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two geography faculty awarded texas a&m research grantsdr george allen and dr inci güneralp will lead pesca-supported research projects feb 20 2019dr george allen assistant professor in the department of geography dr inci güneralp associate professor in the department of geography two college of geosciences faculty members were presented with research project funding from the the division of research at texas a&m universitys program to enhance scholarly and creative activities (pesca) a total of thirteen faculty members from across texas a&m received pesca grants totaling $250 595 the division of research funds the pesca grant program to support significant research and scholarly projects that have the potential to lead to the awarding of external funding by major agencies and endowments pesca funds can support travel for research and to collections and libraries access to data resources graduate student support and seed funding to support application for federal and other national-level grants the 2019 grants which range in amounts from $9 898 to $25 000 will provide seed funding for research projects in disciplines as diverse as computer science public health architecture pharmaceutical science geography veterinary medicine sociology law engineering human medicine and agriculture congratulations to our faculty members who received pesca funding this year vice president for research dr mark a barteau said many of their projects represent multidisciplinary collaborations that tackle significant challenges for global society and demonstrate potential to attract additional funding from sources outside texas a&m we look forward to their results dr george allen assistant professor in the department of geography received a $25 000 grant for his project developing a method for the rapid detection of freshwater plastic pollution co-principal investigators dr anthony filippi and dr inci güneralp both associate professors in the department of geography will join allen on the project dr inci güneralp received a $24 897 grant for her project tracing the signature of human-induced deforestation on lowland tropical river landscapes using simulation modeling and deep learning filippi will also serve as co-pi on this project along with dr georgianne moore an associate professor in the department of ecosystem science and management in the college of agriculture and life sciences and dr zhangyang atlas wang assistant professor in the department of computer science and engineering in the college of engineering read about all 13 grant recipients
dr george allen assistant professor in the department of geography dr inci güneralp associate professor in the department of geography
two college of geosciences faculty members were presented with research project funding from the the division of research at texas a&m universitys program to enhance scholarly and creative activities (pesca) a total of thirteen faculty members from across texas a&m received pesca grants totaling $250 595 the division of research funds the pesca grant program to support significant research and scholarly projects that have the potential to lead to the awarding of external funding by major agencies and endowments pesca funds can support travel for research and to collections and libraries access to data resources graduate student support and seed funding to support application for federal and other national-level grants the 2019 grants which range in amounts from $9 898 to $25 000 will provide seed funding for research projects in disciplines as diverse as computer science public health architecture pharmaceutical science geography veterinary medicine sociology law engineering human medicine and agriculture congratulations to our faculty members who received pesca funding this year vice president for research dr mark a barteau said many of their projects represent multidisciplinary collaborations that tackle significant challenges for global society and demonstrate potential to attract additional funding from sources outside texas a&m we look forward to their results dr george allen assistant professor in the department of geography received a $25 000 grant for his project developing a method for the rapid detection of freshwater plastic pollution co-principal investigators dr anthony filippi and dr inci güneralp both associate professors in the department of geography will join allen on the project dr inci güneralp received a $24 897 grant for her project tracing the signature of human-induced deforestation on lowland tropical river landscapes using simulation modeling and deep learning filippi will also serve as co-pi on this project along with dr georgianne moore an associate professor in the department of ecosystem science and management in the college of agriculture and life sciences and dr zhangyang atlas wang assistant professor in the department of computer science and engineering in the college of engineering read about all 13 grant recipients
