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Caltech WAVE Summer Research Program Posted by: nicolacs / October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 The WAVE Fellows program provides support for undergraduate students, who are underrepresented in STEM and intend on pursuing a Ph.D., to conduct a 10-week summer research project under the mentorship of Caltech faculty. Research opportunities in biology, neuroscience, chemistry, chemical engineering, engineering and applied science, geology, environmental science, sustainability, astronomy, physics

my field, and when I saw that this one combined environmental studies and journalism, it seemed like a perfect fit for the path I wanted to pursue. The goal laid out to us during interviews was that we would be formulating an anthology of Southern Iceland, and each intern would research and write a chapter to contribute – my topic was environmental conservation, but there were other interns studying anything from geology to health care and culture. Walk us through your internship experience from

give us a context of the recent changes we’ve been seeing,” said Vermeulen, who at first thought of becoming a nurse when he arrived at PLU. And he was interested in playing for the soccer team. But his love of rocks and geology soon took over. As a kid, “I’d be the one collecting rocks. Pretty soon I had giant plastic bins filled up with rocks at home,” he said. “I really never thought I’d have an opportunity like this, said Vermeulen, 22. “As a kid I just had a general interest in rocks. I would

contribute – my topic was environmental conservation, but there were other interns studying anything from geology to health care and culture.Walk us through your internship experience from start to finish. AS: The internship had three phases: pre-research, field research and publication. The first phase was pre-research in the spring. We would meet in groups of interns and one-on-one with our research directors to focus on our goals and create an outline for the on-site phase. The second phase was ten