Notre Dame REU Site on Water Resources in Developing Countries {Sorry, but this REU site is no longer active. The activities associated with select projects continue under individual faculty members – For the field efforts of Dr. Silliman in Benin, Africa, please see the Benin Project page} A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Characterizing, Developing, Protecting and Managing Water Resources In Developing Countries
Welcome to the Web Page of the: REU Site for Water Resources in Developing Countries This web page reports on activities of an REU site which was supported by the National Science Foundation through its program in Research Experiences for Undergraduates This site was centered at the University of Notre Dame and represents a cooperative effort among the University of Notre Dame, the University of New Mexico , and the University of Nevada, Reno -------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICE: This site is not currently active. We apologize for the hiatus in this program and hope to have a revised version of this program active in future summers. Select Project Reports: Examples of the types of summer projects that were pursued during the summer of 2002 and 2003 can be found in the links below. Educational Orientation: 1 - A paper accepted for publication in the 2006 national Frontiers in Education conference proceedings:  FIE Paper 2006 2 - A paper in the proceedings of the 2005 national Frontiers in Education conference: FIE Paper 2005 3 - A paper in the proceedings of the 2003 national ASEE conferene: ASEE 2003 Paper 4 - Tyler, S., S. Silliman and M. Campana, “Undergraduate program focuses on international water issues in water resources”, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 85(9), 89,92, 2004. Summary of Benin Project, 2003 Summary of Chile Project, 2003 (caution - >2 meg file) Summary of Honduras Project, 2003 Summary of Chile Project, 2002 Summary of Benin Project, 2002 Haiti Well Surveys - Leogane 2003 ASEE Conference Paper Related to this REU Site ------------------------

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