Graduate Traineeships in Quantitative Contaminant Hydrogeology

基本问题和应用问题 地下环境的污染正在受到关注 在地方、国家和国际层面。 地下水 污染显然是我们社会中一个紧迫的技术问题。 弗吉尼亚大学采取了跨学科的方法 定量污染物水文地质学的研究， 它在该领域处于全国突出的独特地位。 与 对研究生的额外支持，正在进行的研究和 教学计划应该允许他们制定一个有凝聚力的计划， 将为理解基本技术提供基础， 地下水污染问题和生产主管 专业人士可以解决这个复杂的细节 从不同的角度来研究跨学科问题。 跨部门的合作正在产生新的研究资金， 额外的教师，和新的空间;大学 弗吉尼亚州准备扩大其在培养批判性 需要专业技术人员。 这个跨学科的学术 计划，包括水文地质学，地球化学，微生物 生态学、化学工程和土木工程， 通过培养优秀的毕业生， 在其他大学，国家研究机构， 联邦机构和行业，并培训他们为 解决我国污染水文地质问题。

Fundamental and applied problems associated with the contamination of the subsurface environment are receiving attention at local, national, and international levels. Groundwater contamination is clearly an urgent technical issue in our society. The University of Virginia has taken an interdisciplinary approach to the study of quantitative contaminant hydrogeology that places it in a unique position of national prominence in the field. With additional support for graduate students, the ongoing research and teaching program should allow them to craft a cohesive program that will provide the basis for understanding the fundamental technical issues of groundwater contamination and produce competent professionals who can address the details of this complex interdisciplinary problem from a variety of perspectives. Collaboration across departments is generating new research funds, additional faculty members, and new space; the University of Virginia is primed to expand its role in the training of critically needed technical professionals. This interdisciplinary academic program, encompassing hydrogeology, geochemistry, microbial ecology, chemical engineering, and civil engineering, shall evolve into a national resource by producing outstanding graduates to fill positions at other universities, national research facilities, federal agencies, and industry, and to train them to contribute to solving our Nation's problems in contaminant hydrogeology.