King will study and conduct research in Trondheim, Norway. He will pursue full-time study in advanced hydrology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He also will conduct directed research with the Center for Environmental Designed of Renewable Energy and will focus on modeling environmental effects of hydroelectric dams.

“In Norway, a balance has been achieved between water resources and water demands; a parity that is maintained through vigilance, engineering, and a national mentality that values water resources. The Norwegian approach to managing water and energy allows that country to produce ninety-nine percent of their electricity through hydroelectric power plants without detriment to the surrounding environments – a feat that is unrivaled in the rest of the world,” King says.

King will receive his bachelor’s in environmental science from UNH in May. He is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hollings Scholar and recipient of the Sidney and Kathleen Samuels Scholarship for scholastic excellence and the J & R Mendelsohn Kurtz Scholarship for scholastic excellence. He also is a member of the University Honors Program.

While at UNH, King has pursued a number of water resource management projects, including two months of geophysical groundwater exploration in Virginia, a year of statistical analysis of Siberian runoff data through the Water Systems Analysis Group at UNH, and two months of river temperature modeling with NOAA at their river forecast center in Anchorage, Alaska.