NWC REU 2024
 May 22 - July 31

 

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.

Participants work on their independent research outside of any REU events. The general daily schedule is 9am-5:30pm, which accounts for an 8-hr workday and 30-min lunch break from May 22 to July 31. Any absences must be requested and approved by Alex.

 

Week 0.5: May 21-24

Tuesday
All day
Arrival in Norman!
Group Dinner
Grocery Trip
Wednesday
8:45-10am
Logistics: ID cards
10:00-11:00am
Visit Sarkey's Fitness & Rec Center, get Parking Passes
noon-1:30pm
Welcome Lunch for Students & Mentors
1:30-2:30pm
Program ID Cards, Visit Office Space
3:30-on
Independent Research
Thursday
2:00-3:30pm
National Weather Center Tour
Friday
1-2:00pm
What to Expect in REU,
2:00-3:00pm
Friday Check-in,

 

Week 1.5-2.5: May 27-31

Monday
All day
Memorial Day (holiday)
Tuesday
9:30-10:30am
Science Communications: Brainstorming & Outlining
10:30-12:00pm
Library Orientation: Finding and Using Scholarly Resources
Wednesday
1:00-3:30pm
Software Carpentry: Unix Shell
Thursday
11:00am-12:00pm
NWC Security Briefing
1:00-4:00pm
Software Carpentries: Python
Friday
1:00-4:00pm
Software Carpentries: Python

 

Week 2.5-3.5: June 3-7

Monday
All day
Independent Research
Tuesday
9:30-10:30am
Science Communications: Citations & Plagiarism
Wednesday
9:30-10:30am
Mesonet Tour
1:00-3:00pm
Office Hours at NWC Library (Conference Room) for help with coding and writing
Thursday
All day
Independent Research
Friday
1:00-2:00pm
Seminar: Research Pitfalls & Overcoming Them, Liam Thompson
2:00-3:00pm
REU Check-in

 

Week 3.5-4.5: June 10-15

Monday
9:30-11:00am
Anti-harassment & Discrimination Workshop
Tuesday
9:30-11:30am
Science Communications: Introduction & Lit Review
Wednesday
10:30-noon
30-Second Talks
1:00-3:00pm
Office Hours at NWC Library (Conference Room) for help with coding and writing
Thursday
All day
Independent Research
Friday
1:00-2:00pm
Seminar: An Overview of the Warn-on-Forecast System, Dr. Chris Kerr
2:00-3:00pm
REU Check-in

 

Week 4.5-5.5: June 17-21

Monday
9:00-noon
Software Carpentry: Git & Github
1:00-3:00pm
Office Hours at NWC Library (Conference Room) for help with coding and writing
Tuesday
9:30-11:30am
Science Communications: Methods & Results
Wednesday
All day
Independent Research
Thursday
All day
Independent Research
Friday
1:00-2:00pm
Seminar: Working with Forecasters to Explore Potential Uses of Radar Data in Severe Weather Warning Operations, Charles Kuster
2:00-3:00pm
REU Check-in

 

Week 5.5-6.5: June 24-28

Monday
All day
Independent Research
Tuesday
9:30-11:30am
Science Communications: Titles
Wednesday
All day
Independent Research
1:00-3:00pm
Office Hours at NWC Library (Conference Room) for help with coding and writing
Thursday
9:00-11:00am
5-Minute Talks w/Q&A
Friday
1:00-2:00pm
Seminar: The Subseasonal to Seasonal Timeframe: From End Users to Model Research, Melanie Schroers
2:00-3:00pm
REU Check-in

 

Week 6.5-7.5: July 1-5

Monday
All day
Independent Research
Tuesday
9:30-11:30am
Science Communications: Discussion & Conclusions
Wednesday
All day
Independent Research
1:00-3:00pm
Office Hours at NWC Library (Conference Room) for help with coding and writing
Thursday
All day
July 4 Holiday
Friday
All day
Independent Research

 

Week 7.5-8.5: July 8-12

Monday
All day
Independent Research
Tuesday
9:30-11:30am
Science Communications: Revising & Editing
Wednesday
All day
Independent Research
1:00-3:00pm
Office Hours at NWC Library (Conference Room) for help with coding and writing
Thursday
10:00-11:00am
LaTex Session (optional)
Friday
1:00-2:00pm
Seminar: So you want to be a severe storms researcher?, Dr. Matthew Brown
2:00-3:00pm
REU Check-in

 

Week 8.5-9.5: July 15-19

Monday
All day
Independent Research
Tuesday
9:30-11:30am
Science Communications: Abstracts
Wednesday
1:00-2:00pm
Radar Innovation Lab Tour, Dr. David Bodine
2:00-4:00pm
Office Hours at NWC Library (Conference Room) for help with coding and writing
Thursday
All day
Independent Research
Friday
1:00-2:00pm
Seminar: Twisters (The Movie) Panel, Rick Smith, Dr. Sean Waugh, Dr. Tony Lyza, and Dr. Harold Brooks
2:00-3:00pm
REU Check-in

 

Week 9.5-10: July 22-26

Monday
All day
Independent Research
Tuesday
All day
Independent Research
Wednesday
8:40-noon
Final Presentations, Day 1
Thursday
8:40-12:30pm
Final Presentations, Day 2
4:00-4:30pm
Student Portraits
Friday
9:30-noon
Careers in WDTD & Warning Simulation,
2:00-3:00pm
Last REU Check-in

 

Last half of Week 10: July 29-31

Monday
Career and Graduate School Talks
9:30-10:30am
All About OU's School of Meteorology, Dr. Cameron Homeyer
10:30-11:00am
National Scale Forecasting at the Weather Prediction Center, Dr. Ashton Robinson (2002 ORISE)
11:00am-noon
Career Advice, Lewis Kanofsky
Tuesday
Career and Graduate School Talks
9:30-9:55am
Mesoscale/Outlook Forecaster at SPC, Bryan Smith (REU 2005)
9:55-10:20am
Atmospheric Science Research at REsurety, Dr. Jennifer Newman (REU 2008)
10:45-11:10am
Data Scientist at National Grid, Dr. Ryann Wakefield (REU 2015)
11:10-11:35am
Faculty at OU's SoM, Dr. Stacey Hitchcock (REU 2010)
11:35am-noon
Data Scientist at KPMG US, Dr. Lori Wachowicz (REU 2014)
Wednesday
Career and Graduate School Talks
9:30-10:00am
Broadcast Meteorologist at WRIC in Richmond, VA, Jacqueline Waters (REU 2017)
10:00-10:30am
Forecasting with the National Weather Service, Phil Ware (REU 2012), Carly Kovacik (REU 2010), and Sarah McCorkle (REU 2018)
10:30-11:00am
Consulting Meteorologist at STM Weather, Dr. Alicia Wasula (REU 1998)
11:00am-noon
Graduate Student Panel, Evelyn Bohlmann (REU 2022), Kyle Pittman (REU 2019), Alethia Kielbasa (REU 2021), América Gaviria Pabón (REU 2020), Seth Guidry (REU 2023), and Stormi Noll (REU 2017)
noon-1:30pm
Send-Off Lunch, Students & Mentors
2:00-2:30pm
Group Photos
Thursday
All day
Travel Home