Graduate Traineeships in Quantitative Contaminant Hydrogeology

与地下环境污染有关的基本问题和应用问题正受到地方、国家和国际各级的关注。地下水污染是当今社会亟待解决的技术问题。弗吉尼亚大学采取了跨学科的方法来研究定量污染物水文地质学，使其在该领域处于全国突出的独特地位。在对研究生的额外支持下，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，这将为理解地下水污染的基本技术问题提供基础，并培养能够从各种角度解决这一复杂跨学科问题细节的有能力的专业人士。跨部门的合作产生了新的研究资金、更多的教员和新的空间；弗吉尼亚大学准备扩大其在培训急需的技术专业人员方面的作用。这个跨学科的学术项目，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，将通过培养优秀的毕业生来填补其他大学、国家研究机构、联邦机构和行业的职位，发展成为国家资源。并训练他们为解决我国的污染水文地质学问题做出贡献。

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.