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AguaClara Summer Internship

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at Cornell

Fill out the summer internship

Instructor: M.L. Weber-Shirk
No prerequisite

An application is required for all those interested in applying. A hold harmless agreement must also be signed before working in the AguaClara laboratories. Any non-Cornell students must also fill out the Volunteer form and provide proof of insurance.

The summer internship is open to students of all disciplines interested in development work and helping solve a global crisis of lack of clean water through research and design of sustainable water treatment plants. Students who are not currently enrolled in Cornell need to official enroll to participate in the summer program. International students see the PIRIP program website for more details

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The first internship meeting will be held on Monday, June 1411, 2010 2012 at 11 AM in HLS 366. It is crucial that interns attend the first week of the internship to receive proper training. Other scheduling constraints can be accommodated.

The internship will be 8 weeks long and will start and end the same dates as noted on Cornell's academic calendar for the 8 week summer session: June 11-August 3
Academic Calendar

Although the course summer program is similar to CEE 2550 or CEE 4550, it differs in that the workload and expectations will be higher.

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Each student team will also be expected to participate in a 30 minute meeting every week with the team leader or instructor. Team meetings will give an overview of what has been learned/accomplished and questions.

Students should plan for the internship to be a significant time commitment over the summer. Students will also be expected to work a minimum of ten hours a week on project related work in addition to the 75 minute meeting every week and 30 minute meeting with the instructor and/or team leader; there are 20-hour/week (part-time) and 40-hour/week (full time) options.

There are several deliverables expected:

  • A midterm wiki report and midterm presentation
  • A final wiki report and final wiki presentation
  • A detailed task list and a research plan for those involved with research team research report will be submitted the first weekevery two weeks

For more information please contact mwh65@cornell.edu AguaClara@cornell.edu

Several options are available to fund a paid AguaClara internship.

  • Undergraduate students who receive Federal Work Study as part of their financial aid award can apply for funding through the Develop Your Own Internship program, offered by Cornell Career Services. However, this program requires matching funding and thus is only possible if the AguaClara program has enough funding to provide the match.
  • Undergraduate students are also eligible to apply for a research stipend through the Student Grant Program, offered by the Cornell Engineering Learning Initiatives Program.