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Subsurface Science Graduate Program
The Subsurface Science Graduate Program (SSGP)
is a long-term collaborative effort by the universities of the
Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA) to enhance research
and education in the subsurface sciences. Development of the
SSGP is the primary goal of the Subsurface Science Research
Institute (SSRI), an INRA project funded by the U.S.
Department of Energy under contract DE-FG07-02ID14277.
Activities of the SSRI include the development and
implementation of multi-institutional graduate courses in the
subsurface sciences, the acquisition and installation of
course distance delivery systems, and the recruitment of
outstanding graduate students through the SSGP fellowship and
research support program. The SSGP is designed to support the
subsurface science emphasis of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) by extension of graduate
faculty status to participating INL scientists and engineers
and by inclusion of a classroom site in Idaho Falls in the
distance delivery network.
Subsurface Science
Subsurface science is the study of the processes that occur in
the uppermost part of the Earth’s crust (nominally the first
few hundred meters). These processes involve the complex
interplay of phenomena that have traditionally been studied in
isolation such as biological activity, geochemical reactions,
multiphase fluid flow, mechanical deformation, and the flux of
heat and electromagnetic energy. Subsurface science is a field
rich in opportunities for graduate research and education
across a broad spectrum of disciplines.
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