NOTE: This calendar is a copy of information for archive purposes.
All events were available in-person and online to provide flexibility/safety related to Covid and support remote participation. A few events were entirely online.
Sunday
Arrival in Norman!
Group Dinner
Grocery Trip
Monday
8:45-10am
Logistics: ID cards
10:00-11:00am
Visit Sarkey's Rec Center, Parking Passes
noon-1:30pm
Welcome Lunch for Students & Mentors
2:00-3:00pm
Program ID Cards, Visit Office Space
3:30-4:30pm
National Weather Center Tour
4:45-5:15pm
REU Security Brief
Tuesday
1:30-3:00pm
Library Skills, Dr. Amanda Schilling (OU Libraries)
Wednesday
9-12:30pm
Software Carpentry, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler (OU Libraries)
Thursday
1:00-2:00pm
What to Expect in REU,
Friday
9-12:30pm
Software Carpentry, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler (OU Libraries)
Monday
All Day
Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday
9:30-10am
Science Communications: Brainstorming & Outlining, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
Wednesday
2:00-3:00pm
Radar Innovation Lab Tour
Thursday
All Day
(no group activities)
Friday
11am-noon
Seminar: Decision-Making in the Face of Weather Hazards: There's an App for That!, Dr. Kevin Kloesel (OU)
noon-1:00pm
Group Lunch & Friday Check-In
Monday
All Day
(no group activities)
Tuesday
9:30-10:00am
Science Communications: Citations & Plagiarism, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
Wednesday
2:00-3:00pm
OPTIONAL: REU Office Hours @ NWC Library , Dr. Mark Laufersweiler (OU Libraries), Dr. Amanda Schilling (OU Libraries), & Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
2:00-3:30pm
OPTIONAL, hosted outside our group: Research Ethics & Legacy of Colonialism in the Geosciences
Thursday
1:00-2:30pm
Anti-Harassment & Discrimination Workshop, Mx. Alex Marmo & Dr. Amanda Kis
Friday
10:30am-noon
NWC REU 30-Second Talks
1:00pm-2:00pm
Seminar: Overshooting Convection: connections to Severe Weather and Stratospheric Hydration, Dr. Elisa Murillo (
REU'15)
2:00-2:30pm
Friday Check-In
Monday
All Day
(no group activities)
Tuesday
10-11:30am
Science Communications: Introduction & Literature Review, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
2:30-4:30pm
Anti-Harassment/Discrimination Workshop, Alex Marmo (OU/CAPS)
Wednesday
2-3:30pm
Optional: Office Hours for help with Python/coding/data analysis, library resources, citations, and/or science writing, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler, Dr. Amanda Schilling, and Dr. Amanda Kis
Thursday
All Day
(no group activities)
1:00-2:00pm
Friday Seminar: *need title*, Alex Marmo
2:00-3:00pm
Friday Check-In & Intro to the 5-Minute Talks
Monday
All Day
Juneteenth Holiday
Tuesday
10-10:30am
Science Communications: Methods & Results, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
Wednesday
9:30-10:30am
Mesonet Instrumentation Tour, Dr. Brad Illson (Mesonet)
2-3:30pm
Optional: Office Hours for help with Python/coding/data analysis, library resources, citations, and/or science writing, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler, Dr. Amanda Schilling, and Dr. Amanda Kis
Thursday
All Day
(no group activities)
Friday
9am-noon
NWC REU 5-Minute Practice Talks (students & mentors)
12:00-1pm
Students & Mentors Networking Event
1:00-1:30pm
Friday Check-in
Week 6: June 26 - June 30
Monday
All Day
(no group activities)
Tuesday
10-11:30am
Science Communications: Discussion & Conclusions, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
Wednesday
9:30-10:30am
Optional: LaTeX Workshop
2-3:30pm
Optional: Office Hours for help with Python/coding/data analysis, library resources, citations, and/or science writing, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler, Dr. Amanda Schilling, and Dr. Amanda Kis
Thursday
All Day
(no group activities)
Friday
First Writing Deadline
2:00-2:30pm
Friday Check-In
Saturday (July 1)
5-9pm
Potluck at Alex's
Monday
All Day
(no group activities)
Tuesday
All Day
July 4 Holiday
Wednesday
9:30-10am
Science Communications: Titles, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
2-3:00pm
Optional: Office Hours for help with Python/coding/data analysis, library resources, citations, and/or science writing, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler, Dr. Amanda Schilling, and Dr. Amanda Kis
Thursday
All Day
(no group activities)
Friday
1:00-2:00
All About NOAA's Hazardous Weather Testbed, Kevin Thiel (OU/CIWRO), David Jahn (OU/CIWRO & NOAA/SPC), and Dr. Kristin Calhoun (
REU99 & NOAA/NSSL)
2:00-3:00pm
Friday Check-In
Mentor Feedback on First Writing Deadline
Monday
9-11:30am
Field Trip: Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station, Dr. David Bodine (OU/SoM & ARRC), Dr. Elizabeth Smith (NOAA/NSSL), Tyler Bell (OU/CIWRO & NOAA/NSSL)
Tuesday
9:30-11:00am
Science Communications: Revising & Editing, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
Wednesday
9:30-noon
Software Carpentry: Shell and Github , Dr. Mark Laufersweiler
2-3:00pm
Optional: Office Hours for help with Python/coding/data analysis, library resources, citations, and/or science writing, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler, Dr. Amanda Schilling, and Dr. Amanda Kis
Thursday
9:30-10:30am
Tour of the Advanced Technology Demonstrator and NSSL's WSR-88D,
Friday
1-2pm
Seminar: My Career Journey, Dr. DaNa Carlis (NOAA/NSSL)
2:00-3:00pm
Friday Check-In
Monday
All Day
(no group activities)
Tuesday
All Day
NWC 1313 & 1350 Reserved for Practice
10-10:30am
Science Communications: Abstracts, Dr. Amanda Kis (OU/SoM)
Wednesday
2:00-4:00pm
You Make the Call: Warning Decision Demonstration, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Division
All Day
NWC 3910 Reserved for Practice
Thursday
8am-noon
NWC 3910 Reserved for Practice
1:45-5:00pm
Final Talks, Day 1
4:50-5:30pm
Individual Photos
Friday
9:10am-noon
Final Talks, Day 2
2:00-3:00
Friday check-in
FINAL TALK SCHEDULE: Final Talks
Monday
9:30-10:30
Panel: Federal Forecasting Jobs
10:30-11:30
Career Advice
Tuesday
9:30-11:00am
All About OU's School of Meteorology Graduate Program
Wednesday
10-11:30am
Career Talk: Elise Schultz (CFD Research) & Graduate Student Panel: Hayden Webb (OU), Erika Pruitt (OU), Kyle Pittman (University of Nebraska), and Leanne Blind (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
2-3:30pm
Optional: Office Hours for help with Python/coding/data analysis, library resources, citations, and/or science writing, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler, Dr. Amanda Schilling, and Dr. Amanda Kis
Thursday
9:30-noon
Software / Data Analytics / Research: Aaron Botnick: using software skills for met & non-met jobs; Joseph Nardi: data analyst for nonprofit doing K-12 outcomes; Jennifer Newman -REsurity; Jon Poterjoy: applied math & meteorology research; Paul Markowski: research & faculty positions
Friday
10-11:30am
Private Sector / Forecasting / Emergency Management: Matt Saari: Baron Services; Kevin Van Leer: CAPE Analytics; Cait French: Vanderbilt EM
noon-1:30pm
REU Send-Off Lunch