Schedule for the 2003 Environmental Engineering REU Program

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

May

26-31

Memorial Day

 

Check Into Dorm

Program Begins:

·    Orientation*

·    Lab Safety*

·    Meet with Advisor

·    Tours

·    BBQ

*Meet in Cupples II, Rm. 217

Workshop:

Technical Presentations

Tutorials:

·    Laboratory Notebooks

·    Report Submission

·    Using EndNote

 

Data Analysis Workshop #1:

Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

 

June

2-7

 

 

 

 

 

Biweekly Reports

 

June

9-14

Data Analysis Workshop #2:

Experimental Design I: Manipulative Experiments

 

 

 

 

 

June

16-21

Data Analysis Workshop #3:

Experimental Design II:  Observational Research Studies

 

 

 

Presentations*

Biweekly Reports

 

June

23-27

Data Analysis Workshop #4:

Analysis of Spatial Data

 

Site Visit:

Illinois EPA/St. Louis Midwest Supersite

Air-Quality Monitoring Station

10:00 – 11:00

 

Presentations*

 

June 30 to

July 5

 

 

 

Biweekly Reports

Fourth of July

 

July

7-12

 

 

 

 

 

Presentations*

Site Visit:

Weldon Springs

Hazardous Waste Site

10:00-12:00

July

14-19

Site Visit:

Doe Run Buick Facility

Lead Recycling Smelter

13:30 -

 

 

 

Presentations*

Biweekly Reports

 

July

21-26

 

 

 

 

Presentations*

 

July 28 to

Aug 2

 

Site Visit:

Conoco-Phillips Refinery

Wastewater Treatment Plant

13:00-16:00

 

 

Program Ends:

·      Undergraduate Research Symposium**

·      Final Reports

·      BBQ

Check Out of Dorm

*15-20 minute oral presentations by 4 students on Friday afternoons

**Final oral presentations of research results by all students to an audience consisting of faculty, students, and members of the St. Louis environmental engineering community