Advice for Students: Play around, have fun and find what
suits you.
3
Ways Institutions can help Students Close the Skills Gap -
Very important point about experimental learning and looking from
failure.
The
curse of knowledge - Describe how difficult it is to
teach effectively
Courses,
Classes, and Guest Lectures
Courses
2025 Summer Semester: Professor for AtSc 497 -
Internship (1 Student, Vivian Broughton)
2025 Spring Semester: Professor for AtSc - 252 Applied Weather Modification
[Website]
2024 Fall Semester: Professor for
AtSc - 494 - Special Studies in Meteorology (3 Students)
2024 Fall Semester: Professor for AtSc - 520 - Atmospheric
Chemistry [Website]
2024 Spring Semester: Professor for AtSc - 252 Applied Weather Modification
[Website]
2024 Spring semester: Professor for AtSc - 494 - Special
Studies in Meteorology (3 Students)
2024 Spring Semester: Professor for AtSc - 594
(Section 07, 7942) - Independent Study: Field Projects:
Aircraft-based Physical Meteorology Observations [Website]
2023 Spring Semester: Professor
for AtSc - 252 - Applied Weather Modification
[Website]
(Teaching Assistant: Lucas Castro)
2022 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc - 594-02 - Aircraft Measurement Systems [Website]
2022 Spring Semester: Professor
for AtSc - 252 - Applied Weather Modification [Website] (Graduate
Teaching Assistant: Julia Poblotzki)
2021 Spring Semester: Professor
for AtSc 497 - Internship (2 Student)
2020 Summer Semester: Professor
for AtSc 497 - Internship (1 Student)
2020 Spring Semester: Professor
for AtSc 497 - Internship (2 Students)
2019 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
520 - Atmospheric Chemistry
2018 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
535 - Measurement Systems
2017 Fall
Semester: Professor for
AtSc
405 - Numerical Methods in Meteorology
(Graduate Teaching
Assistant: Matt Tuftedal)
2016 Fall
Semester: Professor for
AtSc
535 - Measurement Systems
2015 Fall Semester:
Professor for AtSc
565 - Air Quality
2014 Fall
Semester: Professor
for AtSc
535 - Measurement Systems
2014 Spring Semester: Professor
for AtSc
540 - Statistical Methods in
Atmospheric Science
2013
Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
520
- Atmospheric Chemistry (Picture
Gallery) 
2012 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
535 - Measurement Systems (Graduate
Teaching Assistant: Travis
Toth)
2011 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
520 - Atmospheric Chemistry
2010 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
535 - Measurement Systems (Picture
Gallery) (Graduate Teaching
Assistant: David Keith)
2008 Fall
Semester: Professor
for AtSc
535 - Measurement Systems
2007
Spring Semester: Professor
for AtSc
270 - Computer Concepts in
Meteorology
(Graduate Teaching Assistant:
Jason Naylor)
2006 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
405 - Numerical Methods in
Meteorology
2006 Fall Semester: Professor
for AtSc
535 - Measurement Systems
2006 Spring Semester: Professor
for AtSc
270 - Computer Concepts in
Meteorology (Graduate
Teaching Assistant:
Derek Blestrud)
1997 Spring Semester:
Laboratory Graduate Student
Assistant for Introduction to
Meteorology
1997/06/2-13: Laboratory
Graduate Student Assistant for
Engineering Summer Program
Classes
2024
- Present: Self-Paced Enroll
Anytime (SPEA) AtSc 252 -
Applied Weather Modification
(Website)
2019/10/02: Class on Responsible Conduct for Research for
MARC Program [ODP,
PDF]
2016 Spring
Semester: Instructor for Learning
the Oscilloscope - Informal Learning Course
2015 Spring Semester: Instructor for
Learning
Python - Informal Learning Course
2010/12/13-20: Instructor for Alghait Training Program -
Aircraft Instrumentation Short Course Group Photo
2010/06/21 - 2010/07/16:
Instructor for Saudi Arabia Training Program -
Aircraft Instrumentation and TITAN Analysis Short
Course Group Photo
2007/10/1-14: Instructor for Burkina Faso Training
Program - Aircraft Instrumentation Short Course
Guest
Lectures
2025/02/12:
Guest Lecture for AtSc 394 - Senior
Project, Literature Review, Tools
and annotated bibliography [ODP,
PDF]
2024/06/20: Guest Lecture for UND
REU - Science Messenger Training -
Presentations [ODP,
PDF]
2024/01/24:
Guest Lecture for AtSc 494 - Senior Project,
Literature Review and Tools [ODP, PDF]
2023/09/14: Guest
Lecture for
AtSC
494 - Senior Project,
Tools for
Conducting
Literature
Research and
Writing [ODP, PDF]
2023/09/13:
Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 -
Introduction to Research, Computer Tools Topic [ODP, PDF]
2022/10/12: Guest Lecture
for MARC Scholars - Responsible Conduct for Research [ODP, PDF]
2022/09/14: Guest
Lecture for
AtSC
492 - Senior Project,
Tools for
Conducting
Literature
Research and
Writing [ODP, PDF]
2022/09/09:
Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 - Introduction to Research,
Computer Tools Topic [ODP, PDF]
2021/09/15: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 -
Introduction to Research, Computer Tools Topic [ODP, PDF]
2021/09/08:
Guest
Lecture for
AtSC
492 - Senior Project,
Tools for
Conducting
Literature
Research and
Writing
[ODP,
PDF]
2021/02/03:
Guest
Lecture for
AtSC
492 - Senior
Project, Tools for Conducting Literature
Research and Writing [ODP,
PDF]
2020/11/05: Guest Lecture for AtSc 100 -
CH423/CH601 Lab Tour [Video]
2020/09/24: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 - First Python Code
2020/09/17: Guest Lecture for
AtSC 500 - Introduction to Research, Computer Tools Topic [ODP,
PDF]
2020/09/09: Guest Lecture for AtSC
492 - Senior
Project, Tools for Conducting Literature Research and
Writing [ODP,
PDF]
2020/02/19:
Guest Lecture for AtSC
492 - Senior
Project, Tools for
Conducting Literature
Research and Writing
[ODP,
PDF]
2019/10/24:
Guest Lecture for AtSc 100 - CH423/CH601
Lab Tour
2019/09/26: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 -
Introduction to Research, Python Programming
Topic (Data Processing [ODP,
PDF]
(Python Example Python_ReadPlotModule)
2019/09/19: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 - Introduction to Research,
Computer Tools Topic [ODP,
PDF]
2019/09/18: Guest Lecture for AtSC
492 - Senior
Project, Tools for Conducting Literature Research and
Writing [ODP,
PDF]
2018/10/01: Guest Lecture for AtSC
100 - Clifford Hall 423 Lab Tour
2018/09/20: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 - Linux and Python Programming [Python
ReadPlot Module]
2018/09/13: Guest Lecture for AtSC
500 - Introduction to Research, Research and Computer Tools
[ODP, PDF]
