UW Undergraduate Research Symposium

May 26, 2015

UW Undergraduate Research SymposiumLauren Easley, the UW undergraduate student who spent her summer in our lab measuring snow samples from Utah, gave a presentation on her data and our initial interpretation at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 15.  This gave her valuable experience in communicating and presenting her science to her peers and faculty, and she seemed to enjoy herself (see picture of Lauren in front of her poster below).  Thanks to all of you for allowing her this valuable experience!
                
As an update on the project, Maria just submitted a paper on another project regarding snow chemistry in Antarctica last week.  In between paper drafts, she was deep in Python code performing model calculations of the Utah snow pack.  Now that her other paper is submitted, she will be working on this project full time.  We will be in touch with updates once she has some preliminary results.

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How does natural gas fracking contribute to air pollution?

Regions of natural gas fracking in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado often experience high concentrations of ground-level ozone, which has severe impacts on respiratory health. But where does this ozone come from? Our project will try to answer this question in Utah's Uintah Basin. Understanding the causes of high ozone levels is essential for regulators to design effective strategies to improve local air quality.