Research Opportunities

Qualified junior and senior level environmental science students may elect to pursue an independent study project or an off campus internship.  Research project topics are selected in consultation with a departmental advisor.  Current and recent students have participated in the following independent research projects:

• Study of the Macrobenthic Community of Hazel Run, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Analysis of Periphyton Community Structure in Mine Run, Orange County, Virginia After Refined Oil Products Spill
• Study of Forested Riparian Buffer for Reduction of Non-Point Source Pollution in the Rappahannock River Basin
• Preliminary Ecological Assessment of Massaponnax Creek, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Ecological studies within the proposed Celebrate Virginia site