First Draft Map
This week, I’m working on my poster for capstone which will showcase all my work this past year. Here is my main map for the poster. These are the randomly generated plot points which I sampled.
Archive for date: April 25th, 2016
POSTER TIME!!!!
For the past couple weeks I have been working on my poster for the Sage Conference. This is the culmination of all my research over the year and has been a lot of work as I analyze my data. At the conference I will be presenting along side many of my colleagues who are also presenting on many interesting topics. I you are reading this you are probably interested in research and you are welcome to come to the Sage Conference on May 14 at 9 am in the library on Cal State Channel Islands campus.
Finalizing my Poster
Last week we looked at the first draft of our posters. Since then we revised them and are going to work again today to peer review them. This is what mine looks like so far. This week I will work to make my graphs in plotly instead of excel.
Poster Complete
I finally finished formatting my poster. It’s starting to look good. I have to make some final touch ups and finalize my text.
Other than that, my project is coming along well. All I have to do is slap together my paper, revise it 72 times as well as my figures, and turn it in (to Dr. O’Hirok), then edit it another four or five times, then turn it in!
Hidden Dragon Outside Sign
Update 4/25/16
This week I spent time reorganizing my poster. I realized that there was far too much text to include in a poster and I re organized and reworded my text. I also participated in a school function not related to the TP directly but was able to include it in a water symposium at an elementary school in which effects of drought and other limiting factors for local plants and vegetation.
The Final Stretch
Hello, students! As we enter our last three weeks, I just want to remind you to keep revising. At this point in the semester, we’re looking at sample portfolios, working through the revision packet during class, and you’re meeting with me for conferences. Remember to sign up for conferences with me early as my conference times are already filling up. Also, don’t forget the wonderful resource that is the Writing and Multiliteracy Center! They fill up as well, so schedule your appointments now. In three weeks, you’ll be turning in your portfolio and that will conclude your work for my class.
Remember, this is the time to really revisit your essays and make them as strong as possible as you can for portfolio. You want to show the portfolio committee how hard you’ve been working for the past fifteen weeks. As always, email or come see me with any questions (or talk to me after class).
We’re almost there!
CSU COAST 2016 Annual Meeting
Our consortium for the study of the coast and ocean here in the California State University System (aka CSU COAST) just held our annual meeting in Long Beach. While this group’s focus is the entirety of our coastal and marine environment, much of this has a direct bearing on oil spills and how we go about monitoring them. Indeed, this year’s annual meeting focused on monitoring and so was directly applicable to so many aspects of our assessments of spilled petroleum in the coastal zone. While the Chancellor did not make it to this year’s meeting, he was there last year.
Overview
This is a great introduction to CSU COAST if you know nothing about it or what we do. This presentation was by the Director of COAST, Dr. Krista Kamer.
Monitoring Overviews from Partners Across California
Estuary Monitoring
Marine Protected Area Monitoring
Our Work
Rather than showing a professor blab on about our search, two of our undergrads (Tevin Schmitt and Dorothy Horn) did a great job the previous month at the same location. I’ll let them explain what we are doing…
General Meeting Notes
Welcome
- Really big meeting this year, only Sonoma state is missing (due to an illness).
COAST Plan
- Took feedback and changed. Also addressed requirements of EO 1103 so that COAST is now an official CSU institute, permitted to use the logo, etc.
COAST looking to hire new person: policy and engagement specialist
- could be independent staffer
- could be faculty member on reassigned time/buy-out
Summary of the rest of the meeting
- considerable time devoted to talking about monitroring efforts in the CSU
- presentations on research opportunities by partners
- NOAA Sanctuaries West Coast Regional Office
- Tijuana River National Estuary Research Reserve
- Ocean Science Trust
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- all campuses shared their monitoring efforts in quick 2 minutes summaries
- conversation: research happens in the CSU and we need external stakeholders to know it (guests agreed that research interactions with CSU have been of highest quality), Chancellor White is identifying this as the next growth opportunity for the CSU
- product: using Google Earth, locations and descriptions of monitoring efforts were plotted together; was supposed to spur a discussion about gaps and opportunities, but people pointed out the UCs have monitored efforts that might fill some of those gaps; also talked about the need to connect monitoring efforts (e.g., through common protocols) and need to make data available