2018/09/05: Guest Lecture for AtSC
492 - Senior Project, Conducting Literature Research
[ODP, PDF]
2017/09/14: Guest Lecture for AtSC
500 - Introduction to Research, Research and Computer Tools
Topic
2017/09/13: Guest Lecture for AtSC 492 - Senior Project, Conducting Literature
Research [PDF]
2017/03/21: Guest Lecture for AtSC 252 - Weather Modification, The North
Dakota Polarimetric Cloud Analysis and Seeding Test (POLCAST)
Research Project. [ODP, PDF]
2017/01/18: Guest Lecture for AtSC 492 - Senior Project,
Conducting Literature Research
2016/10/06: Guest Lecture for AtSC 100 - Atmospheric Sciences
Orientation, Clifford Hall 423 Lab Tour
2016/09/15: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 -
Introduction to Research, Scientific Ballooning
2016/09/15: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 -
Introduction to Research, Computer Tools Topic
2016/09/14: Guest Lecture for AtSC 492 - Senior Project,
Conducting Literature Research
2016/02/11:
Guest Lecture for AtSC
492 - Senior Project, Conducting Literature Research
2015/11/12: Guest Lecture for AtSC 100 - Atmospheric Sciences
Orientation, Clifford Hall 423 Lab Tour
2015/09/03: Guest Lecture for AtSC 500 -
Introduction to Research, Computer Tools Topic
2015/09/02: Guest Lecture for AtSC 492 - Senior
Project, Conducting Literature Research
2014/11/12: Guest Lecture for SpSt 430 - Earth System
Science (PDF)
2014/10/23: Guest Lecture for AtSC 100 - Atmospheric Sciences
Orientation, Clifford Hall 423 Lab Tour
2014/10/16: Guest Lecture for AtSc 500 - Introduction to
Atmospheric Research, Scientific Ballooning
2014/09/03: Guest Lecture for AtSc 492 - Senior Project,
Research Tools - Word Processing, Text-to-Speech, Zotero
2014/05/06: Guest Lecture for AtSc 252 - Weather
Modification (PDF)
2014/01/13: Guest Lecture for CsCi 500 - Computer Science
Graduate Seminar (PDF)
2013/11/12:
Guest Lecture for Avit 333 - UAS Remote Sensing (PPT, ODP,
PDF)
2013/10/10: Guest Lecture for SpSt
430 - Earth System Science
2012 Spring Semester:
Guest Lecture (1 periods) for AtSc
494-1 - Forecasting/Veridication for DC3 2012
2012 Spring Semester: Guest Lecture (7 periods) for AtSc
353 - Physical Meteorology
Post-doctoral and Staff
Shawn
Wagner: Research Scientist Appointment (June 2024 - Present)
Marwa Majdi: Post-doctoral Appointment (May 2020 - December
2023) Web Site
Graduate Program
The Atmospheric
Sciences Department program-specific admissions requirements include
the GRE General and a Statement of Goals for both the Master
and Ph.D.
degrees. The Thesis Committee Chair needs to start the Final Report on Candidate -
Thesis, Dissertation, MFA Professional Exhibition form.
Additionally, the department has assessment forms for the Defense
(5ThesisDissertation.xlsx) and Thesis (6Oral_Defense.xlsx).
Graduate Committee
Advisor
James Klinman: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
Overleaf Thesis Link
3-Minute Thesis: January 29, 2025 [pptx,
pdf]
Topic Proposal Complete: November 27,
2023; Department Draft Topic Proposal
DOCX,
Graduate School Submitted Version PDF
Committee
Members: Andrew Dewiler and Jake Mulholland
Christian Nairy: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D.
(Google Calendar)
Committee Meeting: April 14, 2023 3 p.m.
Ph.D. Program started August 16, 2022
Jen Moore: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
(Google Calendar)
Signed Thesis Forms: December 11, 2023 (Thesis
- UND Scholarly Commons)
Thesis Title - Evaluation Of Water Content
Measurement Model 3000 Probe (wcm-3000) Using The
NASA Impacts Dataset (DOCX, PDF)
Thesis Public Seminar: December 1, 2023 3 p.m.
CST, Thesis Title - Evaluation of the Water Content
Measurement Model 3000 Probe (WCM_3000) Using the
NASA IMPACTS Dataset, Presentation Slides: PPTX,
PDF,
Presentation Video
Advanced to Candidacy: May 8, 2023
NASA IMPACTS 2023 Field Project
AMS Conference Presentation entitled "Comparison of
Water Content Measurement System (WCM-3000), King
Probe, and Cloud Droplet Probe in Liquid Water
Clouds using IMPACTS 2022 Campaign Data", 11
August 2022.
Committee meeting: May 18, 2022 2 p.m.
Committee Members: Michael Poellot and Jared Marquis
Michael Willette: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Github
Repository)
Signed Thesis Forms: December 7, 2023 (Thesis
- UND Scholarly Commons)
Thesis Title - Conducting Fog Research And Abatement
Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) (DOCX, PDF)
Thesis Public Seminary: November 28, 2023 9 a.m.
CST, Presentation:
PPTX,
PDF
Graduate
Research Achievement Day Poster Presentation [pdf]
(Third
Place)
Advanced to Candidacy: October 4, 2022
Committee Meeting: September 30, 2022 (Topic
Proposal: DOCX,
PDF;
Topic Presentation: PPTX,
PDF)
Oversees the Clifford Hall 423 Lab (09/19/2022)
Work on Meteorological Tripod system with camera.
Committee Members: Aaron Kennedy and Marwa Majdi
Christian Nairy: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
Signed
Thesis Forms: July 24, 2022
(Thesis
- UND Scholarly Commons)
Thesis
Public Seminar: July 14, 2022 2 p.m. CST, Thesis
Title - Observations of Chain Aggregates in
Florida Cirrus Cloud Anvils on 3 August 2019
during CAPEEx19,
Abstract: DOCX,
PDF, Presentation Zoom
ID 8546093397,
Presentation Slides: PPTX,
PDF;
Presentation Video,
Audio;
Committee Thesis Draft: DOCX,
PDF;
Thesis: DOCX,
PDF
Committee
Meeting: April 5, 2022
Advanced to Candidacy:
July 21, 2021
Committee Meeting: June 1, 2021
Committee
Meeting:
November 13,
2020
Sankha Maitra:
UND Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Calendar)
Sourceforge
Repository
Thesis: Signed December 2021 (Thesis
- UND Scholarly Commons)
Thesis Title - Methods for Evaluation of the Alberta
Hail Suppression Project Using Radar Observations [ODT,
PDF]
Thesis Public Seminar: July 21, 2021, Thesis Title -
Evaluation of the Alberta Hail Suppression Project
Using 2017 Radar Data [ODT,
PDF,
Zoom Video]
Advanced to Candidacy:
May 17, 2021
Committee Meeting: March
30, 2021
Calgary
Hail Suppression Project Meeting (Terry Krauss and
Bruce Boe): December 18, 2019 2 p.m. CST [Zoom ID
668249047]
Calgary Hail Suppression
Project Meeting (Dan Gilbert and Bruce Boe): December
11, 2019 5 p.m. CST [Zoom ID 733413640]
Committee Appointment: Spring 2019
Shawn Wagner:
UND Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Calendar)
Thesis
Publication: Wagner, S. W. and
Delene, D. J., Technique for comparison
of backscatter coefficients derived from
in-situ cloud probe measurements with
concurrent airborne Lidar, Atmos. Meas.
