programs to
address societal issues.

DURATION: 52 weeks (Probable start date
late-September, 1998)

LOCATION: St. Petersburg, Florida

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Completion of all requirements for a
Bachelor*s degree with basic knowledge
related to surface wave theory and
description; some experience with analysis
of Time Series data; basic statistics;
experience with computer applications for
data analysis.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS DESIRABLE:
Experience with wave evolution models
and/or analysis or wave data.  Advanced
experience with analysis of Time Series data
(co-spectra, directional wave spectra).
Qualified SCUBA diver.  Familiarity with
MATLAB analysis packages.

STIPEND:  Determined by academic level of
selected intern. $22,065 per year (four full
years of academic study); $26,265 per year
(bachelor*s degree with GPA of 2.9 on 4.0
scale OR 30 semester hours of graduate
school).

OVERTIME:  Overtime is estimated for the
purpose of data gathering on board
research vessels or field work away from
site.


An applicant interested in an internship
should submit the following application
materials:

Resume

Detailed description of computer skills,
particularly any skills and experience in
designing and publishing WWW pages

List course work pertaining to the project
description if applying for a specific
internship

Three reference letters sent directly from the
sources (not by the applicant) to Oak Ridge
Associated     Universities (address
specified below).  Please list these
references, with phone numbers, in your
        resume

Unofficial transcripts from all
post-secondary institutions (official
transcripts may be required at a later date)

Send all application materials to:
OVERNIGHT MAIL
Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Attention: Ernestine Friedman
200 Badger Avenue
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830

REGULAR MAIL
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Attention: Ernestine Friedman
P.O. Box 117, MS 36
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-0117

or telefax them to:       (423) 241-5220  or
5219
For more information, please visit the
following website:
http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/uggrad/usgs1.htm1198/info8_5552_noframe
(that's a number *1* after usgs, not a letter
*L*)

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