Anne Arundel County Dept of Public Works: Watershed, Ecosystems, and Restoration Services

As an intern working jointly with the Watershed Planning and Ecological Assessment programs in Anne Arundel County, Alicia had the opportunity to work on overlapping projects collaborating with both programs. Her primary responsibilities included: í¢â‚¬ ¢ Preparation of drainage area summaries and maps for community and non-profit grants í¢â‚¬ ¢ Review and revision of official county documents such as Patapsco Non-Tidal Watershed Study and the Annual Biological Monitoring and Assessment Report í¢â‚¬ ¢ A qualitative assessment of accepted event mean concentration (EMC) values used by Anne Arundel County and methods used to model discharge and calculate pollutant loads í¢â‚¬ ¢ A comprehensive review of functional wetland assessment methods and their potential application by Anne Arundel county as part of the permitting process. The work she did contributed to developing County Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs), to fulfilling Maryland Department of the Environmental (MDE) regulation requirements, and to fostering positive relationships with community members and organizations.

Internship Details

Organization	Anne Arundel County Dept of Public Works: Watershed, Ecosystems, and Restoration Services - Annapolis, MD
Employment Sector	Government
Student's Field of Study	Environmental Policy and Planning, Aquatic Sciences
Topic Areas of Internship	Environmental Regulation/Policy, Water Resources, GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Duration & Dates	12 weeks, starting 5/9/2011
Skills Gained	Technical Skills (Computer Software other than GIS or AutoCAD), Design Skills
Duties Performed	Create Reports, Data Analysis, GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
How Student Obtained Internship	Online Internship Posting
Paid or Unpaid?	Unpaid but funded by the Marshall Weinberg Fellowship Program
OK to Contact Student for More Information?	Yes - Alicia Ritzenthaler

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SS Forum - Chris Kennedy & John Crittenden
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- SS FORUM: Sustainable and Resilient Urban Infrastructure for the Next 100 Years
  
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  Two renowned scholars on urban systems share their perspectives on how we may foster more resilient and sustainable urban infrastructures for the 21st Century. Professor Christopher Kennedy (Civil Engineering, University of Toronto) presents cities as an urban metabolism, composed of material and energy stocks and flows, and discusses how infrastructure is a fundamental determinant of the metabolism. Professor John Crittenden (Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Georgia Tech University) introduces the audience to infrastructure ecology, which conceptualizes and models traditional infrastructures (e.g., water, energy, transportation) and socio-economic-ecological infrastructures (e.g., community design, land use planning) as an intertwined, complex, emergent urban nexus.
  
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  Chris Kennedy, Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Toronto
  
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  John Crittenden, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech and Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
  
  His research focus includes: Infrastructure Ecology, Pollution Prevention; Physical Chemical Treatment Processes; Transport of Organics in Saturated and Unsaturated Groundwater; Mass Transfer; Modeling of Wastewater and Water Treatment Processes.
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