[bioundgrd] Fwd: PSC Student opportunity!

[Janice Chang]

>Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:42:13 -0500
>From: Lauren Castro <castrola at MIT.EDU>
>To: jdchang at mit.edu
>Subject: PSC Student opportunity!
>
>
>The PSC has a great opportunity available for students (both grad 
>and undergrad)
>to get involved in helping a local pond in Acton, MA that has become 
>overwhelmed
>by algae and wolffia blooms. They are in need of students that can map the
>watershed, test the pond water?s chemistry over a period of several months,
>and investigate the hydrology, water quality, and biology of the pond. Algae
>and wolffia blooms are becoming a more common and serious problem in Acton.
>They are wary of using any chemical treatment to combat these blooms 
>because it
>has an outflow that can affect other waterways.
>
>MIT students interested in developing projects around these ideas 
>should contact
>Tom Tidman, Director of Conservation Department, nr at acton-ma.gov, 
>978.264.9361.
>Also, Dr. Peter Shanahan of the CEE department has agreed to supervise the
>students in this project as he brought it to our attention and can 
>be contacted
>at peteshan at mit.edu. For more information check out the Opportunities Page at
>web.mit.edu/opps and click on the link ?Water testing and analysis of a New
>England pond.?
>
>Best,
>Lauren
>
>Fellowships and Internships Graduate Assistant
>MIT Public Service Center
>77 Massachusetts Ave. 4-104
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>(617) 253-0742
>castrola at mit.edu