Tech., 15, 6447-6466, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6447-2022,
2022.
Thesis Signed December 2019 (Thesis
- UND Scholarly Commons)
Thesis Title - Comparison of Backscatter
Coefficients for Airborne Cloud Probes [PDF]
Thesis Public Seminar: November 22, 2019
at 2:00 p.m. [Zoom
ID 581574644,
Abstract - ODT,
PDF,
Presentation [PPTX,
PDF,
Zoom
Video]
Shawn Wagner and David J. Delene,
Uncertainty of Backscatter Coefficients
from In Situ Cloud Probe Measurements in
Cloud Probe Measurements in Cirrus
Clouds, Poster (#424) in 10th Symposium
on Lidar Atmospheric Applications Poster
Session (Monday, January 13, 2020 at
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.) at the 2020 American
Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
(Recordings) in Boston, MA.
Committee
Meeting: October 18, 2019 [Zoom]
Committee Meeting: May 16,
2019
Committee Meeting: August 30, 2018 [Topic Proposal - ODT, PDF;
Presentation - PPTX, PDF]
Wagner, Shawn and David J. Delene, A
Comparison of Size Distribution Calculation Methods on
Single Scattering Properties of Anvil Cirrus Clouds,
Presentation given at the American Meteorological Society
(AMS) 15th Conference on 9-13 July 2018 in Cloud Physics in
Vancouver, BC [ODP,
PDF].
Presented at the Environment Water Resources Institute
(EWRI) World Environmental & Water Resource Congress
2018
Presented poster at University of North Dakota 2017 Grad Day
Poster.
Matt Tuftedal:
UND Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
Thesis
Publication: Tuftedal, Matthew, David J. Delene and
Andrew Detwiler, Precipitation Evaluation of the North
Dakota Cloud Modification Project (NDCMP) using Rain
Gauge Observations, Atmospheric Research, 269, 105996,
2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105996.
Thesis Signed July 2019 (Thesis -
UND Scholarly Commons)
Thesis Title - Precipitation Evaluation of the North
Dakota Cloud Modification Project (NDCMP) Using Rain
Gauge Observations [PDF]
Thesis Public Seminar: July 10, 2019 [Zoom ID
420294813, Abstract - DOCX,
PDF,
Presentation - PPTX,
PDF, Video]
Committee Meeting: March 18, 2019 [Presentation - PPTX]
Committee Meeting: November 29, 2018
[Topic Proposal - PDF]
Committee Meeting: October 16, 2018 [Topic
Proposal - DOCX,
PDF;
Presentation - PPTX,
PDF]
Attended the Environment Water Resources Institute (EWRI) World
Environmental & Water Resource Congress 2018
Nicholas
Gapp: UND Atmospheric Sciences
Master Student
Thesis Publication: Gapp, Nicholas, David J. Delene, Jerome
Schmidt, and Paul Harasti, Comparison of Concurrent Radar and
Aircraft Measurements of Cirrus Clouds, Journal of Atmospheric
Sciences, in review (JAS-D-24-0014), 2024.
UND
Today Article
Co-author on BAMS Article that received December 2019
Cover:
Thesis Signed July 2019 (Thesis - UND
Scholarly Commons)
Thesis Title - Comparison of Concurrent Radar and Aircraft
Measurements of Cirrus Clouds [Thesis]
Thesis Defense: July 9, 2019
NRL 2019 Summer Internship
Thesis Public Seminar: June 7, 2019 (Title -
Comparison of Concurrent Radar and Aircraft Measurements of
Cirrus Clouds [Zoom ID
881477388, Abstract,
PPTX, PDF, Video]
Gapp, Nicholas, Jerome Schmidt, David J. Delene, Paul Harasti,
Joshua Hoover, and Peter Jones, Comparisons of Florida
Thunderstorm Cirrus Clouds using Concurrent Radar and Aircraft
Measurements, Poster at the 2019 American Meteorological Society
Annual Meeting on Tuesday 8 January 2019 (4-6 pm) in Phoenix AZ.
[Abstract]
Topic Proposal: September 4, 2018 [DOCX, PDF)
NRL 2018 Summer Internship Presentation [PPTX, PDF]
Gapp, Nicholas, Paul Harasti, David J. Delene, Jerome Schmidt,
and Joshua Hoover, Concurrent Radar and Aircraft Reflectivity
Comparisons of Florida Thunderstorm Cirrus Clouds, Presentation
given at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) 15th
Conference on Cloud Physics on 9-13 July 2018 in Vancouver, BC.
[PPTX,
PDF]
Gapp, Nicholas J. Paul R. Harasti, David J. Delene, Jerome
Schmidt, and Joshua Hoover, Observations of Ice Particles in
using Concurrent Radar and Aircraft Measurements, Poster (Board
Number X1.61) given (17:30-19:00 on Monday 9 April 2018) at the
Atmospheric and Meteorological Instrumentation (AS5.2) session
of the 2018 European Geosciences Union General Assembly in
Vienna Austria. [PDF].
Gapp, Nicholas J., Paul R. Harasti, David J. Delene,
Jerome Schmidt, and Mark J. Anderson, Comparison of Concurrent
Radar and Aircraft Measurements of Cirrus Clouds, Poster (Poster
Session 1, #665, Exhibit Hall 3) given (3:45-5:30 pm) at the
2018 American Meteorological Society Meeting, Symposium on
Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation in Austin,
Texas. [Abstract, PDF]
Gapp, Nicholas J., Paul R. Harasti, David Delene, Jerome Schmidt,
and Mark J. Anderson, Cirrus Cloud Particles Concurrently Measured
with In-situ Aircraft Probes and a High-Resolution, C-Band Radar,
Poster given at the 2nd International Conference on Airborne
Research for the Environment, 11 July 2017, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Germany [PDF].
Gapp, Nicholas and David Delene, 2D-C and
2D-S Data, Tutorial given at the 2017 EUFAR/ICCP/IUGG/IAMAS Expert
Workshop on Processing of Cloud Particle Measurements, 8 July 2017,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany [PDF].
Gapp, Nicholas and David Delene, Getting Started, Tutorial given at
the 2017 EUFAR/ICCP/IUGG/IAMAS Expert Workshop on Processing of
Cloud Particle Measurements, 7 July 2017, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
[PDF].
Presented poster at University of North Dakota 2017 Grad
Day Poster.
