U.S. EPA-UTEP AIR QUALITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMApply today at:

BAQed.utep.eduApplication Deadline:

09/23/2015

JOIN US! INFORMATION SESSION:

09/18/2015, 11:30-1:00 pmEngineering Bldg. Rm A227

Refreshments will be provided!

For further information contact:Wen-Whai Li, Ph.D.,P.E. wli@utep.eduOr visit us on BAQed.utep.edu

Synopsis• 1 year training and

education program• 8 weeks paid internship• Paid workshop and field

trips• Improve community air

quality and public health• Promote environmental justice as an air quality profession

Requirements• All majors welcome• GPA > 2.75• Graduate Students• Undergraduates: Sophomore

and above• UTEP student status: Jan.1 –

Dec. 31, 2016• Mandatory 2016 Maymester

workshop (May 16-24, 2016)

EPA Training and Internship Program for Addressing Border Air Quality Problems

Wen-Whai Li, Ph.D., P.E.Professor

Civil Engineering

September 18, 2015

Objectives

• Develop an internship program for undergraduate and graduate students

• Recruit and train future air quality professionals for the border region

• Provide financial support to the student participants– Undergraduate student: $3,000

– Graduate students: $4,000

– 1 graduate course in related field for graduate students

– 1 credit hour of tuition for a training course (CE 4171) at UTEP

( 1 credit-hour lab course in air quality at the beginning of the summer)

• Offer internships (summer or regular semester) at participating agencies in the fields of– Research in air quality engineering– Community air pollution health epidemiology– Environmental justice– Air quality improvements

The Internship Program

• Certificate Program– 1-credit lab course in air quality

– 8-week full-time summer internship or 16 weeks half-time interns with approved agencies

– 1 graduate course in related filed for graduate students

– Make a presentation

– Attend quarterly JAC meetings (Joint Advisory Committee for Improving Air Quality in El Paso, Cd. Juarez, and Sunland Park, a binational organization under the La Paz agreement)

– A few hours of volunteer service, arranged by the Center for Civic Engagement

The Internship Program (Cont’d)

• Outcomes– 50 interns in 5 years

– 50 interns from multiple disciplinary areas in engineering, science, health science, education, business and liberal arts

– 1 credit hour of tuition for a training course at UTEP

( 1 credit-hour lab course in air quality at the beginning of the summer)

– Transition of students from K-12 curriculum to UTEP undergraduates – Transition of undergraduates to graduate air quality engineers/scientists

The Internship Program (Cont’d)

• –Wen-Whai Li, Civil Engineering • –Elaine Hampton, Education • –William Hargrove, CERM • –Tom Gill, Geology • –Rodrigo Armijos, Public Health

Faculty Committee

• U.S. EPA Region 6 Air Section (Dallas, TX) • U.S. Park Services (Ft. Collins, CO) • TCEQ (El Paso, TX) • El Paso City Environmental Division • Pan American Health Organization (El Paso, TX) • El Paso Electric • El Paso MPO • UTEP • Freeport McMoran (El Paso, TX)• New Mexico State Climatologist Office (Las Cruces, NM)• Fort Bliss (El Paso, TX)• U.S. EPA Border Office (El Paso, TX) • USDA/ARS Jornada Experimental Range• U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Internship

Questions and

Further Discussion

Presentation of 2015 Internship Experience

Ms. Marla LermaMs. Claudia Valles