MEAS 2nd Annual Symposium
James B. Hunt Jr. Library, 1070 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC 27606, United StatesIf you have not already done so, please register today for the MEAS Symposium. More information can be found here.
Events
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Graduate Student Defense
5131 Jordan Hall 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - William Reckling, PhD, Earth Sciences, Geospatial Information & Technology Seminar Title - Optimizing Environmental Monitoring with Machine Learning and UAS 5131 Jordan Hall & Zoom. Please check your email for a Zoom link. Committee Chair - Helena Mitasova Committee Members - Jay Levine, Stacy Arnold Nelson, Karl Wegmann
Graduate Student Defense
1132 Jordan Hall 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Chen Yuan, PhD, Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Title- Barotropic Models of Atmospheric Persistent Anomaly Activity and its Sensitivity to Climate Friday, April 7th ~ 2:00 P.M. 1132 Jordan Hall and on Zoom. Please see your email for a Zoom link. Committee Chair - Walter Robinson Committee Members - Anantha Aiyyer, Gary Lackmann, Sarah Larson
POSTPONED -MEAS Department Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Tina Dura, Virginia Tech (hosted by L. Leithold & Karl Wegmann), in person & on Zoom. Seminar Title - Improving subduction zone hazards assessments using the coastal stratigraphic record
Geospatial Forum (Lecture) with Dr. Verónica Andreo (CONICET and the Gulich Institute – Argentina)
Jordan Hall 5103 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesEnvironmental Drivers of Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases: Leveraging Remote Sensing in Public Health Summary: Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases are responsible for one-sixth of disease and disability worldwide. Their distribution and spread is highly dependent on the environment. In the face of the environmental changes brought about by the Earth-system crisis, remote sensing has gained renewed…
Geospatial Forum (Studio) with Dr. Verónica Andreo (CONICET and the Gulich Institute – Argentina)
Jordan Hall Addition 1216 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesUsing Satellite Data for Species Distribution Modeling with GRASS GIS and R Registration opening soon! Summary: Species distribution models (SDM) have traditionally used climatic data as predictors of habitat suitability for the target species. In this hands-on studio, we will explore the use of satellite data to derive relevant predictors. We will perform satellite data…
MEAS Department Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Nakul Deshpande, Dept. of Physics, NCState University (hosted by K. Wegmann), in person & on Zoom. Seminar Title - Adventures in pouring sandpiles or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the lab Abstract - Pour sand on a table. What happens? At first blush, not much. Grains fall and form a pile. When pouring stops, it…
Special Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesDr Benjamin Quesada, and Dr Juan Posada, two colleagues from Colombia will be here to visit us at MEAS to give research seminars and to explore opportunities for international collaboration with our department (hosted by Camilo Rey-Sanchez). They will present ~25 min research talks each, followed by an introduction to their department and the new Earth…
MEAS Department Seminar
1216 Jordan Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpeaker - Yajuan Lin, (she/her), Assistant Professor of Marine Ecology, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (hosted by R. Paerl), in person & on Zoom. Seminar Title - Mapping the 'invisible forest' and biological carbon pump in a changing Southern Ocean.
MEAS Department Seminar
Speaker - Tina Dura, Virginia Tech (hosted by L. Leithold & Karl Wegmann), in person & on Zoom. Seminar Title - Improving subduction zone hazards assessments using the coastal stratigraphic record