Carl Young Named 2002 SPPC Fellow
Carl
Young,
a graduate research assistant in DRI's Division of Atmospheric Sciences
and a graduate student in the Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Program
at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), has been awarded the $15,000
Sierra Pacific Power Company (SPPC) Fellowship for 2002. Young is
using his fellowship to study severe storm processes, including
observations of the development of tornadoes in the American Midwest
during this past fall storm season. The fellowship
is a one-year award selected on the basis of competitive research
proposals from graduate students. SPPC Fellows are provided with
an office at DRI and use of the Institute's computer and laboratory
facilities. SPPC established the fellowship program at DRI and the
Center for Environmental Science and Engineering at UNR in 1997
to enhance environmental research in Nevada's higher education system. Applicants for the SPPC Fellowship must be a graduate student enrolling in UNR's Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Health, or Hydrologic Sciences graduate programs and working under the direction of a faculty member from the Desert Research Institute.
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