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Kevin Greene, Matthew Statz, and Melissa Piper were all awarded the Dean’s High Impact Awards for Undergraduate Research for Spring 2020. Each award is $1,200 per semester or $4,800 for summer. This is Kevin’s second time winning the award; he will be continuing his research on improving our understanding of the rainfall characteristics of Tropical Storm Hermine…

Melissa Piper was one of five undergradauate students selected to participate in the National Science Foundation funded field experiment called the Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC) based in Costa Rica. Melissa helped launch radiosonde-equipped weather balloons that measured key atmospheric variables such as winds, temperature, and humidity. She also had to opportunity to…