Karen Beljan, BS '05, Environmental Engineering
Beljan, of Eden, New York, evaluated remediation alternatives to improve the water quality of Onondaga Lake, ultimately helping to develop a method to aerate the lake that would improve the water and ecosystem.
(Photo: KC Kratt, MFA '84)
The International Circumpolar Archaeological Project (ICAP) is a multi-disciplinary research group that examines the relationship between climate change and human prehistory in the circumpolar North, with research sites in Finland, Northern Canada, and the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia. In Finland and Canada, we seek to identify cross-cultural regularities and differences in human responses to rapid environmental change. Students will have the opportunity to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other tools to address these issues. Students who have an interest in circumpolar environments, climate change and human response, environmental research, GIS, the question of ownership of the North, and issues of ancestry should apply.
Date Open: Sep 24, 2009 to May 30, 2010
Suggested Skill Set: Ability to work independently; basic computer skills, especially Microsoft Office; proficiency in using library resources for research. Knowledge of GIS is not required but would be useful.
Compensation: Voluntary, Work Study
Professor(s): Ezra Zubrow (danielgr@buffalo.edu)
Department: Anthropology
Address: 251A MFAC
Phone: (716)645-0937