Joining the group. If you are interested in joining our research group as a graduate student to work on research related to drinking water and sanitation quality, access, and reliability, please contact me (ekumpel (at) umass (dot) edu) with which elements of the research described on these pages interests you, as well as your experience and how you would fit into the group. Applications to the CEE department at UMass are due in early January every year. Please note that I receive a very high volume of inquiries and may not be able to respond to all of them; I will not respond to queries that are form letters or where your field of interest does not exactly align with the group’s work.
If you are currently an undergraduate student at UMass or the 5 colleges and are interested in research with our group, please fill out this form. We sometimes are looking for students for specific positions, but are often open to students with general interests who may want to pursue a mentored independent project or honors thesis. If there are specific positions available, they are listed on the form.