Jamie Ekness: UND Atmospheric Sciences Master
Student
Thesis:
Signed December 2017 (Title - Statistical Analysis of the
Polcarimetric Cloud Analysis and Seeding Test (POLCAST)
Field Projects [ODT,
PDF])
Thesis Public Seminar: July 18, 2017 (Title - Statistical Analysis of
the Polcarimetric Cloud Analysis and Seeding Test
(POLCAST) Field Projects
[Presentation - PPTX,
PDF])
Gave talk entitled,
Statistical Analysis of the Polarimetric Cloud Analysis and
Seeding Test (POLCAST) Field Projects, at the 2017 Joint Western
Snow Conference / Weather Modification Association Conference,
19 April 2017, Boise, Idaho.
Committee Meeting: April 12, 2017
Committee Meeting: January 24, 2017
Committee Meeting: November 29, 2016
Committee
Meeting: May 10, 2016
Gave talk entitled, Precipitation in Eastern North Dakota during
June and July 2008, 2010, and 2012, at the 2016 Northern Plains
Convective Storm Symposium, 3 May 2016 in Grand Forks, North
Dakota.
Co-author on poster entitled, Statistical Analysis of Cloud Base
Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN), Temperature, Altitude, along
with Rainfall in Summer-Time North Dakota, for the 2016 Annual
Weather Modification Association Conference, 27 April 2016 in
Long Beach, California.
Committee Meeting:
December 10, 2015
Committee Meeting:
November 18, 2015
Presented poster at
the American Association for Aerosol Research 34th Annual
Conference on 15 October 2015 in Minneapolis Minnesota entitled,
"Statistical
Analysis of Aerosol, cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN), Cloud Base
Temperature and Pressure in Summer-Time North Dakota".
Participation in
CAPE2015 Field project (Summer 2015)
Committee Meeting: July 8, 2015
Committee Meeting: May
7, 2015
Committee Meeting: April 16, 2015
Kurt Hibert: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
Thesis Defense: June 29, 2017 [Presentation - PDF]
(Signed Thesis August 2017, Thesis Title - Calibration
Uncertainties in the Droplet Measurement Technologies Cloud
Condensation Nuclei Counter [PDF])
Talk entitled, Calibration Uncertainties in the Droplet
Measurement Technologies Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter, Talk
given at the 2017 Joint Western Snow Conference / Weather
Modification Association Conference, 19 April 2017, Boise, Idaho
[PDF].
Committee Meeting: January 17, 2017
Talk entitled,
Calibration Uncertainties in the Droplet Measurement
Technologies Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter, at the 2016
Northern Plains Convective Storm Symposium, 3 May 2016 in Grand
Forks, North Dakota.
Committee Meeting: May 26, 2016
Presented poster at the American Association for Aerosol
Research 34th Annual Conference on 15 October 2015 in
Minneapolis Minnesota entitled, "Calibration Uncertainties in
Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counters"
Committee Meeting: September 15, 2015
Committee Meeting: November 10, 2014
David Keith: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Maser Student (Signed Thesis May 2013,
Thesis Title - Aerosol Optical Depth and Its Relationship to
Radar Derived Precipitation in Mali, West Africa [PDF])
Participated in Alena Kubatova (Chemistry
Department) Air Pollution Workshop on March 16-17, 2009 by
demonstrating aircraft instrumentation.
Presentation the 28th Annual Conference of the
American Association for Aerosol Research (October 26-30, 2009)
Gokhan Sever: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis December 2010, Thesis Title - An
Aerosol - Cloud Condensation Nuclei And Cloud Droplet
Concentration Closure Study [PDF])
Aircraft Data Processing and Analysis
Software Developer
Unfunded member of the UND Rocksat project (Fall 2008, Spring
2009, Summer 2009)
Presentation at UND Graduate School Scholarly Forum (March 12,
2009)
Participation as
aircraft flight engineer in Saudi Arabia Field project (March
13-31, 2009)
Presentation at American Geophysical
Union Spring Meeting (May 24-27, 2009)
Attended the 8th Annual Python in Science Conference (August
18-23, 2009)
Presentation at the 28th Annual Conference of the American
Association for Aerosol Research (October 26-30, 2009)
Attended the Droplet Measurement Technology Cloud Condensation
Nuclei Workshop (December 10-11, 2009)
Thesis Title:
An Aerosol - Cloud Condensation Nuclei and Cloud Droplet
Concentration Closure Study
Started Ph.D. program at the University of Wyoming in January
2011 working with Jefferson Snider.
Graduate Committee
Member / Adoption
Kim Berthet: UND Earth System Science and Policy
Ph.D. Student
Signed Master's Program of Study, Febuary 20,
2025
Committee Request:
February 1, 2025 (Dissertation focuses is on
advancing aeromicrobiology using airborne
microbial communities observations in the
stratosphere)
Victor
Oyebamiji Ojo: UND
Mechanical Engineering
Master Student
Signed Thesis: December 13,
2014
Thesis
Presentation: November 7,
2024
Signed Master's Program of
Study and Committee
Appointment: September 10,
2024
Imteaz Osmani: UND Mechanical
Engineering Master Student
Signed Thesis:
December 13, 2014
Signed
Preliminary Approval Notice of Defense:
September 23, 2024
Logan
Twohey: UND Atmospheric Sciences
Master Student (Meeting
Notes)
Signed
Thesis: July 24, 2022Thesis
Public Seminar: July 19, 2022 2 p.m. CST, Thesis
Title - Melting layer Analysis of In-situ
Observations obtained from Multiple Field
Projects,
Presentation Zoom
ID 91024254076,
Presentation Slides: PPTX,
PDF, Presentation Video,
Audio,
Committee Thesis Draft: DOCX,
PDF,
Final Thesis Document DOCX,
PDF.
Advanced to Candidacy: April 11, 2022
Committee Meeting: March 23, 2022 1
p.m
Assumed Commit Chair: Summer 2021
Committee Meeting: February 1, 2021 11 a.m.
Ian McCann: UND Space Studies
Master Student
Switched
to Non-thesis Option: Spring 2021
Committee Meeting: January 29, 2021 2 p.m.
Joseph Lafayette Gufford: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
Thesis
Publication: An
Investigation
Into Impacts
Of
Microphysics
Parameterization
Schemes On
Radiation Fog
Within A Large
Eddy
Simulation
Framework, To
Small Unmanned
Aircraft
System
Operations
Signed
Thesis: May 2023 [pdf]
Thesis Public Presentation: April 17,
2023
Committee Meeting: February 3, 2023 2
p.m.
Committee Meeting: October 16, 2020 2
p.m.
Greg
Sova: UND Atmospheric
Sciences Master Student (Chair - July 1,
2021)
Signed Thesis: December 2021
Thesis Publication: Evaluation Of The
Performance Of A Rosemount Icing Detector During Impacts 2020
Thesis Public Seminar:
December 3 2021, Thesis
Title - Evaluation of
the Performance of a
Rosemount Icing Detector,
Presentation
Slides: odp, pdf
, Presentation
Video,
Thesis Paper:
odt, pdf.
Assumed Commit Chair: Summer 2021
Advanced to Candidacy: June 28, 2021
Committee Meeting: January 29, 2021 1 p.m.
Committee Meeting: April 27, 2020 1 p.m.
Joseph O'Brien: UND Atmospheric Sciences
Ph.D. Student (Chair
- July 1,
2021)
Signed
Thesis: July
2023
Deference:
July 23, 2023
- The Impacts
of Airborne
Cloud
Microphysical
Instrumentation
Mounting
Location on
Measurements
Made During
Observations
of Aerosols
Above Clouds
and Their
Interactions
(ORACLES)
[Presentation
Slides (pptx, odt), Video,
Dissertation (Scholarly
Commons)]
Assumed Commit
Chair: Summer
2021
Committee
Meeting: December 18, 2019 10 a.m..
(Zoom ID
160864048)
Committee Members: Michael Poellot,
Greg M. McFarquhar, Andrew Detwiler,
Frank Bowman
Kendra Sand: UND Atmospheric
Sciences Master
Student (Chair -
July 1, 2021)
Signed
Thesis:
December 12,
2024
Thesis
Presentation:
November 14,
2024 (Zoom Recording;
Slides pptx, pdf)
Thesis
Committee
Draft
(20241030 - docx,
20241210 - docx)
Assumed Commit
Chair: Summer
2022
Committee
Meeting: November 5,
2019 2 p.m.
Committee
Members:
Michael
Poellot and
Jared Marquis
Nicole
Loeb: UND Atmospheric
Sciences
Master
Student (Signed
Thesis
November 2020)
Thesis
Deference:
November 23,
2020 -
Detection and
characteristics
of blowing
snow at
McMurdo
Station,
Antarctica
during the
AWARE Field
Campaign
Committee
Meeting:
August 31,
2020 9 am
Committee
Meeting:
December 19,
2019 11 a.m.
Committee
Meeting:
February 5,
2019
Brett Nespor: UND
Chemistry Ph.D. Student
Department Seminar: September 1, 2017
Samantha Carr: UND Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed
Thesis July 2017)
Thesis Defense: July 17, 2018 (9:00 am)
Committee Meeting: December 1, 2017
Committee Meeting: May 11, 2017
Joseph O'Brien: UND Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
Thesis Title: Sensitivity
of Optical Array Probe (OAP) Derived Parameters to Particle
Orientation
Defense Date: July 19, 2016
Committee Meeting: May 13, 2015
Kendell LaRoche: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis July 2015)
Thesis Title: Multi-Doppler Radar and In
Situ Cloud Hydrometeor Analysis of a North Dakota Snowband and
Its Environment on 20 November 2010
Defense Date: July 23, 2015
Committee Meeting: January 23, 2015
Committee Meeting:
November 10, 2014
Lawrence Burkett: UND
Geography Master Student (Signed Thesis July 2015)
Thesis Title: Blizzards in the Upper
Midwest, 1980-2013
Defense Date: July 20,
2015
Committee Meeting: July 2, 2015
Mariusz Starzec: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis November
2014)
Thesis Title: Forecast Bias Analysis of Object-based
Verification of Regional WRF Summertime Convective Forecasts
Defense Date: November 14, 2014
Committee Meeting:
July 2, 2014
Daniel Burtch: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis April 2014)
Thesis
Title: Using Reanalysis Data for the Prediction of Seasonal
Wind Turbine Power Losses due to Icing
Defense Date: April
17, 2014
Committee Meeting on Jaunuary 22, 2014
Committee Meeting on November 2, 2012
Jana Rousova: UND
Chemistry Ph.D. Student
Oral Research Report on May 8, 2014
Oral Progress Report on May 1, 2012
Andrea Neumann: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis July 2012)
Thesis Title: Analysis of a Parallel Stratiform Mesoscale
Convective System During the Midlatitude Continental Continental
Convective Clouds Experiment
Aircraft Data
Processing and Analysis Software Developer
Participated in Alena Kubatova (Chemistry Department) Air
Pollution Workshop on March 12-13, 2012 by Demonstrating Cloud
Condensation Nuclei Counter.
Dan Adriaansen: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis December
2009)
Thesis Title: Observations of
Tropospheric, Connectively-Generated Gravity Waves from Atmospheric
Profiling Platforms
Timothy Logan: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
Adam Mohs: UND Chemical
Engineering Master Student (Signed Thesis Summer 2008)
Thesis Title: Eliminating Dispersion in Moving Center
Sectional Method Aerosol Size Distributions
Bradley Klotz: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis Summer 2008)
Thesis Title: Diagnosing Characteristics of Mesoscale
Convective Systems Transitioning off the West African Coast
Using NAMMA Observations
Josef Beranek: UND
Chemistry Ph.D. Student (signed Dissertation February 2010)
Thesis Title: Characterization of Polar Carbonaceous
Particulate Matter Using Liquid and Gas Chromatography with
Mass Spectrometry
David Brown: UND
Atmospheric Sciences Master Student (Signed Thesis December
2007)
Thesis Title: Variability in Microphysical Properties of
Mixed-Phase arctic Clouds
Christopher
Theisen: UND Atmospheric Sciences Master Student
(Signed Thesis May 2006)
Thesis Title: A Study of Relationships between Tropical Thunderstorm
Properties and Corresponding Anvil Cloud Characteristics
Employed Graduate
Student Research Assistants (Not
Graduate Committee Advisor)
Matt Clegg: August 2009 - December 2009
Jon Mason: May 2009 -
August 2009
Dan Adriaansen: May 2008
- August 2008
Participation in
POLCAST2 Field project (Summer 2008)
Advised Graduate Student (Not on Graduate Committee)
Haewoo Jeong
(Chemistry) - Assisted with Aerosol lab measurements and and use of
the SMPS instrument. (Fall 2010-Fall 2011).
Allison Coffman (Chemistry)
- Assisted with sampling and analysis of surface measurement during
Summer 2010 POLCAST3 measurements. (Summer 2010 - Spring 2012)
Undergraduate
Students
Employed Undergraduate
Student Research Assistants
Bryce Rickbeil (Atmospheric
Sciences): October 31, 2024 (Experiential Learning
Center Funded)
Working on project entitled, "Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP) Surface Fog
Measurements".
Hired to work on research projects - Focus WCM Lab Assessment.
Jacob Halmos (Atmospheric
Sciences): October 31, 2024 (Experiential Learning
Center Funded)
Working on Saudi Arabia project, uploading data and cloud core time
periods.
Hired to work on research projects - Focus on Field Catalog
Jenna
Post: August 16, 2024
- Present
Aerospace Seed Grant - Cloud Ceiling Database
Archive of 8 mm Citation Tapes
Rebecca Jacoby: January 29, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Aerospace Seed Grant - Cloud Ceiling Database
.
Kathryn
Bouslough: October 20,
2023 - Present
CPI and PHIPS image classification.
Worked on data quality assurance.
Conrad
Slad: October 16, 2023
- Present
Spring 2024: Oversees the Clifford Hall Balloon Lab
Worked on data quality assurance.
CPI and PHIPS image classification.
David
Brannon: November
2021 - Spring 2023 (No Summer 2022)
Oversees the Clifford Hall 601 Lab
(09/19/2022)
Working on 3D-PAWS research.
Nicholas
Camp: May 2021 -
August 15, 2024
Oversees the Clifford Hall Ballooning Lab
Classification of IMPACTS PHIPS and CPI images.
Work on Windsond research.
Work on 3D-PAWS project.
Lucas
Castro: 2 October 2020
- Spring 2023 (No summer 2022)
Teaching Assistant for Applied Weather
Modification (AtSc252)
Work on 3D-print objects for Windsond launch system.
Spring 2021 Internship
Nathan
Dahlseng: December 2019 - September 2022
Work on weather modification at airports.
Alex
Troxel: April 2022 -
September 2022
Work on Fog Satellite project.
Addison
Espy: October 2021 -
May 2021
Carter
Swenson:
30 June 2020 - 15 August 2020
Undergraduate Student at St. Cloud State University
Ryan Kucera: December 2019 - May 2021
Worked on 3D-printed weather stations wiring and printing.
Andrew Fitzgerald: December 2019 - May 2021
Maddi Cruff: October 2019 - Fall 2021
Spring 2021 Internship
Summer 2020 Internship - Wiki Page documenting the coding for the
data loggers.
David
Singewald: June 2019 - May 2022
Spring 2020 Internship - Wiring Diagram for Met Station.
Kyle Pederson: September 2018 - May 2019
Spring 2019 Senior Project - Testing Nucleation
Effectiveness and Type of AgI Flares Using the Pi-Cloud Chamber
(Presentation - pptx,
pdf).
Analysis of the June
2018 Cloud Chamber AgI test.
Eli Peske: June 2018 -
Spring 2020 (Chemical Engineering Student)
Spring
2020 Internship - Video about Lab Instruments.
Laboratory
research related to flare testing.
Arianna
Riley: October 2017 - December 2017
Data editing of
the hot wire probes.
Genevieve
Stivers-Biscuso: October 2017 - August 2018
Data editing of the
hot wire probes.
Courtney Steimann:
October 2017 - May 2018
Spring 2018 Senior
Project - Characteristics of Silver Iodide Flares used for
Weather Modification Projects [docx,
pdf]
Alexa
Otto: January 2017 - September 2017
Spring 2019 Senior Project - Characterization of Liquid
Smoke by Size Distribution and Kappa Values (Presentation -
pptx,
pdf)
(Report - docx,
pdf).
Poster Presentation (#S141) at the
2018 American Meteorological Society Career Fair and Student
Poster Session on 7 January 2018.
University of North Dakota Fall 2018
UNDergraduate Showcase Poster (pdf)
University of North Dakota Spring 2017 UNDergraduate Showcase
Poster (Abstract)
Co-author on 2017 Weather Modification Association Conference
Presentation entitled, Setup of the Pi Cloud Chamber for Cloud
Seeding Flare Testing [pdf].
Alex Butland: May 2016 - August 2016
Worked on SAMAC code evaluation.
Noah Cocos: May 2016 -
December 2016
Headed the Glacialridge Field Site Monitoring of Pesticides for
Summer 2016
Blake Sorenson: August 2015
- May 2018
Spring
2018 Senior Project
University of North Dakota Spring 2017 Grad Day
Poster (Abstract)
Work on the Space Studies department
project entitled, "Development of Digital Thermosonde Instrument
for Quantification of Relative Cn2 Estimation Error between NWP
Analysis and Thermosonde Measurements"Naval
Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) 2016 Summer Internship
Lance Wilson: October
2014 - December 2018
Spring
2018 Senior Project (Paper pdf,
docx)
Wrote code for cloud condensation nuclei
counter.
Benjamin Kading: August
2014 - May 2016 (Engineering Student)
Conducted 3-D printing of cloud condensation nuclei chambers.
Nicholas Gapp: May 2014
- December 2016
Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) 2016 Summer Internship
Spring 2016 Senior Project (Aircraft and
Radar Observations of Cirrus Clouds during CAPE2015)
Presentation at the 2015 Weather
Modification Association Conference on April 25, 2015 entitled "The Online Publishing Process
of the Journal of Weather Modification"
Participation in CAPE2015 Field
project (Summer 2015)
Received the 2014 North American Weather
Modification Council (NAWMC) scholarship in the spring of 2015
Presentation at the 2015 Weather
Modification Association Conference on April 25, 2015 entitled "A Switch to Digital: The
Transition of the Journal of Weather Modification to Online
Publishing"
Cody Troop: May 2013 -
August 2014
Spring 2014 Senior
Project entitled "Comaprison of Effective Radii Between
Pyrocumulus and Typical Cumulus Clouds".
Presentation at the
2013 Graduate School Scholarly Form on March 12, 2014 entitled "
MODIS Observed Droplet Effective Radius in Developing Cumulus
Clouds over North Dakota in Summer 2012"
Phondie Simelane: May
2012 - Setember 2013
2013 Journal of Weather Modification Paper - Evaluation of Pilot
Estimated Updrafts Using Aircraft Integrated Meteorological
Measurement Systems (AIMMS) Measurements.
Presentation at the
2013 Northern Plains Convective Storm Symposium on May 13, 2013
entitled "Convective Cloud-base Updraft Measurements"
Presentation at the 2013 Graduate School Scholarly Form on March
5, 2013 entitled "Pilot Estimates of Vertical Winds Evaluated
Using AIMMS Measurements"
Participation in POLCAST4 Field
project (Summer 2012)
Timm Uhlmann: July 2011
- May 2014
Spring 2014 Senior Project (Reanalyzing Radar Data of the
Second Polarimetric Cloud Analysis and Seeding Test)
Participation in POLCAST4 Field
project (Summer 2012)
Nicole Bart: May 2011 -
May 2013
Fall 2012 Senior Project (CCN Comparisons from Surface and Aircraft
Measurements in North Dakota)
Bart, N. and D. J. Delene, North
Dakota Aircraft and Surface CCN Measurements during the Summer of
2010 and 2012, Poster presented at the 93rd Annual
Conference of the American Meteorological Society, January 6, 2013
in Austin, Texas. [Abstract,
PDF]
Fall 2012 Senior Project - Cloud
Condensation Nuclei Comparisons from Surface and Aircraft
Measurements in North Dakota [Presentation]
Bart, N. and D. J. Delene, Cloud Condensation Nuclei Comparisons from
Surface and Aircraft Measurements in North Dakota, Poster
presented at the 31th Annual Conference of the American Association
for Aerosol Research, October 9, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Participation in POLCAST4 Field
project (Summer 2012)
Bart, N. And D. J. Delene, The use of
Geographical Information Systems to Interpret Research Aircraft
Measurements, Poster presented by Nicole Bart at
UND Fall Undergraduate Research Forum, 18 November 2011, in Grand
Forks, North Dakota.
