SCGIS & Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station
OK, so the only part of this entry that is related to me is that I worked to schedule this behind-the-scenes tour with colleagues that work at the Marine Station. It’s not much...
Category: Science education
Eclipses & Transits
Although we were not even on the same continent, we were watching the latest solar eclipse in Northern Chile on the Price Science Commons’ VizWall during the event. Just a couple of years ago...
Learning to Fly for Science, Earth Science
In support of the Geology field camp efforts of Drs. Valerie Sahakian and Ray Weldon of the University of Oregon’s Earth Sciences Department, I was asked to help them teach students how to...
Accessing Satellite Imagery – A Primer on Remote Sensing
Today, I had a blast giving a workshop on acquiring and analyzing remotely sensed (satellite) imagery as it relates to marine and coastal research that is ongoing at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology...
UAV Imagery – Autzen Stadium and Much More!
In preparation for several upcoming workshops on UAVs/Drones that I am offering through the Price Science Commons and Research Library, I needed to update the geofencing on the UO Library’s DJI Phantom IV...
Making Things Fly – 3D Printed Supports for Paper Airfoils
I wanted to mention one cool project that I have been working on over the last week in conjunction with the Riverfront/Looking Glass High School here in the Eugene area. It is an engineering...
Exploring Ultramafic Plant Communities – The Weirdness of Southwest Oregon
Southwest Oregon is a geologic anomaly compared to the rest of the state. This area comprising most or all of Josephine County is a section of Mesozoic continental crust from the east that...
Augmented and Virtual Reality with the UO Science Literacy Program
Last week members of the Science Literacy Program visited the Price Science Commons’s VizLab to explore AR and VR hardware and software as they relate to science education. I had the chance to...
ORESAT – Oregon’s CubeSat MicroSatellite Project
In the late summer or early fall of 2020, the ORESAT satellite, with the help of NASA’s cubesat program, will be loaded onto what we believe will be a SpaceX Dragon rocket and...
Good Vibes with Stormwater at the UO & SEHS
Psyched to see friends and my spouse involved in this award-winning project with Eugene Public Works, 4J School District, South Eugene High School, and the University of Oregon’s Department of Landscape Architecture. They took...