NWC REU 2016
 May 23 - July 29

 

Students & Mentors 2016

Robert Baines
Junior Mechanical Engineering Major
Rice University
Mentors:
Jorge Salazar, RIL
Rodrigo Lebron, RIL
Research Project:
Analysis and Improvement of a Six-Axis Robotic Scanner for Millimeter-Wave Active Phased Array Antenna Calibration

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Christian Boyer
Junior Meteorology Major
Millersville University
Mentor:
Caleb Fulton, RIL
Research Project:
UAV-Based Calibration for Polarimetric Phased Array Radar

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Austin Coleman
Junior Meteorology Major
Valparaiso University
Mentor:
Nusrat Yussouf, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Ensemble Forecasts and Verification of the May 2015 Multi-Hazard Severe Weather Event in Oklahoma

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Dana Gillson
Junior Geology Major
Mount Holyoke College
Mentors:
Esther Mullens, SC-CSC
Derek Rosendahl, SC-CSC
Research Project:
Assessing Future Projections of Climate Extremes Over the South Central USA

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Uriel Gutierrez
Junior Meteorology Major
Texas A&M University
Mentors:
Steven Cavallo, OU SoM
Nicholas Szapiro, OU SoM
Research Project:
Arctic Weather and Abrupt Sea Ice Loss

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Sebastian Harkema
Junior Meteorology & Geography Major
Central Michigan University
Mentors:
Heather Grams, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL Steve Martinaitis, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Impact of Rain Gauge Location Errors on Verification of Radar-Based Precipitation Estimates

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Briana Lynch
Junior Environmental Science Major
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Mentor:
Sean Crowell, OU SoM
Research Project:
Quantifying the Carbon Footprint on Paris with Remote Sensing Observations

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Russell Manser
Junior Meteorology Major
Saint Cloud State University
Mentors:
Cameron Homeyer, OU SoM
Daniel Phoenix, OU SoM
Research Project:
Modeling the Physical, Dynamical, and Chemical Characteristics of Extreme Extratropical Convection in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere

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Kristina Mazur
Junior Meteorology Major
Rutgers University
Mentors:
April Taylor, Chickasaw Nation, Chocktaw Nation of Oklahoma & SC-CSC
Esther Mullens, SC-CSC
Derek Rosendahl, SC-CSC
Research Project:
Climate Change Hazards: Extreme Precipitation Events & Flooding in Oklahoma’S Tribal Nations

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Karen Michelle Montes Berríos
Junior Information & Journalism Major
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Mentors:
Ashton Robinson Cook, NOAA SPC
Amber Cannon, WDT, Inc.
Somer Erickson, FEMA
Mark Shafer, OCS

Research Project:
The Impact of a Violent Tornado in Norman, Oklahoma

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Joseph Nardi
Sophomore Chemistry Major
Carleton College
Mentors:
Amy McGovern, OU SoM & OU CS
Nate Snook, OU CAPS
David John Gagne II, OU SoM
Research Project:
Verification of Automated Hail Forecasts From the 2016 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment

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Jamin Rader
Sophomore Atmospheric Science Major
University of Washington
Mentors:
Brad Illston, OCS
Research Project:
Analysis of Anti-Ice Coatings on Field Operational Anemometers

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