Howdy,
Another busy day here at #AGU13. We have been going since early this morning, covering research, faculty and students that were presenting during today’s conference activities. We began the day with a long list of poster presentations from various faculty and students, ranging from geosciences educational opportunities to global climate variability and archeology on Alcatraz Island. We were able to get an in-depth glimpse into the life of geoscience researchers through interviews, which can be found under the media tab on our blog, and presentations, which are displayed in the photo section under the “day 2 recap.” Graduate students and professors presented their research to some of the leading geoscientists of this generation, some being from other large research and Ivy League universities and some from national and international corporate and non-profit organizations. The caliber of expertise present in today’s session was exceptional and it gave many of our students the opportunity to answer questions and learn from some of the best in their field.
The geosciences faculty had a large presence today during the poster sessions. Dr. Frauenfeld and his Ph.D. graduate student Liang Chen presented two separate posters on the variability of temperature and precipitation in China and their impacts on global climate change. If you would like to view more information about their poster or any other poster presented at AGU, please visit the AGU website and search by name or institution. Dr. Piers Chapman, professor of Oceanography, presented a poster on our partnership with Ocean University in Qingdao, China and the 14 joint Ph. D. students that this partnership has produced over the past five years. Dr. Anita Rapp, professor of Atmospheric Sciences, presented her research on clouds and their role in participating in the energy budget. Dr. Mark Everett, professor of Geology, hosted a session about Advances in Archaeological Geophysics along with Dr. Timothy de Smet from the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M. Their presented research included extrapolated data from Alcatraz Island here in San Francisco using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to introduce images from Civil-War Era Fortifications beneath the Recreation Yard on Alcatraz. Our last afternoon poster session featured graduate student Julia Shackford-Wilson’s poster about carbonate dissolution occurring during the Cenozoic period in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific during the Mid-Miocene, a study using IODP PEAT cores. Julia is advised by Dr. Mitch Lyle in the department of Oceanography.
We ended the day with a few of our featured researchers taking photos and video highlighting their various areas of expertise. Look for these media items under the media tab on our blog in the days to come. We chose to feature a diverse group of students and faculty so that we can capture their different experiences in one place for our viewers back home.
We will be back tomorrow afternoon with our midday recap of the last day of the conference. We hope you reading our blog and able to feel as if you were at the conference with us. Congratulations on the end of another semester Aggies, and check back with us tomorrow. Thanks and gig ‘em!
Another busy day here at #AGU13. We have been going since early this morning, covering research, faculty and students that were presenting during today’s conference activities. We began the day with a long list of poster presentations from various faculty and students, ranging from geosciences educational opportunities to global climate variability and archeology on Alcatraz Island. We were able to get an in-depth glimpse into the life of geoscience researchers through interviews, which can be found under the media tab on our blog, and presentations, which are displayed in the photo section under the “day 2 recap.” Graduate students and professors presented their research to some of the leading geoscientists of this generation, some being from other large research and Ivy League universities and some from national and international corporate and non-profit organizations. The caliber of expertise present in today’s session was exceptional and it gave many of our students the opportunity to answer questions and learn from some of the best in their field.
The geosciences faculty had a large presence today during the poster sessions. Dr. Frauenfeld and his Ph.D. graduate student Liang Chen presented two separate posters on the variability of temperature and precipitation in China and their impacts on global climate change. If you would like to view more information about their poster or any other poster presented at AGU, please visit the AGU website and search by name or institution. Dr. Piers Chapman, professor of Oceanography, presented a poster on our partnership with Ocean University in Qingdao, China and the 14 joint Ph. D. students that this partnership has produced over the past five years. Dr. Anita Rapp, professor of Atmospheric Sciences, presented her research on clouds and their role in participating in the energy budget. Dr. Mark Everett, professor of Geology, hosted a session about Advances in Archaeological Geophysics along with Dr. Timothy de Smet from the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M. Their presented research included extrapolated data from Alcatraz Island here in San Francisco using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to introduce images from Civil-War Era Fortifications beneath the Recreation Yard on Alcatraz. Our last afternoon poster session featured graduate student Julia Shackford-Wilson’s poster about carbonate dissolution occurring during the Cenozoic period in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific during the Mid-Miocene, a study using IODP PEAT cores. Julia is advised by Dr. Mitch Lyle in the department of Oceanography.
We ended the day with a few of our featured researchers taking photos and video highlighting their various areas of expertise. Look for these media items under the media tab on our blog in the days to come. We chose to feature a diverse group of students and faculty so that we can capture their different experiences in one place for our viewers back home.
We will be back tomorrow afternoon with our midday recap of the last day of the conference. We hope you reading our blog and able to feel as if you were at the conference with us. Congratulations on the end of another semester Aggies, and check back with us tomorrow. Thanks and gig ‘em!