SEEMS News
4/15/2021 and 4/21/2021
2021 Hispanic Engineering Science and TECnology (HESTEC)
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HESTEC 2021! April 15 & 21, 2021. Find out more about SEEMS by exploring these links presented at the 2021 Hispanic Engineering Science and TECnology (HESTEC) event. Students in grades 9 and 10 participated in presentations from the College of Science and College of Engineering during this two day event. Earth and Environmental Science How long ago is ancient? 100 years? 1000 years? What about 1 million years ago or even further? Explore our ancient past by visiting Rio Grande Valley locations today! Find out where to go and what to see with Ancient Landscapes: Exploring South Texas through Time. Explore the Geologic Time Scale and get a sense our ancient Earth
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Take a virtual field trip and explore the ancient past of the Rio Grande Valley using www.google.com/earth/ Open this .kml file in GoogleEarth and take a virtual field trip through the Rio Grande Valley. What is the Status of the Geoscience Workforce in the USA? Find out by looking at this PowerPoint Status of the Geoscience Workforce.pdf
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Coastal Studies Laboratory The Coastal Studies Laboratory presents a live shark dissection.
Learn about the other marine plants and animals that call South Padre Island and the Gulf of Mexico home. Contact the Coastal Studies Lab today to plan a visit, https://www.utrgv.edu/csl/visit/tour-request/index.htm |
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Marine Science What are Mesophotic Reefs and Artificial Reefs? How are they explored? Take a virtual dive through the Texas Clipper and the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Learn how technology is used to explore these ecosystems. Visit https://www.utrgv.edu/seems/resources/coop-programs/noaa/index.htm |
2/16/2021 - Thesis Proposal Defense - Armida Rivera
New study in which Dr. Erin E. Easton was involved provides the scientific rationale and policy recommendations for protecting one of the most unique diversity hotspots on the high seas and on Earth - the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X20310289. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdrJ0rxTXzU&feature=youtu.be.
Facts Sheets: [English] [Spanish]
11/19/2020
Thank you to all 30+ participants at our virtual Q&A for GIS Day 2020! A lot of information was shared, and contacts made between GIS Professional and UTRGV Students. Congratulations to the 5 UTRGV students that won ArcGIS licenses (valued at $100 each)!
Contact and follow up information can be accessed here.
Access the meeting recording and chat.
11/4/2020
Please join us for GIS Day 2020, 11am - 12pm Wednesday Nov 18. Use this zoom link https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/83318334161 to access the virtual Q & A event between GIS Professionals and UTRGV students. GIS Day is an internationally recognized event to celebrate GIS work and promote the people that use GIS. GIS users come from diverse backgrounds and use GIS in a variety of ways. There are five personal ArcGIS licenses to raffle during the live event. Each license is valued at $100.
Meet some GIS users from the RGV and beyond, both professionals and students.
You can access full video clips of various users using these links:
UTRGV Graduates (Melany Rodriguez, Marcelo Saavedra, and Christopher Munoz).
6/27/2019
Dr. Mao (PI) and Dr. Cheng (one of four Co-PIs) received a new award from the Department of Defense HBCU/MI for a project entitled “Acquisition of an Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy System for Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Advanced Materials at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley”. The instrument will complement and promote investigation in areas: 1) (nano)material science, 2) functional composite materials, 3) biomedical and pharmaceutical research and development, and 4) earth and environmental sciences. The interdisciplinary research projects will involve departments from the College of Sciences, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and School of Medicine. July 2019- June 2020. ($599,803).
6/25/2019
Dr. Benavides (Project PI) and Dr. Hicks (Co-PI) received a new award from the Texas General Land Office for a project entitled “Bahia Grande Channel Widening: Flow and Water Quality Data Collection Effort and Monitoring.” This project seeks to collect flow and water quality data prior to and post-widening of the Bahia Grande entrance channel as a means of evaluating the success of the restoration project. The award extends June 2019 to December 2026 ($335,331).
6/25/2019
Dr. Cintra and colleagues (M. Kowalewski [PI; University of Florida] and Steering Committee: M. Brenner, N. Cannarozzi, C. Cintra-Buenrostro, K. Flessa, T. Frazer, S. Jackson, D. Killam. M. Moss, L. Park Boush, T. Rick, H. Swain. R. Terry, N. Wallis, J. Williams, Y. Yanes, M. Zuschin) received a new award from NSF for a project entitled “RCN: Integrating and translating conservation paleobiology.” $492,099.
5/7/2019
Dr. Breier and colleagues received a new award from NSF for a project entitled "Hydrothermal Estuaries: What Sets the Hydrothermal Flux of Fe and Mn to the Oceans?" The project is in collaboration with researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Washington, and Texas A&M University. The project involves using robotic AUV techniques to study the hydrothermal emissions from underwater deep-sea volcanoes off the Pacific northwest. The award extends June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2022 ($299,820).
4/20/2019
A 5-minute video documentary has been released about Dr. Gabler's Texas Sea Grant research project, which is investigating the impacts of climate change on coastal wetlands and their ecosystem services. This project required the construction of a total of 36 large rainout shelters placed within the Aransas and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuges, the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve, and the Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi campus. The video features interviews and voiceovers by Dr. Gabler and Ivy Hinson (MS student), and video and still images of four other AESS and OCES students. The video was released on Earth Day and was the main feature on the UTRGV homepage for over a week. The press release and video can be found here: