Today we drilled 5.5 meters through glacial till and didn’t hit bedrock. What a blast! It was our first experience with our new Shaw Drill, and even though it rained, we drilled all day long. We selected a location along a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) transect we surveyed last March. The GPR survey suggested that we …
I saw this blog post today in the Chronicle’s Innovation blog. It’s so true – we learn a lot from our students and that’s one of the aspects I find most exciting about being a professor. Thanks mentees! Article: http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/?p=30022 By the way…I hate the term mentee, but I don’t know of a better one. Interestingly, …
A few weeks ago, there was an article in EOS, the American Geophysical Union newspaper, about a recent survey conducted of graduate students from two large interdisciplinary research projects. The findings from the survey, I believe, are right on the money. Scientists preparing for interdisciplinary research careers must learn many diverse skills that do not …
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