• Direct hands-on experience collecting/analyzing Oceanographic data, such as nutrient, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll data on the University of Washington’s vessels Thomas G. Thompson.  Volunteered on two PRISM cruises preparing machinery for launch, deploy and recovered machinery and taking water samples.

• Summer spent deploying Seagliders in flight tests before sending the gliders to Alaska, Hawaii, Greenland, or Navy missions.

• Matlab GUI creation for rapid examination of PRISM data; a box model of the Puget sound; and several other small projects.

• Taught Matlab to students.

• Coursework projects included:
    Masters work (in progress): A costal frontal zone at the 50 meter isobath (mid-shelf front) in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.  Research involves data collection, processing and analysis from a Seabird CTD towed undulating vehicle and shipboard ADCP measurements. 

    Undergraduate thesis work (or capstone research project): investigate the dissipation mechanism of an internal solitary wave in Port Susan, Puget Sound.   Worked with Professor Seelye Martin as my advisor.

    Investigating and reporting on the circulation in the Hood Canal, Puget Sound, with Professor Richard Keil on the Thomas G. Thompson.

    Time series from the Clifford A. Barnes of dissolved oxygen at the mouth of Port Susan, Puget Sound.  Introductory Oceanography Class with Professor Mitsuhiro Kawase.