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Ocean Commotion 2009
SCE Faculty & Students Participate in Ocean Commotion 2009
Our school was well represented with six exhibits at this year's Ocean Commotion held on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Ocean Commotion is an educational experience for K through 8th grade students.
Dr. Jim Cowan Selected for Technical Review Panel on Hurricane Protection
Dr. Jim Cowan has been selected to serve on a technical review panel for the Donaldsonville to the Gulf Hurricane Protection System. The panel consists of 11 professionals who will report to the state's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
SCE&E Faculty Testifies to the Federal Ocean Policy Task Force
Dr. Robert Twilley recently testified to the Federal Ocean Policy Task Force. The task force was formed earlier this year by President Barack Obama to develop a national ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes policy, as well as come up with recommendations on ecosystem planning of the Mississippi River Delta and coastal Louisiana. Read his testimony and other pertinent information regarding this subject at the links below.
1. Text of Robert Twilley's Testimony
2. Sediment and Nutrients Tradeoffs
3. Restoring and Protecting Coastal Louisiana
4. News Item regarding his testimony
SC&E Faculty Named LSU Rainmakers
Dr. James Cowan, Dr. Irving Mendelssohn, Dr. Kenny Rose, and Dr. Eugene Turner have been named a 2009 LSU Rainmaker. LSU Rainmakers are distinguished faculty members who have been identified as the top 100 research and creative faculty members at LSU. Rainmakers will be acknowledged and honored at the Rainmakers Gala on October 13, 2009.
LSU Group Studies Gulf for Storm Forecasting
A team of researchers led by Dr. Nan Walker, Director of the Earth Scan Laboratory, is studying how areas of cool water in the Gulf of Mexico affect hurricane energy and how that information could be used in forecasting storm intensity in the future.
Dr. Walker's group studied the circulating eddies of cold water found near the warmer Loop Current in the Gulf to see if it offsets the effects of warmer waters that allow hurricanes to grow stronger and intensify.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/64713007.html
Gulf of Mexico Concerns Aired as Key Federal Officials Visit New Orleans
Testimony and comments were given by several environmental groups, scientists, etc. in the forming of a new policy under the Obama administration for protecting the oceans.
Read what Dr. Robert Twilley and others had to say not only on protecting the oceans, but on protecting Louisiana and its coastline.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/gulf_of_mexico_concerns_aired.html
SC&E Faculty Participates in Inaugural Workshop for Women in Science
Dr. Hiscox was selected to be one of 22 junior female scientist to participate in the first ASCENT (Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching Networks) workshop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado in June 2009. The workshop was sponsored by NSF and focused on women in atmospheric science/meteorology. The goal was to initiate positive professional relationships among female faculty and postdoctoral researchers of different ranks and provided participants with an opportunity to make research connections and gather perspectives from senior faculty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM32nnFSfD0
NSF Grant
Jaye Cable received a three-year grant for $257,380 from the National Science Foundation for her project entitled, “Collaborative Research: Outwelling of Dissolved Organic Carbon from Salt Marshes”. Collaborators are: Jennifer Cherrier from Florida A&M University, Robert F. Chen, University of Massachusetts-Boston, and Christo D. Meile from the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
Melissa Hedges Receives NOAA/Sea Grant FellowshipMelissa Hedges, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences (DOCS), has been awarded a NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Fellowship in the fish population dynamics category. Melissa's submission was titled, "Identification and incorporation of quantitative indicators of ecosystem function into single-species fishery stock assessment models and the associated biological reference points". Population dynamics involves the study of various factors, such as sports fishing mortality, growth, natural mortality and recruitment of the fish population. Melissa was one of nine students across the United States receiving a fellowship from NOAA/Sea Grant. Her major professor is Dr. Joe Powers, an Associate Professor in DOCS. (7-28-2009)
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