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Delta restoration teaching flume
To teach concepts of delta restoration through channel diversion projects, I designed a teaching flume for the National Science and Engineering Fair in 2014. The delta shape was hand carved out of RENfoam, covered in epoxy and painted. The flume has a total of four channel diversions, where three channels are designed to fail and one is designed to work. It is designed this way to emphasize the importance of the design and placement of the channel diversion.
Delta Shuffle - Citizen Science to classify deltas
The current system of delta classification relies on interpretation of features, rather than the features themselves. Often, we are trained to combine the observation of a feature with the interpretation of how it got there. This method is so ingrained that we often do i this so automatically that we usually don’t even realize what we have done. To address this, we have devised a new and novel method to create a classification system based on features alone. We have created a data base of images of deltas (from the field, from experiments and from numerical models) removed of all color, scale and orientation. By asking people to classify the deltas based on whatever criteria they set, we believe that we may see some organizational structure that we have previously overlooked. We hope this game helps advance our understanding how deltas work: how they form, how they grow and react to change.
This game aims helps develop observational skills and the fundamental skill of separating interpretation from observation. In addition, this game serves as an opportunity to teach about deltas and the growing environmental issues associated with them (land loss, sea level rise, land and river management, etc.)
Click here to learn more about this project and to play Delta Shuffle.
NCED's Summer Institute for Earth Surface Dynamics
I organized and coordinating the Summer Institute for Earth Surface Dynamics (SIESD) for the National Center of Earth Surface Dynamics (NCED). SIESD is an interdisciplinary 2 week course on Earth-surface processes, focused on integration of theory, physical experiments, field work and numerical modeling. In addition, students are to engage in the utilization of social media tools as a way to participate in the creation of a more scientifically literate public.
SIESD Participants conducting an experiment on slope equilibrium
SIESD Themes:
• Complexity and predictability in depositional systems, 2014
• Subsurface to surface: recovering surface dynamics from stratigraphic records, 20113
Click here to learn more about the Summer Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics.
Exposure Project at El Colegio High School
Exposure Project is a project co-sponsored by Community of Scholars Program and the UMN Office for Public Engagement. The purpose of the Project is to mentor high school seniors at El-Colegio Charter School with their research project and "expose" them to college life by serving as role models and mentors.
President’s Distinguished Faculty Mentor Program
The President's Distinguished Faculty Mentor Program (PDFMP) links high-ability undergraduate students of color with distinguished faculty members and graduate students who serve as mentors for the students' personal and professional growth. As a graduate student mentor, I mentored students on how navigate the university system and to develop professional relationships with their faculty mentor.
Click here to learn more about the PDFMP program.
NCED Graduate student Representative
Organize professional development and networking opportunities for graduate students in conjunction with the National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics.
Click here to learn more about the National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics.
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