Mariusz Miroslaw Starzec:
August 2010 - Summer 2013
Fall 2012 Senior Project (Text, Figures)
Starzec, M., G. Mullendore, P. A. Kucera, D. J. Delene, and D.
Langerud, Effects of Increased
Horizontal Resolution on Resolving Convection and Convective
Initiation, Talk given by Mariusz Starzec at the 93rd
Annual Conference of the American Meteorological Society, January 8,
2013 in Austin, Texas. [Abstract]
Coauthor on 2011 American
Meteorological Society Conference (January 26, 2011: Seattle
Washington) Poster Presentation entitled 'Report on the
Polarimetric Cloud Analysis and Seeding Test 3 (POLCAST3) Field
Project'
Starzec, M., G. Mullendore, D. J. Delene, and P. Kucera, Accuracy of Locally Forecasted
Precipitation as Determined by UND Radar, Poster
presented by Mariusz Starzec at UND Fall Undergraduate Research
Forum, 18 November 2011, in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Participation in
POLCAST4 Field project (Summer 2012)
Korey Southerland: July
2010 - May 2011
Participation in
POLCAST3 Field project (Summer 2010)
Presentation at the 2011 American meteorological Society
Conference (January 26, 2011) in Seattle, Washington.
Article
in UND Discover
Emily Danielson: May
2010 - December 2010
Participation in
POLCAST3 Field project (Summer 2010)
Miranda
Hilgers: May 2010 - December 2010
Participation in
POLCAST3 Field project (Summer 2010)
Aymie Oliver: May 2009 -
December 2009
Presentation at the 28th Annual Conference of the
American Association for Aerosol Research (October 26-30, 2009)
Karen Larson: May 2009 -
December 2009
Coauthor on Poster entitle, 'Sub-micrometer Aerosol Measurements
from a Cabin Window Location on a King Air 200 Aircraft',
presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the American
Association for Aerosol Research, 29 October 2009 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Angelle Van Oploo:October
2008 - December 2009
Peter Johnson: August
2008 - August 2009
Spring 2009 Senior Project
Officer in the Navy
Dan Koller: May 2008 -
August 2009
Poster presented on June 19, 2009 at the WRF workshop
Spring 2009 Senior Project
Start Master Program
at the University of North Dakota with Leon Osborne
Robert Mitchell: May
2008 - August 2009
Participation as
aircraft flight engineer in POLCAST2 Field project (Summer 2008)
Participation as aircraft flight
engineer in Saudi Arabia Field project (March 13-31, 2009)
Aircraft Data
Processing and Analysis Software Developer
Spring 2009 Senior
Project
Research Pitot at NOAA Commissioned Corps
Officers
Coauthor on publication entitle 'The Second Polarimetric Cloud
Analysis and Seeding Test' in the Journal of Weather Modification
Matt Ham: April 2008 -
May 2009
Participation as radar
engineer in POLCAST2 Field project (Summer 2008)
Spring 2009 Senior Project
Worked for the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project.
Worked for Weather Modification Inc.
Coauthor on publication entitled, 'The Second Polarimetric Cloud
Analysis and Seeding Test" in the Journal of Weather
Modification
Kelsey Watkins: January
2008 - August 2009
Participation in
POLCAST2 Field project (Summer 2008)
Presentation at 2009 Annual meeting of
the AMS
Presentation at UND
Graduate School Scholarly Forum
Chris Kruse: November 2007
- May 2011
Participation in
POLCAST2 Field project (Summer 2008)
Participated in
Alena Kubatova (Chemistry Department) Air Pollution Workshop on
March 16-17, 2009 by demonstrating aircraft instrumentation.
Aircraft Data Processing and Analysis Software Developer
Attended the 2009 Fall
Meeting of the American Geophysics Union (December 16-18, 2009)
Participation in
POLCAST3 Field project (Summer 2010)
Internship Class (AtSc 497-08) Summer 2010 - Work on paper on
aircraft based atmospheric winds measurements.
Participated in Alena Kubatova (Chemistry Department) Air
Pollution Workshop on March 14-15, 2011 by demonstrating CCN
instrumentation.
Spring 2011 Senior Project
Coauthor on publication entitled, 'The Second Polarimetric Cloud
Analysis and Seeding Test" in the Journal of Weather
Modification
Summer 2011 GPU Processing for Data
Analysis and Visualization Summer Internship in Parallel
Computational Science at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research
Start Master Program at the University of Wyoming working with
Thomas Parish
Advised
Undergraduate Students (Not Directly Employed)
Tanushri
Tallimani (Aviation): January 28, 2025
(Experiential Learning Center Funded)
Working on project entitled, "Research Aircraft Flight Plans for
Conducting a Top-down Methane Emission Assessment".
Jacob Halmos (Atmospheric
Sciences): October 24, 2024
Experiential Learning Undergraduate Research Fellow (Shari Nelson)
Working on Aircraft Observations.
Bryce Rickbell (Atmospheric Sciences): October 10, 2024
Experiential Learning Undergraduate Research Fellow (Shari Nelson)
Working on ground Cloud Droplet Probe for Fog
Liz Cardoza: Research
Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Student, Summer 2024
Project Title - Carbon Dioxide Deficits from Direct Air Capture
Computation and Verification (Poster - pdf)
Avery Prelesnik: Senior Project Spring 2024, Fall 2024,
Spring 2025
Working Title - Fog Delays to Airline Flights
Project Presentation (2025/04/16) (pptx, pdf)
Davyd Perdomo Betanco
(Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering): May 6, 2024 -
Present
Experiential Learning Undergraduate Research Fellow (Shari Nelson)
Working on aircraft probe fluid flow modeling.
Working on repeating and validating what Ph.D. student Joseph
O'Brien did with OpenFOAM for
dissertation
(Scholarly Commons) on
new computer
server,
Littlestorm.
Ben Olson (Electrical
Engineering): March 4, 2024 - August 15, 2024
Experiential Learning Undergraduate Research Fellow (Shari Nelson):
Meteorological Weather Stations
Spring 2024: Oversees the Clifford Hall 423 Lab
Working onTIMMS-SN00200
Tyler Nynas (Electrical
Engineering): March 4, 2024 - August 15, 2024
Experiential Learning Undergraduate Research Fellow (Shari Nelson):
Meteorological Weather Stations
Spring 2024: Oversees the Clifford Hall 601 Lab
Working on TIMMS-SN00200
Khalid Ayoola (Mechanical
Engineering): March 4, 2024 - July 11, 2024
Experiential Learning Undergraduate Research Fellow (Shari Nelson):
Meteorological Weather Stations
Structure Support for Surface Instruments
Steven Sobus: Senior
Project Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Senior Project entitled "Snow and Rain Precipitation as Related to
Red River Streamflow" (Final Report - docx, pdf)
Alex Mendes: Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)
Student, Summer 2023
Project Title - Measured Atmospheric Change In Lead Particulate
Matter From UL94 Fuel Switch by Major Aerospace College
Project Overview Presentation (2023/06/08) (pptx, pdf)
Project Presentation (2023/07/06) (pptx, pdf)
Project Poster Presentation (2023/08/03) (Abstract - docx, pdf, Draft
Poster - pptx, pdf,
Final Poster - pptx, pdf)
The poster presentation is held in the new medical school
building, 2nd Floor, W201/W202/Art Gallery Event Space, from
9:00am to 12:00pm on Thursday, August 3 . A continental breakfast
will be provided. The lot south of the med school will be open for
guest parking. Visitors are not be ticketing from 8:00-1:00pm.
