OUTREACH and EDUCATION

Chucalissa Museum Earth Day 2025 (04-26-2025)

Outreach event at the Chucalissa museum with 3D printed models and Virtual Reality activities of the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

Earth Day 2025 with University Middle School Students (04-25-2025)

Outreach event with 3D printed models and Virtual Reality activities of the New Madrid Seismic Zone at the Department of Earth Sciences.

Open Lab Day sponsored by the U of M Division of Research and Innovation (10-22-2024)

The Earthquake Modelling and Visualization Lab hosted an open day and received visitors from the UofM community. We had the opportunity to interact with our guests and answer many questions regarding the New Madrid Seismic Zone and earthquakes in general.

Summer interns presenting their work at the Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting (09/08 to 09/11, 2024)

Vis Lab SCEC interns Katina Carranza (PCC) and Katie Baraggiotta (CSULB) presenting their work on Virtual Reality at the SCEC 2024 annual meeting in Palm Springs, CA.

Earth Day 2024 with University Middle School Students (05-03-2024)

Outreach event with 3D printed models and Virtual Reality activities of the New Madrid Seismic Zone at the Department of Earth Sciences.

Commercial Appeal e-Newspaper visit (May 2, 2024)

We had the great opportunity to host a visit from the e-newspaper Commercial Appeal and present our new fully 3D printed model of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Please visit the "3D Printing" section in this website for further information regarding this model.

(Photo Credit: Commercial Appeal, Stu Boyd II)

Commercial Appeal e-Newspaper visit (Feb 14, 2024)

We had the great opportunity to host a visit from the e-newspaper Commercial Appeal and present how our Lab uses modern visualization tools to transfer advanced scientific knowledge regarding earthquakes to society.

The 5 foot-long 3D printed version of the California fault system

(Photo Credit: Commercial Appeal, Stu Boyd II)

Immersive exploration of the California fault system using a joint Virtual Reality (VR) collaboration mode available in Paraview (.org).

(Photo Credit: Commercial Appeal, Stu Boyd II)

Virtual Reality event with National Association of Science Writers (NASW) (10-24/25-2022)

Virtual Reality interactive activities with groups of science writers participating at the NASW annual convention in Memphis, TN and supported by St. Jude's Children Hospital.