Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC) annual progress report, 1991--1992

Technical Report · Tue Apr 07 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6594130· OSTI ID:6594130

In February, 1990, the Secretary of Energy, James Watkins approved a grant for a waste (management) education and research consortium program by New Mexico State University (NMSU) to the US Department of Energy (DOE). This program known by the acronym, WERC'' includes NMSU, the University of New Mexico (UNM), the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT), Navajo Community College, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Sandia National Laboratories. The program is designed to provide an integrated approach to the national need via the following: (1) Education in waste management to reach thousands of students by the three Consortium universities and the affiliate college resulting in graduate, undergraduate, and associate degrees with concentration in environmental management. (The term waste or environmental management is used in a broad sense throughout this paper and includes all aspects of environmental management and environmental restoration.) (2) Professional development via teleconference for industry and government. (3) Technology development programs at the leading edge, providing training to students and information to faculty feeding into the education programs. (4) Education and technology development at the campuses, as well as from four field sites. (5) Ties with other multidisciplinary university facilities. (6) Ties with two National Laboratories (Los Alamos Sandia) located in New Mexico, the Oak Ridge Associated Universities and others. (7) Technology transfer and education via an existing fiber optic network, a satellite link, and an existing state-wide extension program. (8) Outreach program of special interest to pre-college students, communities and business and government leaders throughout the United States. This report summarizes the accomplishments and status at the end of the second year.

• Research Organization: Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC), Las Cruces, NM (United States); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States); New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM (United States); New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States); Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States); Navajo Community Coll., Tsaile, AZ (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC04-90AL63805
• OSTI ID: 6594130
• Report Number(s): DOE/AL/63805-T1; ON: DE93011745
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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