Grants
Given
for Graduate-Level Research
Winners have been announced for
the IHMM Student Research Grant Program for 2004-05. They are Deborah
Beach of Michigan Technological University and Kristen Phillips of
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Beach is a Doctoral
student in Geological Engineering at the Michigan Tech Department of Geological
and Mining Engineering and Sciences. Her research is on "Modeling of
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Industrial Waste Materials." Ms. Phillips
is pursuing her Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology at the University of
Wisconsin's Soil Science Department. Her research is on "Migration of
Infectious Prion Proteins in Soil Columns." They will conduct their studies
during the 2004-05 academic year and present their findings at the ACHMM Annual
Conference in St. Louis in September 2005. The 2003-04 winners were Anil Baral and Tomoyuki
Shibata. Mr. Baral is a Ph.D.
student at Arkansas State University, where he is researching
"Environmentally Friendly Trivalent Chromium Electrodeposition: Study of
Bath Chemistries and Associated Environmental Hazards and Policy." Mr.
Shibata is conducting research into "Risk Assessment of the Impact of
Arsenic Contamination Associated with Woods Treated with Chromate Copper
Arsenate (CCA) to Children" at the University of Miami, where he is also a Ph.D.
candidate. They will present results of their
research at the 2004 Annual Conference of the Academy of Certified Hazardous
Materials Managers (ACHMM) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the student research
program, up to $10,000 can be awarded
per grant per year, up to a total of $20,000 in annual grants. The objective of the program is
to provide encouragement, recognition and support to graduate student
researchers whose research is intended to increase scientific understanding,
advance technology or improve policy in the field of hazardous materials
management. Any
graduate student who desires to conduct the type of research contemplated by
this program may apply. The research must be conducted as part of a Masters or
Doctoral program, and the application must be countersigned by the university
professor who is acting, or will act, as the research advisor. (Senior
undergraduate students may also be considered if they are doing university-sponsored
research.) Candidates
must submit applications describing the proposed topic, objectives of the
research and how it will enhance the field, the proposed methodology, and a
research timetable. Submissions are due by January 31 for the following academic
year. Contact
our office for more information, or CLICK HERE for an application!