Week 1: May 24 - May 28
Sunday May 23rd & Monday May 24th	arrive by early evening, first grocery store runs each day
Tuesday May 25th	busy all day: First day! ID photos, NWC Safety & Security, building tours, drive around Norman, find their offices, meet mentors if they are around (REU only)
Wednesday May 26th	8:30a-9:30a: What to Expect in REU, by former REUers (REU only) 9:30a-11:30a: Independent Research 11:30-1:30: Welcome Picnic (REU+Mentors only) 1:30-5: Independent Research
Thursday May 27th	9a-3p: Responsible Conduct of Research workshop (REU required; others may RSVP) 4-5p: Independent Research
Friday May 28th	9a-2:30p: Responsible Conduct of Research workshop (REU required; others may RSVP) 2:30-3:30p: Impromptu seminar: Jenni Rauhala, Severe Convective Storms in Finland and Their Nowcasting Challenges, NWC 1350 3:30-5p: Independent Research

 

Week 2: May 31 - June 4
Monday May 31st	Memorial Day holiday
Tuesday June 1st	8:30a-4:30p: Independent Research 4:30p-5p: Working in a Mixed NOAA - OU Workplace, NWC 3910 (REU + Hollings)
Wednesday June 2nd	8:30a-11a: Independent Research 11a-noon: Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series: Dr. David Stensrud on An Introduction to Numerical Modeling, NWC 1313 (REU; all welcome) noon-5p: Independent Research
Thursday June 3rd	Independent Research 10:30-noon: MATLAB Workshop, NWC 5720 (optional for all; RSVP by Tuesday so accounts may be set up)
Friday June 4th	Independent Research

 

Week 3: June 7 - June 11
Monday June 7th	Independent Research 3-5p: Scientific Communication I, NWC 4140 (REU; others RSVP)
Tuesday June 8th	Independent Research 3-5p: Scientific Communication II, NWC 4140 (REU; others RSVP)
Wednesday June 9th	8:30a-11a: Independent Research 11a-noon: Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series: Dr. Mark Shafer and Dr. Heather Lazrus, The integration of policy and social sciences with meteorology, NWC 1313 (REU; all welcome) noon-5p: (lunch) Independent Research
Thursday June 10th	Independent Research 1:30-2p: Elevator Talks, NWC 3910 (REU)
Friday June 11th	8:45-11a: Severe Weather Forecasting Workshop, NWC 3910 (optional for all, please RSVP) Independent Research

 

Week 4: June 14 - June 18
Monday June 14th	Independent Research
Tuesday June 15th	Independent Research noon-1p: Networking Lunch, NWC 5600(REU+Hollings+Mentors)
Wednesday June 16th	8:30a-11a: Independent Research 11a-noon: Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series, NWC 1313 (REU; all welcome) 12:30p-5p: (lunch) Independent Research
Thursday June 17th	Independent Research
Friday June 18th	Independent Research 1-4:45p: Kimpel Symposium, Agenda of talks http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/kimpel_symposium/, NWC 1313 (optional)

 

Week 5: June 21 - June 25
Monday June 21st	Independent Research
Tuesday June 22nd	Independent Research
Wednesday June 23rd	Independent Research
Thursday June 24th	Hosting SOARS Today 8:30-9:30a: Dr. Cameron McCoy on How and Why OU is Engaging the Private Sector, NWC 5600 (optional; all welcome) 9:30a-10a: Icebreaker activity to get to know each other 10a-noon: Radar Extravaganza Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series, NWC 1313 (REU+SOARS; all welcome) noon-2p: Independent Research / lunch 2-3p: Tour of OU PRIME radar (optional; groups of 15 at a time, so must RSVP!! wear comfortable shoes! 15-min walk from NWC over grassy surfaces!), otherwise Independent Research 3-5p: Entrepreneurial Workshop Intro (1 hr), Brainstorm ideas (1 hrs), NWC 3910 (REU+SOARS; others RSVP)
Friday June 25th	Hosting SOARS Today 8:30-11a: Independent Research 11-noon: Entrepreneurial Workshop Business Pitches! (1 hr), NWC 5600 (only those who participated in Intro yesterday) noon-1p: Networking Lunch, NWC 5600 (NWC REU+Hollings+SOARS+Mentors; others by invite only) (SOARS only) 1-2p: NWC Building Tour (REU) 1-2:45p: Independent Research 2:45-3:30p: VORTEX2 Vehicle Tour, Sean Waugh, Vehicle Bay (REU+SOARS; all welcome) 3:30-5p: Graduate School, Dr. Fred Carr and Ms. Celia Jones, NWC 5600 (REU+SOARS; others RSVP for handouts)

 

Week 6: June 28 - July 2
Monday June 28th	Independent Research
Tuesday June 29th	Independent Research 1p-3:30p: 5-min Practice Talks w/Q&A, NWC 1313 (REU only; required)
Wednesday June 30th	8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Thursday July 1st	8:30a-11a: Independent Research 3-5p: 5-min Practice Talks, NWC 1313 (NWC REU only)
Friday July 2nd	Independent Research

 

Week 7: July 5 - July 9
Monday July 5th	BOULDER TRIP (optional for REU)
Tuesday July 6th	BOULDER TRIP (optional for REU; otherwise Independent Research)
Wednesday July 7th	BOULDER TRIP (optional for REU; otherwise Independent Research)
Thursday July 8th	Independent Research
Friday July 9th	Independent Research

