FSU Florida Association of Environmental Professionals Graduate School

FSU Florida Association of Environmental Professionals Graduate School Informational Meeting 10/28/15

FSU Chapter �The FAEP is an interdisciplinary association of environmental professionals in Florida. We offer a forum in which the state-of-the-art environmental planning, research, and management is advanced. The FAEP is a focal point for objectivity, ethical standards and technical excellence in our diverse profession. �The FAEP offers a vehicle for the growth and advancement of FAEP members around the State. It is a medium of professional contact and information exchange among colleagues in business, government, and academics while offering a foundation for structured career development from student to registered environmental professional

Officers �President: Andrew Cunningham �Vice President: Casey Luzius �Treasurer: Nick Williams �Alex Carrier: Web Coordinator �Ian Eyeington: Activities Coordinator �Julia Danyuk: Secretary �Devin Tolpin: Professional Outreach Liaison �Sam Miker: Student Outreach Liaison

Guest Speaker Dr. William M. Landing Professor at FSU Ph. D. , University of California, Santa Cruz, 1983 Chemical Oceanographer- Research revolving around the chemical, biological, and physical cycling of trace elements in the environment. Will be speaking today about graduate school options at FSU in the environmental field E-mail: wlanding@fsu. edu

Scholarship �The Tallahassee Area Association of Environmental Professionals is pleased to offer two scholarships to deserving candidates who are members of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals – FSU Chapter and are pursing a degree in engineering, geology, environmental science, biology, environmental law or a related field to the various practice areas that make up our membership. �First place award is $500. 00 and the second place award is $250. 00

Scholarship Topics � 1) Amendment 1 to the Florida Constitution, passed November 4, 2014 established the Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative. This measure is designed to dedicate 33 percent of the net revenue from the existing document excise tax to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. You have just been appointed as the Deputy Secretary of State Lands for the Department of Environmental Protection and the Secretary has asked you to brief him on the best way to use these trust fund dollars. Please respond. � 2) Unmanned aerial vehicles or drones (UAVs) have a multitude of environmental uses from wetland to species surveys. Despite the great potential, there is great concern about their usage in advance of appropriately developed regulations. You have just been appointed as Special Advisor to the Secretary of the USEPA and the Administrator of the FAA to give an opinion on whether UAVs should be used for environmental surveys or other environmental purposes, and, if so, what new rules or laws must be passed to make their usage safe. Please respond.

Scholarship Guidelines � Papers should be emailed to the TAAEP Scholarship Chair at (egates@genesisgroup. com) no later than midnight on October 5, 2015. Papers failing to comply with the deadline will not be considered except upon a majority vote of the judging committee under extraordinary circumstances. Any submission must be the work of a single author, who is a student at Florida State University and a member of the FAEPFSU Student Chapter, whose essay has not been published previously, is not pending publication and 00533482 -1 Thank you to our Gold Sponsors And to our Silver Sponsors does not infringe upon any statutory or common law copyright or other right and does not contain obscene, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful material or violate any right of privilege or privacy. Papers must be between 3 and 5 pages, double-spaced in conventional typeface, 12 -point font size, and 1 inch margins and may be edited for possible publication in Florida Association of Environmental Professional Beacon publication. Each page must have a header including the title of the paper and a page number. For anonymous evaluation of the entries, no privacy information that could identify the author should appear anywhere in the body of the paper, including in the header. Each entry must have a separate cover sheet (not included in the page limit) that includes the following contact information: (1) name; (2) address; (3) phone number; (4) email address, (5) school of study and (6) paper title. Citations may be footnotes or endnotes and shall be in accordance with the

Oceanography � Dr. Robert Spencer rgspencer@fsu. edu � DIS opportunities � the influence of physical, chemical, and biological processes on the carbon and nitrogen cycles. � focuses on watershed hydrology, ecosystem processing, global climate change, and land-use change � Dr. Ian Mac. Donald imacdonald@my. fsu. edu � deep ocean extreme communities � oil slick modeling � looking for students to process digital data • Dr. Kevin Speer kspeer@fsu. edu – ocean circulation and transport processes, particularly deep currents and polar circulation – environmental fluid dynamics – some physics and math experience preferred • Dr. Sven Kranz skranz@my. fsu. edu – photosynthesis in phytoplankton and effects of climate change on these organisms – physiological basis of changes in growth and productivity

Meteorology Geology � Dr. Stephen Kish kish@gly. fsu. edu � igneous and metamorphic petrology � isotopes in geochronological and geochemical studies � Dr. Bill Hu hu@gly. fsu. edu � looking for a Fall 2016 undergrad � studies hydrogeology � develops geostatical and stochastic methods to simulate groundwater flow and solute transport � Dr. Jeremy Owens jdowens@fsu. edu � integrates geochemical, sedimentary, and biological data to understand the timing and spatial extent of major climatic perturbations � possibly multiple positions • Dr. Christopher Holmes cdholmes@fsu. edu – modeling of the global spread of mercury pollution and greenhouse gases – requires some proficiency in a programming language (Matlab, Python, Fortran, C++)

Internships/Other Opportunities �Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation Internship �Deadline: November 15 th �April 1 st – July 7 th in St. Croix (U. S. Virigin Islands) �Provides round trip airfare up to $1, 115, $100/week stipend, shared housing, and local transportation �Marine Resource Population Dynamics Workshop �Deadline: November 16 th �Feb. 28 th - March 5 th in the Florida Keys �All expenses paid, including travel, housing, meals, and supplies �FWC Bear Management Internship �Deadline: November 18 th �Spring 2016 in Tallahassee �Unpaid but gives credit (3 credits for 10 hours/week, 6 credits for 20 hours/week)

Internships/Other Opportunities � University of Delaware for Summer 2016! � Interns will work with faculty and research scientists in a graduate student atmosphere on a research topic in chemical, physical, or biological oceanography, marine biology or marine geology. In addition to hands-on research experience, student support includes a $5, 600 stipend, campus housing, and travel assistance.

Announcements �Make sure to sign the attendance sheet. �The FAEP scholarship deadline has been extended! �Next meeting; November Wed. 18 th �TAAEP Meeting November 12 th Geo’s Pub 5: 30 -7: 30 pm

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