MEAS Department Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesOur MEAS first seminar for Spring Semester 2023 will be on Monday, Jan. 23, 3:30PM, and is hosted by the MEAS Graduate Student Association.
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MEAS Department Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Antonia Sebastian, UNC-Chapel Hill (IP & via Zoom - please see your email) and is hosted by Ethan Hyland. Seminar Title - Delineating Flood Risk in the Coastal Zone: Leveraging Numerical Models and Administrative Data to Understand Evolving Hazards, Exposure and Vulnerability Bio - Dr. Sebastian is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina…
MEAS Department Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Brittany Hupp, Assistant Professor, George Mason University. Dr. Hupp is a new Assistant Professor at George Mason University with interests in paleontology, sedimentology, marine science, paleoclimate, (paleo)ecology, and geochemistry to name a few areas. Seminar Title - Novel Geochemical Approaches to Interpreting Past Climate, Oceanographic, & Ecological Signals in Planktic Foraminiferal Records Google Scholar, Website
MEAS Department Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Leo Siqueira, University of Miami (hosted by S. Larson) Seminar Title - Seasonal to Decadal Impact of Western Boundary Currents on Climate (1216 Jordan Addition and Zoom). Abstract - Midlatitude sea surface temperature (SST) variability, forced and damped by oceanic processes, can impact large-scale atmospheric circulation, pointing to an ocean's crucial role outside the Tropics. This talk's first part…
Geospatial Forum: 3rd Doctoral Student Edition (NC State)
Jordan Hall Addition 1216 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesGeospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of lightning talks: Martine Mathieu: Spatial Predictive Dispersion Modeling of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Concentrations as Surrogates for Exposure in Colfax, Louisiana, USA (advised by Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, FER) Abstract: In Colfax, LA, several residents have experienced adverse health effects in an area surrounding an open…
MEAS Department Seminar
Speaker - Lauren Toth, US Geological Survey (hosted by S. Zhang), Zoom only Seminar title - Geological perspectives on the degradation and restoration of coral reefs Bio - Lauren Toth is a coral-reef ecologist who uses clues from the geologic record to better understand the modern decline of coral-reef ecosystems and to inform future coral-reef management and…
Geospatial Analytics Dissertation Defense: Corey T. White
Jordan Hall 5103 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesDefense Presentation Title: Facilitating Civic Engagement in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions through Geospatial Participatory Modeling Co-Advisors: Dr. Helena Mitasova, Associate Director of Earth and Environmental Sciences Applications, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Dr. Ross Meentemeyer, Director, Center for Geospatial Analytics Abstract: Rapid urbanization and the increasing frequency of extreme precipitation events are leading to communities vulnerable to flooding and…
M.S. Graduate Student Defense – Grant Colip
1132 Jordan Hall 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Grant Colip, M.S. Graduate Student, Earth Science Seminar Title - Interpreting seismic reflection imagery to reconstruct late Quaternary earthquake history at Lake Crescent, Washington, USA Location - 1132 Jordan Hall and Zoom Committee Chairs: Lonnie Leithold, Karl Wegmann Committee Members: Del Wayne Bohnenstiehl, Daniel Brothers
MEAS Department Seminar
Speaker - Ryan Kramer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (hosted by S. Larson), Zoom only Seminar title - Observing and Modeling Earth’s Energy Imbalance in a Warming World Abstract - Like anything in life, climate change is about balance. Or rather a lack thereof. When Earth’s incoming and outgoing energy is in balance, the climate is stable. Currently…
Ph.D. Graduate Student Defense – Julian Chesnutt
2106 Jordan HallSpeaker - Julian Chesnutt, PhD Graduate Student, Earth Science Seminar Title - Mass Wasting Landforms on Earth and Mars: A Tale of Two Mesas Location - Wednesday, March 8th ~ 10:00 A.M. 2106 Jordan Hall and Zoom Committee Chair: Karl Wegmann Committee Members: Del Bohnenstiehl, Paul Byrne, Helena Mitasova, Peter Harries