2017 intern Claire Doody, an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, published the results of her summer's research in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Her project, based at the USGS's Albuquerque Seismo Lab, was focused on investigating effects of thermal variability on...
Apply your knowledge... Explore your future... Contribute to science...
This NSF funded research experience for undergraduates (REU) provides interns with the opportunity to:
- conduct exciting research with state of the art geophysical data and leading researchers at IRIS institutions,
- develop an understanding of scientific inquiry, including designing and conducting scientific investigations,defending scientific arguments, and preparing publications,
- gather, manage, and convey information, using various skills, strategies, resources, and
- learn, use, and evaluate technologies for the collection and study of geophysical data.
This paid experience features a week-long orientation program, the use of a variety of virtual communication technologies to help you stay connected with other interns during your 8 to 10 week research placement, and an opportunity to present your research at a scientific meeting. Read about how this program is providing more than just summer research!
Latest Blog Entries
What? Of quartz I was gonna post to my blog eventually!
Weeks 4-6: An Obnoxiously Long Blog Post
Weeks 3-5 - Debugging and debugging and debugging, oh my!
Week 6: Quiet Days
All the earthquakes we do not feel
Organized codes, organized data !
Week 4
Week 6: Making the Transition
Week 4: The Week of the Waveform
Week 5: Making sure the math measures up and the indoor Niagara Falls: A Saga
News and Announcements
2017 Intern’s Summer Project Published!
2015 Alumnus publishes expanded internship project
Hannah Krueger, now a graduate student at Brown University, was an IRIS intern the summer of 2015. Her project, based at the University of Washington, was focused on investigating crustal anisotropy in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Under the mentorship Dr. Erin Wirth, Hannah has continued to pursue...
Ph.D. and M.S. Opportunities at the University of Alabama
The Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Alabama seeks motivated students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in earthquake seismology. Student support is available starting Fall 2018 via both teaching and research assistantships, including involvement in...
Welcome to our next Alumni Mentor!
The IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program is pleased to introduce the new Alumni Mentor for the program. Brady Flinchum was an intern in 2011 and found the program to be "a life changing experience" that shaped the way he views research and contacted him with his current advisor. Brady is...
IRIS Intern’s work is expanded into publication
Max Rhode, now a senior at Carleton College, participate in the IRIS Internship program during the summer of 2016. During the summer he worked at the Albuquerque Seismological Lab, collaborating with his mentors Adam Ringler (USGS) and David Wilson (USGS) to explore a fundamental problem in...