 

Week 8: July 12 - July 16
Monday July 12th	Independent Research
Tuesday July 13th	Independent Research
Wednesday July 14th	Independent Research noon-1p: Networking Lunch, SRTC Seminar Room (NWC REU+Hollings+Mentors; others by invite only)
Thursday July 15th	Independent Research
Friday July 16th	Independent Research

 

Week 9: July 19 - July 23
Monday July 19th	Independent Research
Tuesday July 20th	Independent Research
Wednesday July 21st	Independent Research
Thursday July 22nd	Independent Research
Friday July 23rd	Independent Research

 

Week 10: July 26 - July 30
Monday July 26th	Independent Research
Tuesday July 27th	Independent Research 2-3:30p: Ice Cream Social, NWC Atrium, Sponsored by the NOAA Employees Association (all invited)
Wednesday July 28th	Practice Talks All Day, otherwise Independent Research
Thursday July 29th	8:30-9:00: Bagel Breakfast 9:00-9:05: Opening Remarks Session 1: Severe Weather and Forecasting, Moderated by Tim Bonin (REU '08) 9:05-9:20: Verifying model forecasts of arctic fronts in advance of winter storms in the southern plains: Bill Leatham, Plymouth State University, Mentors: Patrick Burke & Andrew Taylor (both NOAA NWS) 9:20-9:35: Updraft Helicity as a Forecast Parameter: Stacey Hitchcock, University of Oklahoma, Mentors: Harold Brooks (NSSL), Patrick Marsh (PhD student w/SOM), Chuck Doswell (CIMMS) 9:35-9:50: Storm Trajectories around Urban Areas: Josh Turner, University of Miami, Mentor: Brian Vant-Hull (CUNY in NYC; Josh did an REU exchange) 9:50-10:05: Predicting Convectively Induced Turbulence Using Spatiotemporal Relational Random Forests: Tim Sliwinski, Florida State University & Jon Trueblood, Dordt College, Mentors: (from the Computer Science REU across the street in Stephenson, and include some scientists from NCAR) 10:05-10:25: BREAK Session 2: Societal Impacts, Moderated by Madison Burnett (REU '08) 10:25-10:40: Public Responses to the 10 May 2010 Norman, OK Tornado: Sarah Stalker, St. Cloud State University, Mentors: Randy Peppler (CIMMS), Kim Klockow (PhD student w/ geography), Kristin Kuhlman (CIMMS), and Heather Lazrus (SSWIM) 10:40-10:55: Evaluating High-Resolution WRF Forecasts of the Low-Level Jet for Wind Power Forecast Applications: Jeff Deppa, Rutgers University, Mentors: Richard Carpenter and Brent Shaw (WDT, Inc.) 10:55-11:10: Spatial Analysis of Vulnerabilities Contributing to Tornado Casualties: Eric Hout, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Mentors: May Yuan (OU's CSA/Geography), John McIntosh (OU CSA), Chris Weaver (joint CSA and OU's Comp Sci) Session 3: Remote Sensing and Hydrology, Moderated by Becky Belobraydich (REU '08) 1:30-1:45: Comparisons of Flood Affected Area Derived from MODIS and Landsat Imagery during the June 2008 Southern Indiana Event: Kevin Van Leer, Purdue University, Mentor: John Galantowicz (AER, Inc.) 1:45-2:00: Radar-Disdrometer Comparison to Study Precipitation Microphysics: Chris Kerr, Clemson University, Mentor: Guifu Zhang (OU SOM) 2:00-2:15: Assessing Climate Change Impacts of the Blue River Basin of Oklahoma: Chris Bednarczyk, Valparaiso University, Mentor: Yang Hong (OU CEES) 2:15-2:30: BREAK Session 4: Severe Weather and Climatology, Moderated by Jennifer Newman (REU '08) 2:35-2:50: Measured Severe Convective Wind Gust Climatology of Thunderstorms for the Contiguous United States, 2003-2009: Andrew Winters, University of Wisconsin, Mentors: Bryan Smith and Corey Mead (NOAA SPC) 2:50-3:05: An Analysis of Southern U.S. Ice Storm Frequency from 2000-2009: Carly Kovacik, North Carolina State University, Mentors: Mark Shafer and James Hocker (OCS) 3:05-3:20: Gridded Verification for NWS Storm-Based Warnings: Todd Ferebee, North Carolina State University, Mentors: Kiel Ortega (CIMMS) and Kevin Scharfenberg (NOAA NWS) 3:20-3:25: Closing Remarks 3:25-4:00: Reception (All Welcome)
Friday July 30th	Final REU Activities (REU required) 8:30-10a: clean up, pack office, check out of apartments(?), say goodbye to mentors; whatever -- your time! 10-noon: Mentor Poster Session, NWC 3910 Noon-2p: lunch together on own dime, probably Mazzio's (own dime) 2-3p: Graduate Student Panel: Tips on Applying, etc., NWC 5930 1p-2p: Mentor Poster Session, NWC 5930 3-4p: About Research w/ Chuck Doswell ~4:30p: Doo Rag Photo Shoot, NWC Atrium
Saturday July 31st	Those who fly will leave today. Those who drive will need to leave by evening.