Apply today at: Application Deadline: 09/23/2015 JOIN US! INFORMATION SESSION: 09/18/2015, 11:30-1:00 pm Engineering Bldg. Rm A227 Refreshments will be provided! For further information contact: Wen-Whai Li, Ph.D.,P.E. Or visit us on BAQed.utep.edu Synopsis 1 year training and education program 8 weeks paid internship Paid workshop and field trips Improve community air quality and public health Promote environmental justice as an air quality profession Requirements All majors welcome GPA > 2.75 Graduate Students Undergraduates: Sophomore and above UTEP student status: Jan.1 – Dec. 31, 2016 Mandatory 2016 Maymester workshop (May 16-24, 2016)

EPA Training and Internship Program for Addressing Border Air Quality Problems Wen-Whai Li, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Civil Engineering September 18, 2015

Objectives Develop an internship program for undergraduate and graduate students Recruit and train future air quality professionals for the border region

Provide financial support to the student participants – Undergraduate student: $3,000 – Graduate students: $4,000 – 1 graduate course in related field for graduate students – 1 credit hour of tuition for a training course (CE 4171) at UTEP ( 1 credit-hour lab course in air quality at the beginning of the summer) Offer internships (summer or regular semester) at participating agencies in the fields of – Research in air quality engineering – Community air pollution health epidemiology – Environmental justice – Air quality improvements The Internship Program

Certificate Program – 1-credit lab course in air quality – 8-week full-time summer internship or 16 weeks half-time interns with approved agencies – 1 graduate course in related filed for graduate students – Make a presentation – Attend quarterly JAC meetings (Joint Advisory Committee for Improving Air Quality in El Paso, Cd. Juarez, and Sunland Park, a binational organization under the La Paz agreement) – A few hours of volunteer service, arranged by the Center for Civic Engagement The Internship Program (Cont’d)

Outcomes – 50 interns in 5 years – 50 interns from multiple disciplinary areas in engineering, science, health science, education, business and liberal arts – 1 credit hour of tuition for a training course at UTEP ( 1 credit-hour lab course in air quality at the beginning of the summer) – Transition of students from K-12 curriculum to UTEP undergraduates – Transition of undergraduates to graduate air quality engineers/scientists The Internship Program (Cont’d)

–Wen-Whai Li, Civil Engineering –Elaine Hampton, Education –William Hargrove, CERM –Tom Gill, Geology –Rodrigo Armijos, Public Health Faculty Committee

U.S. EPA Region 6 Air Section (Dallas, TX) U.S. Park Services (Ft. Collins, CO) TCEQ (El Paso, TX) El Paso City Environmental Division Pan American Health Organization (El Paso, TX) El Paso Electric El Paso MPO UTEP Freeport McMoran (El Paso, TX) New Mexico State Climatologist Office (Las Cruces, NM) Fort Bliss (El Paso, TX) U.S. EPA Border Office (El Paso, TX) USDA/ARS Jornada Experimental Range U.S. Army Research Laboratory Internship

Questions and Further Discussion Presentation of 2015 Internship Experience Ms. Marla Lerma Ms. Claudia Valles