General
- Undergraduate; 2nd year, 3rd year
- 40 learners; teams of 5
- 50 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
- 2 projects wanted
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Any industries
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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September 2, 2024Experience start
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September 4, 2024Kick-off meeting
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October 15, 2024Mid check in
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November 12, 2024Final discussion
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January 1, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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September 2, 2024Experience start
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September 4, 2024Kick-off meeting
Meeting with industry partners
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October 15, 2024Mid check in
Meeting with employers and your educator
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November 12, 2024Final discussion
Final discussion before submitting your deliverables
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January 1, 2025Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on learners from UND to be your learner-consultants, in a project-based experience. Learners will work on one main project over the experience of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.
Learners in this program/experience can:
- characterize watersheds and calculate the quantity of precipitation, evaporation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and runoff in a watershed‐based on measured and estimated values
- apply basic probability and statistical methods within the fields of hydrology including frequency analysis of precipitations and discharges in streams
- model rainfall‐runoff for a watershed using several established methods
- analyze hydrographs, and perform basic flow routing in rivers and reservoirs to predict routed hydrographs
- model basic groundwater hydrology
- apply a watershed computer model to model the rainfall‐runoff processes within a watershed
- Learner skills
- Computer simulation, Frequency analysis, Hydrology software, Research papers, Patient discharges, Online communication, Statistical methods, Hydrology, Groundwater, Research
- Deliverables
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Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the learners and the organization.
Some final project deliverables might include:
- A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations
- A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations
- A research paper.
Project Examples
Learners in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.
Project activities that learners can complete may include, but are not limited to:
1- Rivers/Channel routing with software like: Hec-RAS and Hec-HMS
2- Flood forecasting methods for small, medium, and large watersheds.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the experience.
Provide a dedicated contact person who is available for weekly/bi-weekly drop-ins to address learners’ questions as well as periodic messages over the duration of the project.
How is your project relevant to the experience?
Are you familiar with Hec-RAS or Hec-HMS?