meteorology and oceanography students awarded 1000 year scholarshipthe inaugural scholarships were a fantastic way to support education in the metocean community feb 13 2019jan van smirren presents a scholarship to kendall byers (photos by chris mouchyn)jan van smirren presents a scholarship to sakib mahmudtwo texas a&m university college of geosciences students were recently awarded 1 000 year scholarships inaugural scholarships co-sponsored by the society for underwater technology (sut) and the loop current eddy alliance funded by attendees of the annual 1 000 year party the $1 500 scholarships were awarded to kendall byers a senior meteorology major in the department of atmospheric sciences and sakib mahmud a graduate student in the department of oceanography jan van smirren sut fellow and honorable secretary presented the scholarships at texas a&m and invited the students to network with industry experts at the upcoming 1 000 year gathering every year for about the last three decades all the industrial meteorologists and oceanographers have met for an informal party in houston on the tuesday of otc week van smirren said otc is the annual offshore technology conference it used to be called the 100 year party because we typically have to produce extreme estimates to the engineers out to 100 years and those inform their designs of off-shore structures he said engineers now expect estimations up to 1 000 years out so we changed the name of the party last year the professionals made it a party with a purpose van smirren said and together collected funds for two student scholarships sut agreed to administer the scholarship program and the loop current eddy alliance co-sponsored it we got a really diverse great group of applicants but these two really stood out van smirren said of byers and mahmud what a fantastic way to support education in the metocean community said dr don conlee atmospheric sciences instructional professor we are also delighted and thankful that our colleague jan could come and present these in person to make it even more specialkendall byers jan van smirren and sakib mahmud (photos by chris mouchyn)dr ishara casellas connors dr shari yvon-lewis sakib mahmud jan van smirren kendall byers and dr don conleeby leslie lee 09
jan van smirren presents a scholarship to kendall byers (photos by chris mouchyn)jan van smirren presents a scholarship to sakib mahmud
two texas a&m university college of geosciences students were recently awarded 1 000 year scholarships inaugural scholarships co-sponsored by the society for underwater technology (sut) and the loop current eddy alliance funded by attendees of the annual 1 000 year party the $1 500 scholarships were awarded to kendall byers a senior meteorology major in the department of atmospheric sciences and sakib mahmud a graduate student in the department of oceanography jan van smirren sut fellow and honorable secretary presented the scholarships at texas a&m and invited the students to network with industry experts at the upcoming 1 000 year gathering every year for about the last three decades all the industrial meteorologists and oceanographers have met for an informal party in houston on the tuesday of otc week van smirren said otc is the annual offshore technology conference it used to be called the 100 year party because we typically have to produce extreme estimates to the engineers out to 100 years and those inform their designs of off-shore structures he said engineers now expect estimations up to 1 000 years out so we changed the name of the party last year the professionals made it a party with a purpose van smirren said and together collected funds for two student scholarships sut agreed to administer the scholarship program and the loop current eddy alliance co-sponsored it we got a really diverse great group of applicants but these two really stood out van smirren said of byers and mahmud what a fantastic way to support education in the metocean community said dr don conlee atmospheric sciences instructional professor we are also delighted and thankful that our colleague jan could come and present these in person to make it even more special
kendall byers jan van smirren and sakib mahmud (photos by chris mouchyn)dr ishara casellas connors dr shari yvon-lewis sakib mahmud jan van smirren kendall byers and dr don conlee
atmospheric sciences students win poster awardsmatthew brown and montana etten-bohm recently won poster awards at two conferencesfeb 8 2019matthew brownmontana etten-bohmtwo graduate students in the department of atmospheric sciences at texas a&m university in the college of geosciences brought home poster awards from conferences in recent months matthew brown a third-year graduate student working with dr christopher nowotarski on supercell dynamics recently attended the 29th american meteorological society (ams) severe local storms conference in stowe vermont brown was one of five students to win a best poster award his presented work focuses on the impact of the lifting condensation level (lcl) on low-level outflow and rotation in simulated thunderstorms as matthew stated high lcls are actually more favorable for the development of intense rotation due to more direct alignment of near-surface circulation and the mesocyclone aloft brown said this is not to say that our observational findings are wrong but that the impact of lcl is not as simple as ‘low lcls are always good rather the combination of lcl and other low-level features (shear moisture instability) combine to form an environment that can support tornadogenesis he noted that some conference attendees were skeptical of the project initially as in dont we already know the answer to this but then after i walked them through the findings there was this moment of 'huh thats really interesting maybe weve been looking at the