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Hackweek Testimony: Network-Building at GeoHackWeek 2018

By Steven Pestana

Steven Pestana is a graduate student in the Mountain Hydrology Research Group in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Steven had the opportunity to participate in GeoHackWeek 2018, where he picked up a couple of helpful tricks and tools that he’s brought back to his graduate research. 

Fieldwork in Forks

By Amanda Manaster, PhD Student, University of Washington Civil & Environmental Engineering
Summer is one of the busiest times for scientists doing field work, and I’m no exception—I get out to the field regularly during the summer. 

Ground-Truthing “Greenness” in Arctic Lakes

By Catherine Kuhn, PhD Student, University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Imagine a vast flatness stretching in all directions. Now fill that space with bird songs, the rustling of bull rushes, and the drone of a float plane vanishing into the distance. 

Meshing with Data: Hacking Communications Solutions following Natural Disasters

Freshwater Initiative student Jimmy Phuong is a UW School of Medicine PhD Candidate in Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education studying computationally intensive, data-driven knowledge discovery in health research.