REU Pictures

Field trip to the Niagara Gorge

Group photo at Niagara Falls.

Group photo at Niagara Falls, NY

Group of interns taking a break during a field trip to the Niagara Gorge. This was a collboration with Earth Science Department's field camp. 

Learning about local geology and glaciation by hiking the Niagara Gorge Trail alongside The Earth Science Department field camp group. This picture was taken in the gorge. Pictured is Camryn Nelson, Sage Keidel, and Emily Demieri sitting on the shale.

group of people at nigara gorge.

Group of people learning about local geology and glaciation

Nathaniel Flores and advisor Cathrine Ryan lava over ice

Intern, James Parry and advisor, Dr. Ryan getting ready to pour lava over ice. Their prjoect called, Constraining heat transfer and meltwater generation processes in lava-ice interactions

Advisor, Dr. Ryan pouring lava over ice creating what James Parry called the lava rat.

Taking time to have fun...

Intern, Camryn Nelson at the National Weather Service office. She presented her research to four of the forecasters that created some of the products I was using for my project, toured the office, and gained a lot of local knowledge about the NWS and the weather in WNY.

Interns, Emily, Peyton & Camryn enjoying the weekend at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio

Interns hiking at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

People sitting in a big chair in Buffalo NY.

James, Aspen, Phoebe & Mia hanging out in downtown Buffalo on a Saturday night!

People at Shakespear in the park Buffalo NY.

Interns enjoying Shakespear in the Park Buffalo NY

people having fun in NYC.

Having fun in New York City

End of the summer research presentation

Katherine Appleman presenting her end of the summer research.

Katherine Appleman presenting her end of the summer research titled, "Threats of Massive Forest Die-off in a Rapidly Changing Climate: The Role of Defense Cost in Tree Mortality" Her advisors were Scott Mackay & James Boyle.

Douglas Bell Freitag presenting his research.

Douglas Bell Freitag presenting his end of the summer research titled, " Quantifying the Impacts of Noah-MP Parameters on Hydrologic and Surface Energy Fluxes". His advisors Yifan Cheng and Joseph Tulenko.

Peyton Braun presenting her research, titled, "Emulating Smoke Transport Between Canada and NYC Using a Graph Neural Network".

Peyton Braun presenting her research, titled, "Emulating Smoke Transport Between Canada and NYC Using a Graph Neural Network" Advisors Kang Sun and Stuart Evans.

Emily DeMieri presenting resesarch.

Emily DeMieri presenting, "Effects of Western New York Varying Bedrock Lithology on Lake Erie Shoreline Bluff Erosion" Advisors Jason Briner and James Boyle.

Nathaniel Flores presenting research.

Nathaniel Flores presenting, "An investigation into runoff ratios in a warming Arctic using climate models for the Alaska region" Advisors Yifan Cheng and Joseph Tulenko.

Tyler Foresta presenting research.

Tyler Foresta presenting his research, "Perception of Cycling Safety and Comfort in New York City" Advisors, Irina Benedyk and Austin Angulo

Grace Maxon presenting research.

Grace Maxon presenting her research, "Investigation of Red Pond Thin Sections" Advisor Jason Briner

James Parry presenting research.

James Parry presenting his research, "Constraining heat transfer and meltwater generation processes in lava-ice interactions". Advisor Catherine Ryan.

Ben Raimondo presenting research.

Ben Raimondo presenting his research, "Quantifying and Attributing Ice Sheet Model Divergence Across Greenland's Basins". Advisors Bruce Pittman and Sophie Nowicki.

Phoebe Schrag presenting research.

Phoebe Schrag presenting her research, "Driving Anxiety and Visual Attention in Young Drivers: A VR Eye-Tracking Study". Advisors, Irina Benedyk and Andrew Crooks