impact of lcl from the wrong perspective also a third-year graduate student montana etten-bohm is working with dr courtney schumacher on lightning research she recently attended the workshop on point process models organized by the department of statistics here at texas a&m university the award-winning research poster focuses on using large-scale environmental variables in lightning parameterization and evaluating their link with lightning she said for this conference montana focused on using statistical models to create lightning parameterizations people should care because for the generalized linear model (glm) we were able to evaluate this in a global climate model (gcm) and the parameterization performed pretty well etten-bohm said this shows implications for the future and how lightning parameterizations can perform well in predicting lightning on a global scale by kevin smalley
two graduate students in the department of atmospheric sciences at texas a&m university in the college of geosciences brought home poster awards from conferences in recent months matthew brown a third-year graduate student working with dr christopher nowotarski on supercell dynamics recently attended the 29th american meteorological society (ams) severe local storms conference in stowe vermont brown was one of five students to win a best poster award his presented work focuses on the impact of the lifting condensation level (lcl) on low-level outflow and rotation in simulated thunderstorms as matthew stated high lcls are actually more favorable for the development of intense rotation due to more direct alignment of near-surface circulation and the mesocyclone aloft brown said this is not to say that our observational findings are wrong but that the impact of lcl is not as simple as ‘low lcls are always good rather the combination of lcl and other low-level features (shear moisture instability) combine to form an environment that can support tornadogenesis he noted that some conference attendees were skeptical of the project initially as in dont we already know the answer to this but then after i walked them through the findings there was this moment of 'huh thats really interesting maybe weve been looking at the impact of lcl from the wrong perspective also a third-year graduate student montana etten-bohm is working with dr courtney schumacher on lightning research she recently attended the workshop on point process models organized by the department of statistics here at texas a&m university the award-winning research poster focuses on using large-scale environmental variables in lightning parameterization and evaluating their link with lightning she said for this conference montana focused on using statistical models to create lightning parameterizations people should care because for the generalized linear model (glm) we were able to evaluate this in a global climate model (gcm) and the parameterization performed pretty well etten-bohm said this shows implications for the future and how lightning parameterizations can perform well in predicting lightning on a global scale by kevin smalley
meet gary reynolds 88 geosciences senior director of development the college of geosciences is proud to have reynolds on its teamfeb 6 2019hes got a super bowl ring three decades of nfl and aggie football operations experience and a passion for aggieland and now gary reynolds 88 is making waves in texas a&m geosciences helping grow our impact for generations of aggie geoscientists to come and engaging former students and friends to get involved in that future reynolds joined the texas a&m college of geosciences in august of 2018 as senior director of development leading giving and development efforts for the college and departments he serves as an ambassador of the texas a&m foundation and texas a&m university to our donors and former students to further the mission of the college the college of geosciences is truly great reynolds said aggies can be proud of the students faculty and former students for their amazing work! working with development coordinator rachel rodriguez reynolds helps geosciences donors and former students match their passions with the needs and exciting opportunities in the college we are beyond thrilled to have gary on the college of geosciences team! said geosciences dean dr debbie thomas he is passionate about our opportunities and goals and is gifted with the ability to share these with our former students and stakeholders after receiving his bachelors degree in industrial distribution from texas a&m in 1988 and his masters in educational administration in 1992 reynolds went into athletics administration where he applied his skills in relationship-building and recruiting in various capacities he served in operations for two nfl teams: the green bay packers from 1993-1999 where he earned his super bowl xxxi champions ring and the seattle seahawks from 2003-2008 reynolds then served in texas a&m athletics as director of football operations from 2008-2016 and associate athletics director for football from 2016-2018 learn about the exciting ways you could support the college by leslie lee 09
hes got a super bowl ring three decades of nfl and aggie football operations experience and a passion for aggieland and now gary reynolds 88 is making waves in texas a&m geosciences helping grow our impact for generations of aggie geoscientists to come and engaging former students and friends to get involved in that future reynolds joined the texas a&m college of geosciences in august of 2018 as senior director of development leading giving and development efforts for the college and departments he serves as an ambassador of the texas a&m foundation and texas a&m university to our donors and former students to further the mission of the college the college of geosciences is truly great reynolds said aggies can be proud of the students faculty and former students for their amazing work! working with development coordinator rachel rodriguez reynolds helps geosciences donors and former students match their passions with the needs and exciting opportunities in the college we are beyond thrilled to have gary on the college of geosciences team! said geosciences dean dr debbie thomas he is passionate about our opportunities and goals and is gifted with the ability to share these with our former students and stakeholders after receiving his bachelors degree in industrial distribution from texas a&m in 1988 and his masters in educational administration in 1992 reynolds went into athletics administration where he applied his skills in relationship-building and recruiting in various capacities he served in operations for two nfl teams: the green bay packers from 1993-1999 where he earned his super bowl xxxi champions ring and the seattle seahawks from 2003-2008 reynolds then served in texas a&m athletics as director of football operations from 2008-2016 and associate athletics director for football from 2016-2018 learn about the exciting ways you could support the college by leslie lee 09
college of geosciences invites aspiring students and families to aggieland saturday feb 9all prospective students and families are welcome at this campus-wide eventfeb 1 2019aggieland saturday 2019 is feb 9saturday feb 9 texas a&m university will host aggieland saturday an annual campus-wide open house for prospective students and their families during this one day prospective students can meet current students tour the dorms visit libraries and labs and see what texas a&m has to offer the college of geosciences will host a wide variety of events and tours for prospective students and families during aggieland saturday aspiring geoscientists can learn about the colleges majors and programs get information about admissions and get financial aid and scholarship resources the full college of geosciences aggieland saturday schedule is below all of the geosciences events will be held in the oceanography and meteorology building (o&m) and resource tables for each department and program will also be available in o&m from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm activities: welcome and the colleges vision 9:00 – 9:15 am o&m room 112 with dean dr debbie thomas gala activities on the lawn (student organizations etc) noon – 12:45 pm green space in front of the o&m building tours: geology and geophysics 3d visualization laboratory 1:10 – 2:15 pm begins in o&m 110 and continues to the halbouty building for laboratory tour atmospheric science and meteorology tour of the weather & radar centers 10:30 am – noon o&m 110 presentations: financial solutions for high school seniors 9:15 – 9:45 am o&m 112 what are the geosciences what does a geoscientist do 9:45 – 10:15 am o&m 112 introduction to the geology and geophysics (g&g) majors 10:30 am – noon o&m 112 introduction to the geography and geographic information science and technology majors 10:30 am – noon o&m 807 introduction to the environmental programs 10:30 am – noon o&m 103 introduction to the oceanography major 10:30 am – noon o&m 602
saturday feb 9 texas a&m university will host aggieland saturday an annual campus-wide open house for prospective students and their families during this one day prospective students can meet current students tour the dorms visit libraries and labs and see what texas a&m has to offer the college of geosciences will host a wide variety of events and tours for prospective students and families during aggieland saturday aspiring geoscientists can learn about the colleges majors and programs get information about admissions and get financial aid and scholarship resources the full college of geosciences aggieland saturday schedule is below all of the geosciences events will be held in the oceanography and meteorology building (o&m) and resource tables for each department and program will also be available in o&m from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm activities: welcome and the colleges vision 9:00 – 9:15 am o&m room 112 with dean dr debbie thomas gala activities on the lawn (student organizations etc) noon – 12:45 pm green space in front of the o&m building tours: geology and geophysics 3d visualization laboratory 1:10 – 2:15 pm begins in o&m 110 and continues to the halbouty building for laboratory tour atmospheric science and meteorology tour of the weather & radar centers 10:30 am – noon o&m 110 presentations: financial solutions for high school seniors 9:15 – 9:45 am o&m 112 what are the geosciences what does a geoscientist do 9:45 – 10:15 am o&m 112 introduction to the geology and geophysics (g&g) majors 10:30 am – noon o&m 112 introduction to the geography and geographic information science and technology majors 10:30 am – noon o&m 807 introduction to the environmental programs 10:30 am – noon o&m 103 introduction to the oceanography major 10:30 am – noon o&m 602