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From: =?windows-1252?Q?Jessica_Mitchell?= <<a href="mailto:mitcjess@ISU.EDU">mitcjess@ISU.EDU</a>><br>
Subject: Graduate Assistantship - High Resolution Remote Sensing<br>
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2-Year Graduate Research Assistantship (High Resolution Remote Sensing)=20=<br>
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with Department of Geography and Planning at Appalachian State=20<br>
University<br>
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Appalachian State University (ASU) and the Department of Geography and=20=<br>
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Planning is recruiting a highly qualified graduate student who is=20<br>
interested in pursuing a Master=92s program in Geography that focuses on=20=<br>
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high resolution remote sensing of vegetation in the western US. Graduate=20=<br>
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research assistant (RA) support is available through a Graduate Research=20=<br>
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Assistant Mentoring (GRAM) program sponsored by the Cratis D. Williams=20=<br>
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School of Graduate Studies at ASU. The RA is for two academic years,=20<br>
with a stipend each year of $12,000 for a 20-hour/week appointment.=20=20=<br>
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Additional travel funds are available for projects that involve field=20<br>
sampling. The position will support a currently funded NASA Terrestrial=20=<br>
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Ecology grant on scalable vegetation structure for ecosystem modeling in=20=<br>
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the western US. Specific opportunities include hyperspectral and lidar=20=<br>
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image processing, field data collection, geospatial programming,=20<br>
ecological modeling and project outreach through interactions with=20<br>
students and faculty at collaborating universities (Boise State=20<br>
University and University California Davis) and NASA personnel.=20=20<br>
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If interested, please send a brief statement summarizing your interest=20=<br>
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and motivation for graduate study and a CV to Jessica Mitchell:=20<br>
<a href="mailto:mitchelljj@appdstate.edu">mitchelljj@appdstate.edu</a>. Applications are still being accepted for=20<br>
admission to the graduate program of the Department of Geography and=20<br>
Planning for Fall 2015.</div>