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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Bingqing Liang [<a href="mailto:bingqing.liang@uni.edu">mailto:bingqing.liang@uni.edu</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> Deagen, Debbie<br><b>Subject:</b> NSF REU Program at the University of Northern Iowa: Hyperspectral Imagine</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Debbie,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Would you please help distributing the following information to AmericaView members who may know potential applications for our program (the flyer is attached)? Students don’t need to be a geography major or have remote sensing background to apply. Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bing</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bingqing Liang, PhD</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Assistant Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Department of Geography, ITTC 205</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>University of Northern Iowa</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cedar Falls, IA 50614</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tel: (319) 273-3609</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fax: (319)273-7103</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:bingqing.liang@gmail.com">bingqing.liang@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Web: <a href="http://www.uni.edu/csbs/geography/faculty-directory/bingqing-liang">http://www.uni.edu/csbs/geography/faculty-directory/bingqing-liang</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'>“Paid Undergraduate Summer Research Internship” </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Are you interested in hands-on Hyperspectral Imaging (HI) experience and learning how to work with interdisciplinary teams? Here is an opportunity.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The GeoTREE Center (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.geotree.uni.edu/&amp;k=rPDsRmU4QOB12tMYRtqLtA%3D%3D%0A&amp;r=yyOE%2Bhz2IAbkKKPAQWtVP5krThPYt3O9%2B%2BMYzvtxMJQ%3D%0A&amp;m=P6a2TdOX01c%2BpnhFuTVB0ts4437xsr7dw%2BQ9YfjlWw4%3D%0A&amp;s=e308a9f7a7dad97ce0e6eac5146ab3a5dd76cb56a026246d571f5ca1a2cf9b66" target="_blank">www.geotree.uni.edu</a>) and the Geography Department (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.uni.edu/csbs/geography/&amp;k=rPDsRmU4QOB12tMYRtqLtA%3D%3D%0A&amp;r=yyOE%2Bhz2IAbkKKPAQWtVP5krThPYt3O9%2B%2BMYzvtxMJQ%3D%0A&amp;m=P6a2TdOX01c%2BpnhFuTVB0ts4437xsr7dw%2BQ9YfjlWw4%3D%0A&amp;s=606e288e5fef573f6bf9a71aa28d53a7b45dada738177dd8f52134c80f900652" target="_blank">http://www.uni.edu/csbs/geography/</a>) at the University of Northern Iowa once again host a NSF-funded REU program to introduce young scientists to a highly interdisciplinary research environment with fundamental and applied research in hyperspectral imaging (HI). HI is widely used in various disciplines such as Earth Science, Environmental Science, Biology, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geographic Information Science (GISc), and more. If you interested, application and more information is available online at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.geotree.uni.edu/reu/&amp;k=rPDsRmU4QOB12tMYRtqLtA%3D%3D%0A&amp;r=yyOE%2Bhz2IAbkKKPAQWtVP5krThPYt3O9%2B%2BMYzvtxMJQ%3D%0A&amp;m=P6a2TdOX01c%2BpnhFuTVB0ts4437xsr7dw%2BQ9YfjlWw4%3D%0A&amp;s=33dd5559e8b6800bf3bf71321bf107683aa17e3bb2976533d94d379de77c1b91" target="_blank">http://www.geotree.uni.edu/reu/</a>. The program flyer in PDF version is attached. The application deadline is <b>March 28, 2014</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#282828'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Summer Stipend: $4,000 for eight weeks (May 19-July 11, 2014). In addition, the program will cover the cost of housing, a meal plan, lab supplies, and up to $750 for follow up activities.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact: Dr. Bingqing Liang (<a href="mailto:bingqing.liang@uni.edu" target="_blank">bingqing.liang@uni.edu</a>), or Dr. Andrey Petrov (<a href="mailto:andrey.petrov@uni.edu" target="_blank">andrey.petrov@uni.edu</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>