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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EARTH
SCIENCES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

PLEASE NOTE:
Application is restricted to students who
have not been out of school for more
than one year.    Non-citizens are
eligible only if they have attended or
graduated from a U.S. college or
university during the past year and
have a visa that allows them to receive
a stipend.  (U.S. citizens attending
foreign schools are eligible for the
program). Current or former employees
of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
are not eligible.  Oak Ridge Associated
Universities (ORAU) administers
internship opportunities for USGS.  All
potential applicants should direct any
questions to ORAU rather than the
USGS.  ORAU contacts are listed on the
information sheet following the project
description.

Project Description for
EARTH SCIENCES INTERN -- Reston,
Virginia -- Project Number 000637

DESCRIPTION/TITLE OF PROJECT: The
Energy Resource Surveys Team conducts
research on the identification and
assessment of non-renewable resources
(petroleum, natural gas, and coal) of the
United States as well as the environmental
effects of resource recovery, including acid
mine drainage and hazardous air pollutants.
 The intern will apply educational
background and analytical skills to
developing an economic component to an
ongoing geologic assessment of coal
volumes.  Products (software), information
and analysis will be used in USGS
publications, scientific briefings to
Congress, the Department of the Interior,
other federal agencies, state governments,
private industry, and USGS staff.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: April 2, 1998

OBJECTIVES: The intern will learn about
development and application of economic
analysis to project the costs of future
supply.  Intern will receive direction from
program coordinators and (or) program
scientists who will assign tasks and
prioritize workload.

SPECIFIC TASKS:
1.    The intern will implement National
Energy Modeling system (NEMS) and
modify coal module to include as a
component the coal resource data
developed as part of the National Coal
Assessment.
2.    The intern will apply model to project
US coal production and regional supply by
region, in part, based on data developed by
geologists from the National Coal
Assessment.
3.    The intern will model coal market
response 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
and effects of alternative programs relating
to carbon emissions.

BENEFIT: The intern will gain experience in
quantitative modeling of natural resource
supply.  The intern will communicate results
of alternative policies to non-technical
audiences.  Contact with earth-science
researchers will develop a broad knowledge
and understanding of USGS research and
its relation to other federal and international
science activities.

DURATION: 52 weeks (Probable start date
of May 1998)

LOCATION: Reston, Virginia


SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Master*s or Ph.D. degree in operations
research or mathematical economics with
experience in higher level language such as
FORTRAN or C.
STIPEND: Master*s degree - $31,775 per
year; Ph.D. degree - $38,950 per year

An applicant interested in an internship
should submit the following application
materials:

Resume

Detailed description of computer skills,
particularly any skills and experience in
designing and publishing WWW pages

List course work pertaining to the project
description if applying for a specific
internship

Three reference letters sent directly from
the sources (not by the applicant) to Oak
Ridge Associated     Universities (address
specified below).  Please list these
references, with phone numbers, in your
    resume

Unofficial transcripts from all
post-secondary institutions (official
transcripts may be required at a later date)

Send all application materials to:
OVERNIGHT MAIL
Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Attention: Ernestine Friedman
200 Badger Avenue
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830


REGULAR MAIL
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Attention: Ernestine Friedman
P.O. Box 117, MS 36
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-0117

or telefax them to:       (423) 241-5220  or
5219

For more information, please visit the
following website:
http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/uggrad/usgs1.htm
(that's a number *1* after usgs, not a letter
*L*)