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Editing

Most students have been working diligently at editing and typing the final copy of the thesis paper. I am also prepping for the SAGE symposium. I have resumes and business cards prepared for people interested. I am very excited for my first symposium, it should be an interesting experience.

New Media Page!

A new media page has been created which features photos and videos from my research on Santa Cruz Island. Check out the link below!

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Research Update 5/8/16

The last few weeks have consisted of me perfecting my SAGE poster that will be presented at the 8th annual SAGE conference next Saturday and my senior thesis. With the poster done all of my work has been aimed at finishing and improving my paper. I look forward to presenting my data and research to my peers at the SAGE conference. Below is a picture of the final poster.

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Putting Together the Last of the Puzzle Pieces

My capstone paper has been coming together the past couple weeks and now only have a couple more puzzle pieces to go!

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I now have my introduction, methods, and results complete. I am currently working on my discussion and conclusion. I am hoping to have a rough draft completed by the end of the day today so I can go home to enjoy mothers day with my mom.

 

Setting Goals for the next Two Weeks

Well the semester is winding down and soon it will be time to turn in our final report! We have our sage presentation here on campus on May 14th, which I am a little nervous for but excited too because I will hopefully have opportunities to exercise my networking skills. Our data and thesis are due on May 16th so my goal is to have my data organized by next Tuesday so that Dr.Anderson can look it over for me and I confirm I did it correctly. I also plan to have my final thesis done next Thursday so that I can have it peer reviewed before the due date on Monday. Then soon after that is graduation day! I am so excited to wrap up my capstone project and focus my attention to career opportunities after graduation.

Finished Poster now onto Finishing Thesis

I have finalized my research project poster and turned it in. I will be presenting my poster at the upcoming SAGE conference on May 14th. Now that all my data is in order i can finally  focus on finishing my senior thesis of the overall project.

Below is a link to a copy of my Research poster:

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Final Poster Draft Complete

I turned in the final draft of my poster and now I am turning my attention towards working on my paper and organizing my data to turn in. I have a little bit of GIS work to complete before I can fully complete my paper, but I will have it done on Thursday. It is crazy to think that our entire project will be complete in less than two weeks but I feel like I have worked hard this semester and I am ready to take the final steps in completing my project.

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Poster finalized and the end is in sight!

After spending way too much time on my poster for SAGE, I am finally happy with it and it feels good to have it done. Now I can focus on my presentation for SCAS this weekend and then on finishing up my thesis paper. 19 days left of my undergraduate career! Keep up good work everyone.

Infauna Conclusions

This week concluded my analysis of the infauna data I collected at Port Hueneme. I found that the average heterogeneity(H’) increases during the nourishment of the beach, which is not at the natural levels of H’. Also, post nourishment created a lag in Heterogeneity. This could affect the snowy plovers nesting.Picture1H.

Poster and Paper

We have been working on the poster and paper. This is the final push of the semester and to finish capstone. Stats has gone well and we have found some significant results. We are now finalizing maps and editing posters and papers like stated earlier.