Undergraduate and high school students, with backgrounds and interest in science / mathematics / engineering, were selected to participate in a Department of Energy EPSCoR funded Research Internship program at the University of Wyoming. The students engaged in research with university faculty in the following three areas:

Fossil Energy Research focused on improving domestic fossil energy supplies by upgrading low-sulfur sub-bituminous (Wyoming) coal and reducing the emission of nitrogen oxides from power plants.

Efficient Utilization of Electrical Energy researchers addressed the optimal energy control of electric motors, electromagnetic radiation (emfs), and the system interface of photovoltaic generation systems.

Environmental Remediation and Waste Reduction topics included microbial dechlorination of PCPs, phytoremediation of toxic metals, remediation of contaminated soils from leaking underground storage tanks (LUST), and reduction of hazardous waste emissions.

     Participants, who spent their days working in a laboratory with the research teams and attended workshops on career/graduate opportunities and research methods, received a stipend for the term.