Sustainability Internships

Please visit the Sustainability Studies program website for the latest information about summer internship opportunities related to environmental sustainability.

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Past internships

2016

• Research and Data Collection for Quantitative Environmental Problem Solving
  • Professor Karen Berger (EES & Coordinator of College Sustainability Studies)
• Evaluation and Assessment for Teaching Sustainabiliyt
  • Professor Randall Curren (Chair, Philosophy) and Professor James Zavislan (Associate Dean for Education, Hajim School of Engineering)
• Facilities Sustainability Assistant
  • Amy Kadrie (Sustainability Coordinator)
• Course Development for Community-engaged Learning
  • Professor Leila Nadir (Sustainability & Environmental Humanities)
• Course Design in Environmental Ethics
  • Professor Jon Tresan (Philosophy)
• International Engagement and Sustainability in Engineering
  • Professor James Zavislan (Associate Dean for Education, Hajim School of Engineering) and Professor Stephen McAleavey (Biomedical Engineering)
• Web Design
• Professor Cary Peppermint (Art & Art History)

2015

• Facilities Sustainability Assistant
  • Pat Beaumont (Director Support Operations) & Amy Kadrie (Recycling Coordinator)
• STARS assessment (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ program)
  • Professor Karen Berger (EES & Coordinator of College Sustainability Studies), Patricia Beaumont (Director of Support Operations), and Cam Schauf (Director of Dining and Auxiliary Services)
• Editing manuscript and grant-writing
  • Professor Kristin Doughty (Anthropology) 
• Environmental Humanities course development
  • Professor Leila Nadir (Sustainability Studies)
• New media environmental art collaborative
  • Professor Cary Peppermint (Art & Art History) 
• Biofuel research
  • Professor David Wu (Chemical Engineering)

2014

• Sustainability issues and how they are perceived in China
  • Professor John Osburg (Anthropology)
• Facilities Sustainability Assistant
  • Pat Beaumont (Director Support Operations) & Amy Kadrie (Recycling Coordinator)
• Policies and practices pertaining to carbon offsets for business travel
  • Professor Randall Curren (Philosophy)
• Case studies related to environmental health policy
  • Professor Katrina Korfmacher (Environmental Medicine)
• Molecular biology approach to study the microbial enzyme systems of biofuels
  • Professor David Wu (Chemical Engineering)

2013

• list not avilable

2012

• Enzymatic Breakdown of Cellulosic Biomass for the Conversion to Biofuels
• Sponsor:  David Wu, Chemical Engineering
• Animal Research and Rural-Urban Environmental Connections
• Sponsors:  Leila Nadir, Sustainability and Cary Peppermint, Art and Art History
• Sustainability in Study-Abroad Courses
• Sponsors:  Jackie Levine, Study Abroad and Karen Berger, Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Education and Research Metrics for STARS
• Sponsor:  Karen Berger, Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Operations and Planning Metrics for STARS
• Sponsor:  Pat Beaumont, Support Operations
• Forest Preservation in South Campus Woods
• Sponsors:  Justin and Tara Ramsey, Biology

2011

• Development of EES 219:  Energy and Society
• Sponsor:  Karen Berger, Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Enzymatic Breakdown of Cellulosic Biomass for the Conversion to Biofuels
• Sponsor:  David Wu, Chemical Engineering
• Management of South Campus Forest and Development of Teaching Materials
• Sponsor:  Justin Ramsey, Biology
• Assessment of Integrated Sustainability Curricula
• Sponsors:  Randall Curren, Philosophy and Ellen Metzger, San Jose State University
• Sustainability Newsletter – Communications Intern
• Sponsor:  Carol Shuherk, Senior Associate Provost
• Sustainable Dining in Upstate New York
• Sponsor:  Cam Schauf, Dining Services and Auxiliary Operations)

2010

• Sustainable Coffee Production in Honduras
• Sponsor:  Daniel Reichman, Anthropology
• The Economics of Recycling and Economics of Sustainability
• Sponsor:  Michael Rizzo, Economics
• Sustainable 3D Art Practice
• Sponsor:  Allen Topolski, Art and Art History
• Development of BIO 264:  Ecological Communities
• Sponsor:  Justin Ramsey, Biology
• University Council on Sustainability Initiatives Group Revolving Loan Fund Project
• Sponsors:  Pat Beaumont, Support Operations and Ben Ebenhack, Chemical Engineering
• Enzymatic Breakdown of Cellulosic Biomass for the Conversion to Biofuels
• Sponsor:  David Wu, Chemical Engineering