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NOAA Cultivates Young Scientists at the 10th NOAA CREST Symposium
30 September 2014 -
On September 9-10, CREST hosted the 10th Annual NOAA/NESDIS Cooperative
Research Program (CoRP) Science Symposium, "Satellites and Society."
This event was attended by 90 students, scientists, faculty, and
participants from NOAA. The symposium was organized into four technical
sessions: Satellite Observations and Climate Vulnerability, Assessment,
Mitigation and Adaptation, Role of Satellites in Building Resilient
Urban Ecosystems and Coastal Communities, Satellites and Environmental
Assessment and Forecasting, and Importance of Satellites in Building
Weather Ready Communities.
In addition to the science presentations, students greatly benefited
from a panel discussion on "Degree to Career" where they were able to
learn about opportunities for graduate students and early career
scientists and typical hiring organizations for scientists at the start of
their careers. The symposium highlighted the accomplishments of students,
as 13 graduate students gave oral presentations and over 25 students
participated in the poster session. The oral and poster presentations
were judged by faculty and NOAA scientists and the following students were
recognized: Andrea Gomez (1st place oral, CCNY), Robert Foster (2nd place
oral, CCNY), Alexa Ross (3rd place oral, University of Wisconsin-
Madison), Joan Castro (1st place poster, UPRM), Jesus Diaz (2nd place
poster, UPRM), and Equisha Glenn (3rd place poster, CCNY).
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