Walker McKee: MarsXR Challenge - Weather Balloons
Evelyn Haase: Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)
Student, Summer 2022
Project Title - Balloon Package Design and Deployment
Project Overview Presentation (2022/06/16) (pptx)
Isiah Nault: 492 Senior
Project Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Summer 2022
Senior Project entitled "Visibility Comparison of the Unmanned
Aircraft System Deployable MiniOFS to a Present Weather Sensor"
(Presentation PPTX)
Erin Doyle: 492 Senior
Project Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Julianna Glinskas: 492 Senior Project Fall 2020, Spring
2021
Michael Lienert: 494 Internship Fall 2020 (Postponed from
Spring 2020)
Hess, Caleb: 492 Senior Project Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Harrison Rademacher: 492 Senior Project Fall 2019,
Spring 2020
Senior Project entitled 'Biological Particles in Thunderstorms'
(Proposal DOCX,
PDF) and
(Presentation PDF, ODT, PPTX, Video,
Audio)
Victoria Lang: Summer 2019
Attending Graduate School at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in
Fall 2020 to study Air Pollution.
Poster given at the 2018 Interdisciplinary Renewable &
Environmental Chemistry REU Meeting, 8 August 2019 in Grand Forks,
North Dakota. [PPTX, PDF]
REU Student - Characteristics of Carbonaceous Fractions in
Atmospheric Particulate Matter for Grand Forks, North Dakota
Frida Garcia: REU Summer
2018
Poster given at the 2018 Interdisciplinary Renewable &
Environmental Chemistry REU Meeting, 2 August 2018 in Grand Forks,
North Dakota. [PPTX,
PDF]
REU Student - DNA Sampling of Known Bacterial
Julie Hibarger: REU Summer
2018
Applying to Graduate Programs in Biochemsitry and Human Nutrition in
Fall 2020
Poster given at the 2018 Interdisciplinary Renewable &
Environmental Chemistry REU Meeting, 2 August 2018 in Grand Forks,
North Dakota. [PPTX, PDF]
REU Student - DNA Analysis of atmospheric particular matter.
Shekinah Bass: REU Summer
2018
Attending Medical School in Europe (turned down PhD in Chemistry
program) and dual enrolling in Masters Program for Business at
Harvard
Poster given at the 2018 Interdisciplinary Renewable &
Environmental Chemistry REU Meeting, 2 August 2018 in Grand Forks,
North Dakota. [PPTX,
PDF]
REU Student - CCN and forecast modeling.
Jesus Bautista Cid: REU
Summer 2017
Poster given at the 2017 Interdisciplinary Renewable &
Environmental Chemistry REU Meeting, 10 August 2017 in Grand Forks,
North Dakota [PDF].
REU Student - Diurnal Cycle of Cloud Condensation Nuclei
Taylor L. Hennessy: REU Summer 2016
Presentation given at the 2016 Interdisciplinary Renewable &
Environmental Chemistry REU Meeting, 11 August 2016 in Grand Forks,
North Dakota.
REU Student - Air Quality Monitor Lab Setup [PDF].
Education
Philosophy
Education
Philosophy and Teaching Reflective Statement (Update November
2024)
Education is critical in our complex world where people are
beginning to extend their cognitive abilities by working with
devices that incorporate artificial intelligence to enhance their
efficiency. Educating people so they understand our interconnected
world and enabling them to contribute is very rewarding to me.
Frequently, classes start with
In-the-news items that discusses how class tropic
related to published news items. Universities provide a critical
role in the educational process by increasing student's
understanding while teaching how to critically analyze and
synthesize knowledge. I believe the ability to solve problems and
synthesize diverse knowledge is the real value of an educated
person. Broadening students knowledge and teaching the ability to
apply the knowledge that student have to novel problems is my
educational goal. To obtain this goal, I believe course design that
include specific objectives is critical. These objectives denote the
knowledge and abilities students have at the completion of the
course. Courses should utilize material best suited to achieve the
objectives that have been set. Class room lectures demonstrations
and home work problems give students practice on mastering the
objectives. Student evaluations should be based on sampling
individual students ability to have mastered the objectives. Testing
student masterly is best done with questions that test student
understanding and provide quick feed back. New technology, such as
email, web pages and the Internet, should be used to enhance the
learning process.
While students typically have the necessary ability to succeed, many
lack the motivation to put in the necessary effort and time. To
motivate students, I explain how class topic's are important in
their daily lives and the world around them. Current news topics
which are course related are discussed briefly at the start of
classes. To facilitate students putting in the necessary effort, I
have expanded class time devoted to quizzes and exams. Additionally,
I've been doing out of class help session right before Exams.
Challenging oneself to answer questions is part of the necessary
effort required to learn new abilities. Many students seem to not
realize that testing is a very effective learning method and don't
spend much time testing their ability to understand the material. To
help students to study more effectively, I have in class, low grade
impact quizzes and more exams.
Education Tools
The Univeristy of North Dakota uses the Blackboard
Couse Learning Management system. Blackboard is used for all
grading activities and any student restricted material. The
Respondus exam authoring tool is used to create online
quizzes and exams. Class websites are used to host
class materials such as ppresentation slides and zoom
recordings. The class websites do not have to be deleted so
studens have access to the materials for longer periods of
time.
Respondus
Exam Authoring Tool - Windows Operating System
software program to enable taking Word files and uploading
exam pool questions directly to Blackboard. Steps to
create a test pool are:
* Select the "Start" Table. Click on the
"import Questions" link.
* In the Import Question Windows, Use "Microsoft Word
2007 (DOCX) file type. Brows to select file. Name the
document, for example "ATSC_252_BasicClouds". Select Preview
and then Finish buttons.
* Select the "Preview + Publish" tab.
Select "Publish Wizard"
* In the "Publish Wizard" select "Publish to single
course", Blackboard Server "UND [PSS], Select "Next" button.
* Select "Ok" button in pop-up window. In Web
Browser login to Bb account. Slect "Close After Login"
at top left after login. Select "OK" button.
* Select Course, Select "Create new Pool", select
Next Button. Select Finish button. Next pool should be
in Blackboard.
Education Links
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