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Dear Geographers and Sustainers: Here is an opportunity for funded MS-degree work at Central Washington University. Check it out! I know and recommend Dr. Megan Walsh, one of the project leads. Sincerely, Sally Horn Sally P. Horn, Professor Department of Geography & Sustainability 304 Burchfiel Geography Building 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0925 U.S.A. phone: (865) 974-6030 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-sally-horn/ ________________________________ From: Megan Walsh <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 6:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; Jennifer Marlon <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; Bart <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; savannah bommarito <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; Horn, Sally <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Graduate Assistantship position at Central Washington University studying Extreme Fire Behavior-- Apply now! Starts fall '24 Hi everyone, I would appreciate your help disseminating this information far and wide to your undergraduate students or anyone else you think might be interested! Thank you, Megan Graduate Assistantship Position Description: The Cultural and Environmental Resource Management (CERM) Master’s Program at Central Washington University and the US Forest Service are seeking a master’s student interested in natural resources and wildfire. This is a 2-year graduate assistantship appointment, which includes a maximum allowable tuition waiver and 9-month salary of $16,000 for academic years 2024-25 and 2025-26. Apply by February 1, 2024, for priority consideration. The project involves investigating the weather conditions that contribute to the largest wildfires (Fires of Unusual Size, FOUS), and the large-growth days on those fires. It seeks to understand how the weather conditions during these large fires and large-growth days differ from the weather conditions on other, less extreme fires. Previous work has shown that overall weather conditions on the FOUS are more moderate, but individual days of more fire-conducive weather drive the fires’ exceptional growth. The student for this project will use spatial and temporal analysis techniques to look at weather patterns in space and time as associated with these fires and events. Central Washington University is located in Ellensburg, WA, on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. It is in the heart of the wildfire region of Washington State. The student selected for this project will be enrolled at CWU in the CERM Master’s Program. The student selected must be in residence in Ellensburg and will work closely with faculty at CWU and research meteorologists from the US Forest Service’s Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory in Seattle. The expectation is that the student will develop a master’s thesis based on this work, ideally leading to co-authored, peer-reviewed publications. Student qualifications: Required: Undergraduate degree in physical sciences (e.g., meteorology, geology, physical geography, physical environmental sciences) Differential and integral calculus coursework Statistics coursework Must have experience in at least one: GIS or time series analysis or spatial composite analysis Preferred/Desirable: Basic meteorology knowledge Experience with scripting and/or a computer language (linux, C++, python, FORTRAN) Interest in natural resource management Experience with large data sets (> 1 GB) Operational experience with wildland fire Operational experience in meteorology/weather forecasting Application Instructions: Interested individuals should contact the project leads, Megan Walsh ([log in to unmask]) and Brian Potter ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) for more information. To apply, submit a 1-page letter of interest and resume to the project leads. After communicating with the project leads, interested individuals must complete the CWU graduate admission and assistantship applications<https://www.cwu.edu/academics/colleges/graduate-studies-research/apply.php>. Information about the CERM program is available at: https://www.cwu.edu/academics/resource-management/about.php CWU is an EEO/AA/Title IX/Veteran/Disability Employer. Megan K. Walsh, PhD (she/her/hers) Distinguished Professor of Teaching, Department of Geography Director, Cultural and Environmental Resource Management MS Program Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-963-3699 [log in to unmask] https://www.cwu.edu/geography/megan-walsh -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To review the archives of CLUBGGY or Join/Leave the list go to: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/clubggy.html