Overview
Geosciences students are encouraged to take advantage of undergraduate research opportunities. While department faculty offer a wide variety of research topics, students can also engage in research with other scientists in Keck Geology Consortium projects or by engaging in research or internships with external agencies. Geosciences students commonly present their research results at national conferences and symposiums across the country. Students are also encouraged to attend one of many field camps nationwide, where students learn the principles of field and laboratory research.
Research with Faculty
Faculty in the department perform research with students across a range of geosciences disciplines, with field areas across the country and around the world. Students and faculty work together to address important geological and environmental research questions, with research results commonly published in leading scientific journals.
Opportunities
Students are encouraged to take advantage of the many field trip, research options, and hands on internships available.
Research Opportunities
- Keck Geology Consortium
- Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories
- National Science Foundation Program Announcement - Research Experiences for Undergraduates:
- NSF page listing all the Earth Sciences REU sites
- Alaska Conservation Foundation Internships
- IRIS Internship Program
- Lunar and Planetary Institute Summer Intern Program
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summer Internship Program
- National Council for Science and the Environment Internships
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Internships
- Research Experiences in Solid Earth Sciences for Students (RESESS) internship program
- Schlumberger Internships
- Shell Internships
- SOARS Program internships in climate and weather studies
- Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- Other internship opportunities
Field Camp Opportunities
- Albion College (even years)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (odd years)
- Boise State University
- Bowling Green
- University at Buffalo
- University of Houston - YBRA
- Indiana University
- Northern Illinois University
- Juneau Icefield (University of Idaho)
- Miami University
- University of Nevada Reno
- Oregon University
- Southern Utah University
- University of Wisconsin