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any company that does any work related to location data needs geospatial professionals miller said and texas a&m gis students are equipped to fill those roles in utilities all levels of government business analytics transportation planning landscape architecture city planning were seeing growth in these jobs across all sectors she said data science is also a growing field for gis careers kurnia said alanna jajeh 18 a senior gis-t earth systems studies major attended the training she is also a gis student worker in texas a&m utilities and energy services where she uses esri software to map utilities on campus she was excited to learn additional skills in arc-gis collector that she could use in her current job as well as in future opportunities currently at work ive been creating field apps for our utilities workers who go out and fix light poles hydrants or water lines she said so ive been using arc-gis collector to make complex but easy-to-use maps that they can use in the field to change data right there in real-time they can go out and if a hydrant has been removed they can delete that from the map and itll be updated in our map online later that day it makes their data collecting more efficient and our maps more accurate she said that after initially planning to study business at texas a&m she became a gis student and found a passion for geospatial technology ive found such an awesome connection to gis and everything that it can do and all the ways that you can integrate gis into businesses she said she plans to graduate in may 2019 and then begin graduate school by leslie lee 09
oceanography recognizes 2018 graduate award winners and graduating studentsthe department congratulates all graduate award winners and those who graduated on may 11may 24 2018on may 9 two graduate students in the department of oceanography at texas a&m university damian simonini and andrea kealoha received the following prestigious graduate awards at the texas a&m college of geosciences graduation receptiondamian simonini (right) with dr shari yvon-lewis (left) (photo courtesy of robyn blackmon)andrea kealoha (photo courtesy of andrea kealoha)damian simonini received the john wormuth memorial award for excellence in undergraduate teaching it was a very pleasant surprise to receive this award which i was not expecting it at all! simonini said i have greatly enjoyed my time as a teaching assistant for both geos 470 and ocng 252 and overall all my interactions with the undergraduates during my time here it is great to be able to pass on knowledge i have learned and get to watch the student grow as the year progresses andrea kealoha received the chapman award for graduate research "i am really grateful to my advisor and the oceanography department professors for providing me with the skills i need to become a good oceanographer kealoha said receiving this award gives me more confidence in my research abilities and gaining confidence is so important for a developing scientist i am so thankful for their continued support and guidance congratulations to the graduate students who graduated from the department of oceanography on may 11: brooke barker tariq alrushaid andrew mcguffin chuan-yuan hsu by bumsoo kim
on may 9 two graduate students in the department of oceanography at texas a&m university damian simonini and andrea kealoha received the following prestigious graduate awards at the texas a&m college of geosciences graduation reception
damian simonini (right) with dr shari yvon-lewis (left) (photo courtesy of robyn blackmon)andrea kealoha (photo courtesy of andrea kealoha)
damian simonini received the john wormuth memorial award for excellence in undergraduate teaching it was a very pleasant surprise to receive this award which i was not expecting it at all! simonini said i have greatly enjoyed my time as a teaching assistant for both geos 470 and ocng 252 and overall all my interactions with the undergraduates during my time here it is great to be able to pass on knowledge i have learned and get to watch the student grow as the year progresses andrea kealoha received the chapman award for graduate research "i am really grateful to my advisor and the oceanography department professors for providing me with the skills i need to become a good oceanographer kealoha said receiving this award gives me more confidence in my research abilities and gaining confidence is so important for a developing scientist i am so thankful for their continued support and guidance congratulations to the graduate students who graduated from the department of oceanography on may 11: brooke barker tariq alrushaid andrew mcguffin chuan-yuan hsu by bumsoo kim
texas a&m geosciences by the numbers in 2018get an overview of the impact and reach of the college of geosciencesmay 23 2018the college of geosciences at texas a&m university is the most comprehensive geosciences program in the world we are the only academic program in the us with comprehensive geosciences: atmospheric sciences geography geology and geophysics and oceanography our extraordinary faculty and researchers are working to solve the most critical challenges facing humanity simultaneously our faculty are preparing students to step into professional careers that will change the world heres an overview of the texas a&m college of geosciences in 2018: a 1:10 faculty to student ratio 20 stem-based degree programs more than 68% of undergraduates participate in research 10 000 aggie geoscientists in the aggie network $337 million in nsf funding for iodp operations 1 425 students in geosciences 15 geosciences student organizations the only building at texas a&m with a doppler 45 years of texas sea grant community impacts contact us to get more information about how you can impact the world with texas a&m geosciences by leslie lee 09
the college of geosciences at texas a&m university is the most comprehensive geosciences program in the world we are the only academic program in the us with comprehensive geosciences: atmospheric sciences geography geology and geophysics and oceanography our extraordinary faculty and researchers are working to solve the most critical challenges facing humanity simultaneously our faculty are preparing students to step into professional careers that will change the world heres an overview of the texas a&m college of geosciences in 2018: a 1:10 faculty to student ratio 20 stem-based degree programs more than 68% of undergraduates participate in research 10 000 aggie geoscientists in the aggie network $337 million in nsf funding for iodp operations 1 425 students in geosciences 15 geosciences student organizations the only building at texas a&m with a doppler 45 years of texas sea grant community impacts contact us to get more information about how you can impact the world with texas a&m geosciences by leslie lee 09
atmospheric sciences student nominated for 2018 astronaut scholarship quinton lawton is one of four aggie undergraduates nominatedmay 15 2018quinton lawton 19 a meteorology major in the texas a&m department of atmospheric sciencesthe astronaut scholarship foundation (asf) seeks to support the brightest scholars in the fields of science technology engineering and mathematics (stem) while commemorating the legacy of americas pioneering astronauts and this year four texas a&m university undergraduate students were nominated for an asf scholarship quinton lawton 19 a meteorology major in the texas a&m department of atmospheric sciences in the college of geosciences has been nominated for the astronaut scholarship foundations 2018 astronaut scholarship along with oscar gonzalez 20 ashley hayden 19 and ashley holt 20 quinton lawton who is also minoring in oceanography is originally from houston texas in his undergraduate research work he studies the relation between tropical cyclone behavior and global climate change he also serves as a launch undergraduate research ambassador that position lets me share my passion with others and encourage them to deepen their involvement in research he said i dont just participate but lead while inspiring others to do the same undergraduate research ambassadors strive to expand and enrich student engagement in undergraduate research in long-term lawton said he hopes to carve a new path forward and serve as an example for others long into the future the asf has supported undergraduate students across the nation in pursuing their education for more than 30 years the astronaut scholarship is one of the most significant merit-based scholarships in stem fields that can be awarded to an undergraduate students must be nominated by faculty based on achievements in their chosen field out of a pool of 42 universities asf typically chooses one recipient from each school texas a&m university has had 30 honorees since the scholarship was established in 1984 by the surviving mercury 7 astronauts more than 100 astronauts have contributed to the cause resulting in over $4 million in scholarships the recipient of the astronaut scholarship will be announced at the astronaut scholarship foundation award ceremony on september 20 2018 at texas a&m university written in collaboration with texas a&m honors and undergraduate research
quinton lawton 19 a meteorology major in the texas a&m department of atmospheric sciences
the astronaut scholarship foundation (asf) seeks to support the brightest scholars in the fields of science technology engineering and mathematics (stem) while commemorating the legacy of americas pioneering astronauts and this year four texas a&m university undergraduate students were nominated for an asf scholarship quinton lawton 19 a meteorology major in the texas a&m department of atmospheric sciences in the college of geosciences has been nominated for the astronaut scholarship foundations 2018 astronaut scholarship along with oscar gonzalez 20 ashley hayden 19 and ashley holt 20 quinton lawton who is also minoring in oceanography is originally from houston texas in his undergraduate research work he studies the relation between tropical cyclone behavior and global climate change he also serves as a launch undergraduate research ambassador that position lets me share my passion with others and encourage them to deepen their involvement in research he said i dont just participate but lead while inspiring others to do the same undergraduate research ambassadors strive to expand and enrich student engagement in undergraduate research in long-term lawton said he hopes to carve a new path forward and serve as an example for others long into the future the asf has supported undergraduate students across the nation in pursuing their education for more than 30 years the astronaut scholarship is one of the most significant merit-based scholarships in stem fields that can be awarded to an undergraduate students must be nominated by faculty based on achievements in their chosen field out of a pool of 42 universities asf typically chooses one recipient from each school texas a&m university has had 30 honorees since the scholarship was established in 1984 by the surviving mercury 7 astronauts more than 100 astronauts have contributed to the cause resulting in over $4 million in scholarships the recipient of the astronaut scholarship will be announced at the astronaut scholarship foundation award ceremony on september 20 2018 at texas a&m university written in collaboration with texas a&m honors and undergraduate research
just 8 years after moving to houston from trinidad and tobago the twin-island nation just off the coast of venezuela geophysics major kalain hosein is set to walk the graduation stage at texas a&m university moving to houston helped spike hoseins interest in meteorology growing up in the eastern caribbean youre pretty much exposed to every natural hazard outside of winter weather he said my interest in meteorology was always there and when i moved to houston and experienced my first texas thunderstorm with the insane lightning and thunder i was in awe hosein eventually decided to major in geophysics at texas a&m but maintained his interest in meteorology as well i was and still am a huge earth science nerd so when i was around 8 or 9 documentaries about the indian ocean tsunamis and other historical mega-tsunamis began to air on national geographic and discovery channel he said the presenters and scientists on those programs typically had the title ‘geophysicist thats when i decided i wanted to do what they do texas a&ms college of geosciences stood out i chose a&m over most universities due to its fantastic geosciences college but it is one of the few universities in texas that offer both geophysics and meteorology he said hosein was involved in many organizations during his time a student in the texas a&m college of geosciences and he has also be involved in different undergraduate research projects what i loved about conducting research is the amount of self-teaching you have to do on material that is actively applied to a task at hand versus the purely theoretical content learned in some classes providing a community service from 2 000 miles away even though it has been several years since hosein has called trinidad and tobago home he has stayed connected in a unique way after growing up there and observing the hazardous weather conditions that frequent the eastern caribbean he saw a need for readily available timely public weather information so in 2014 he created a facebook page called the trinidad and tobago weather center the pages responsibility then and now is to use the information that is available to everyone and package it in a way that is easily understood by the public so that the desire for information can be met he said hosein worked to use already-vetted scientific weather data and information such as from the national weather service national hurricane center to provid accurate timely weather information on the page he also shared citizens' first-hand accounts such as updates on localized flooding he does not have any official training in meteorology but the page not have much activity until 2017 i had accepted an internship with bp at their port of spain office in trinidad for the summer of 2017 and two days after i landed in trinidad the national hurricane center began advisories on potential tropical cyclone which became tropical storm bret and was heading directly towards trinidad and tobago he recalled the storm was moving fast and hosein wanted to help i began alerting the public to the hazards of a tropical disturbance regardless of strength"
hosein's trinidad and tobago weather center facebook page helped inform people on the islands of impending weatherhosein conducting field work
as we finish up our spring semester and reflect on the past academic year the texas a&m university department of geography celebrates the exceptional achievements of our undergraduate students at our graduation reception today we will honor brian bowling (geog) and jordan anderson (gist) with our outstanding student award this accolade is given to both our top geog and gist majors in recognition of their academic achievements and also their involvement in research and other high-impact experiences during their undergraduate careers at texas a&m university congratulations on this fantastic accomplishment! brian bowling and jordan anderson were also inducted into the gamma theta upsilon (gtu) honor society the international geographical honor society with their lifetime dues generously covered by the texas a&m geoinnovation service center in addition to celebrating our graduating seniors we also recognize our continuing students for their achievements this year based on the fall 2017 semester we are thrilled to have 18 students on our college of geosciences deans list an accomplishment indicated by a grade point average of 375 or greater those students in alphabetical order are cooper adams (usge) katherine beall (gist) jacob blankenship (gist) brian bowling (geog) catherin franklin (gist) mary haynes (geog) harold hewett (geog) russell kirkpatrick (gist) valeriya kuvshinova (geog) emma leppard (geog) benjamin lybrand (gist) william lyle (gist) andrew patterson (geog) karin sesiano (geog) luke vitullo (geog) kate von ness (gist) daniel wanke (gist) and kysan woolverton (gist)
jordan anderson outstanding student award (gist) recipient and gtu honor society inducteebrian bowling outstanding student award (geog) recipient and gtu honor society inducteeandrew patterson fall 2018 university honors program student
our college of geosciences list of distinguished students indicated by a gpa between 35 and 375 are jordan anderson (gist) emily binnicker (gist) patrick campbell (geog) abir chaudhuri (gist) joshua childs (gist) keller herrin (geog) michael lanese (gist) william mann (geog) shawn mcarthur (geog) heidi mcchristy (gist) nicholas miller (gist) alessandra papa (geog) ennis rios (gist) and heather swienton (gist) gist major russell kirkpatrick is currently in the texas a&m university honors program this program focuses on personal professional and intellectual development through layering high-impact experiences the transformative education that is outlined in the universitys quality enhancement plan (qep) aggies commit to learning for a lifetime joining russell in fall 2018 will be current geog freshman andrew patterson who has been accepted to also start in the university honors program texas a&m universitys undergraduate research scholars program seeks to provide eligible undergraduates with a graduate student experience by allowing them to participate in research and communicate their findings as principal authors to the university's scholarly community we recognize kate von ness (gist) for still being an undergraduate research scholar after taking on this challenge and completing her thesis already as a sophomore her project entitled long-term hydrological reconstruction from a beaver meadow even won the texas a&m university outstanding thesis in stem last year we congratulate all of our students on their achievements best of luck to our 37 geography students scheduled to graduate may 11 and we look forward to seeing everyone else back in august! by: dr oliver frauenfeld director of undergraduate programs department of geography
dr patrick fulton (right texas a&m geology and geophysics) and dr demian saffer (left penn state university) stand in front of one of two sub-seafloor observatories before it is installed beneath the sea while on board the joides resolution for iodp expedition 375 (credit: patrick fulton / iodp)
this week the international ocean discovery program (iodp) is wrapping up its expedition 375 and the scientists engineers and crew members aboard the joides resolution (jr) research vessel are celebrating some major accomplishments from the voyage we successfully installed two sub-seafloor observatories into the hikurangi subduction zone said dr patrick fulton assistant professor in the department of geology and geophysics at texas a&m university fulton was the principal investigator leading the design and installation of the two observatories the observatories are designed to provide time-series information on formation pressure temperature fluid flow rates and formation fluid chemistry and aim to gain insight into the physics of earthquakes fulton said this project is just one part of the larger iodp expedition goals of studying the hikurangi subduction zone and earthquake mechanics
part of the observatory science and engineering team part of the nsf-sponsored project to design and install sub-seafloor observatories within the hikurangi subduction zone offshore new zealand to study the physics of earthquakes from left to right: patrick fulton (texas a&m – geology & geophysics) katerina petronotis (texas a&m – iodp) kevin grigar (texas a&m – iodp) demian saffer (penn state) laura wallace (gns-new zealand) john van hyfte (texas a&m – iodp) and bill rhinehart (texas a&m – iodp) (credit: iodp)
new zealand lies on top of a boundary between two tectonic plates in the southwestern pacific ocean which is why it experiences many earthquakes subduction occurs when one tectonic plate (the pacific plate) pushes beneath the australian plate as a result the long hikurangi subduction zone is formed off the east coast of new zealands north island the subduction zone is poorly understood yet potentially the largest source of earthquake and tsunami hazard in new zealand according to iodp expedition 375 extracted drill cores in the subduction zone for analysis and inserted two observatories into two of the drill holes to investigate the processes and the conditions that underlie slow slip events (sses) sometimes called slow earthquakes or silent earthquakes sses occur when over a period of weeks to months movement between the tectonic plates occurs slowly across the subduction zone iodp is an international research collaboration funded by the national science foundation (nsf) that coordinates seagoing expeditions to study the history of the earth recorded in sediments and rocks beneath the ocean floor the joides resolution science operator (jrso) operates the jr scientific drillship and the jrso is based in the texas a&m college of geosciences one of iodps three main ocean sediment core repositories is housed at texas a&m the program earns enormous prestige and federal grant money to texas a&m; the latest nsf grant provided $335 million over 5 years
the joides resolution drill ship (credit: patrick fulton / iodp)a screenshot from the iodp video "seafloor observatories: lifetime beyond the drilling"
dr hiroko kitajima assistant professor in the department of geology and geophysics was also part of the science party for this expedition serving as a petrophysics specialist she is studying the physics of recurring slow slip along the fault zone through experiments on core samples from the subduction which will be conducted in the john w handin laboratory for experimental rock deformation part of the center for tectonophysics at texas a&m dr katerina e petronotis of iodp at texas a&m served as expedition project manager and staff scientist for expedition 375 and numerous iodp staff members from texas a&m served as the technical support team on board read more about expedition 375 and the observatories: tapping into new zealands sleeping giant watch ‘old meets new – how we used the ‘lost art of rope splicing in our high-tech sub-seafloor observatory sub-seafloor observatory animation nz's new under-sea quake lab now in action by leslie lee ‘09
senior geophysics major juan acevedo had a unique experience during his time at texas a&m university: he participated in not one or two but four separate undergraduate research projects originally from colombia acevedo and his family moved to the united states about ten years ago and because both of his parents are geologists juan grew up around the geosciences ive always liked going out and learning about how mountains were formed and what makes up the rocks he said all it took was a visit to the texas a&m campus when he was in high school to convince acevedo to decide to bring his passion for geology to aggieland i came to one of the football games with my best friend and his sister who was an aggie geology alumni and she brought us in and i just loved it as soon as i came here acevedo said i fell in love and i decided this is where i wanted to go to school his undergraduate career would turn out to cover a lot of ground and acevedo believes his research experiences outside the classroom equipped him with the skills needed to excel in his field the texas a&m college of geosciences and the department of geology and geophysics prioritize high-impact student experiences such as undergraduate research
juan acevedo '18 (photo by chris mouchyn)acevedo conducting field work (photo courtesy of acevedo)