Internship Programme in the Department of Urban Water Management at Eawag, Switzerland


Eawag, the Swiss
Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is a Swiss-based and
internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH domain
(Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology). It is committed to the
ecologically, economically and socially responsible management of water
resources and aquatic ecosystems.

The Department of
Urban Water Management has a vacancy for a

Internship in
planning and hydraulic analysis of urban drainage systems
The intern will be
part of the transdisciplinary research project SWIP (“Sustainable Water
Infrastructure Planning”).
The overall task will
be to update and set up hydraulic models for sewer networks as well as to
contribute to collection and (GIS-based) processing of data relevant within the
project. The internship might be followed by a Master thesis in hydraulic
analysis of urban drainage systems according to the trainee’s interest and upon
mutual agreement.
We offer an
internship for a Master student with the following profile
  • Sound knowledge and interest in
    urban hydrology, hydraulics, data management and geographic information
    systems.
  • Willingness to learn and
    flexibility to support us with a range of different data related tasks
  • Good German language skills
  • Motivation to actively exchange
    information with collaborating engineering companies
The internship is
paid and the preferred starting date is at the beginning of 2012 for a duration
of four to six months.
For further
information, please consult www.eawag.ch and for the research project,http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/init/nfp61/forschung/wasserinfrastruktur/index
or contact Christoph Egger christoph.egger@eawag.ch, phone +41 58 765 5055.
We are looking
forward to receive your application including a CV, brief statement about your
motivation for this internship and copies of your academic qualifications.

Deadline for
application is 31 January 2012.
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