Category: Archive

Meyer’s awarded Visualization Matching Grant

April 29, 2014

ESSIC Faculty Research Assistant Patrick Meyers was selected as a recipient of a UMD Division of Information Technology (DIT) grant for visualization hardware. The DIT call for proposals was designed to help UMCP achieve national leadership status in the use of visualization for data exploration and results presentation. Meyer’s award totaled $6K and will be used in part to fund two workstations that will replicate visualization and display technologies employed by the National Weather Service …

Murtugudde provides expert commentary for CNN’s MA370 reports

April 29, 2014

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde provided expert commentary for multiple broadcast CNN reports on the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Murtugudde was questioned on a range of topics including ocean currents, light and sound transmission, and seafloor topography and sediments….

Performance artist to instruct university researchers on communication

April 24, 2014

ESSIC / Geology professor James Farquhar is one of nine participants of a university sponsored pilot program seeking to improve campus researchers’ communication techniques. Leslie Felbain, the director of the MFA in Performance program in Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies will lead the program. Felbain will meet with participants and coach them through activities that improve persuasive speech, such as eye contact, tempo, and breathing techniques. Patrick O’Shea, …

AOSC undergrad awarded Hollings Scholarship

April 24, 2014

Sophomore atmospheric and oceanic science major Michael Natoli was one of two University of Maryland undergraduate students to receive NOAA’s Earnest F. Hollings Scholarship for 2014. The goal of the NOAA-sponsored program is to increase student training, environmental literacy, and future recruitment and job acquisition in atmospheric and oceanic science. Natoli, who is part of the university’s Honors College, conducts research with ESSIC Research Professor and CICS-MD Director, …

Maryland alumnus honored by White House

April 23, 2014

University of Maryland alumnus Dr. Scott Weaver, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) at an April 14 White House ceremony. Weaver, a research meteorologist at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, was one of 102 to win the award this year. According to the White House, the award is the “highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.” Weaver’s research …

ESSIC prepares for 16th annual Maryland Day

April 23, 2014

The 2014 installment of the University of Maryland’s 16th annual open house, Maryland Day, will take place on Saturday, April 26. The annual spring event, which serves as an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the University of Maryland, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The campus community typically presents the university’s varied capabilities through six unique venues, each found in a different part of campus. Science and Tech Way, located near the Glenn L. Martin Institute …

ESSIC Faculty Research Assistant receives NSF Fellowship

April 22, 2014

Physics undergraduate and Faculty Research Assistant, Ms. Julia Ruth, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship in April 2014. The NSF received more than 14,000 applications for the 2014 competition and made 2,000 fellowship award offers that recognize outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Ms. Ruth plans to pursue her graduate degree at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego …

Wine, Weather, and Climate Highlight Need for Observations

April 17, 2014

A unique education program was held on Capitol Hill the evening of March 25 —one that highlighted the link between Federal investment in Earth science and observations and the cha ching of the U.S. economy. As part of the Grains to Grapes program hosted by the Alliance for Earth Observations and Wine America, participants learned of the impacts of weather on the wine sector at home and abroad and the opportunities that exist for the U.S. agriculture and business sectors to utilize weather …

UMD honors workshop conducts student carbon survey

April 16, 2014

The attendees of the University of Maryland’s honors workshop HONR359C are not only studying the historic role humans have played in the formation and alteration of the earth’s climate and environment, but are also hoping to raise campus awareness. Entitled “Big History: Earth, Life, and Sustainability,” the workshop led by ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde, has embarked on a class project which seeks to gather data on the average UMD student’s carbon footprint. Through the repurposing …

Newly Funded Research: March 2014

April 9, 2014

Researcher: James Farquhar Grant Sponsor: NSF Amount: $130,142 Grant Study: “Sulfur Isotope Studies of Sulfide Oxidation” …