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The annual SCEC Intern Colloquium and Field
Trip was held August 3-6. The Colloquium has held on the first
day. After everyone introduced themselves and Intern Program
Coordinator Mark Benthien provided an overview of the the next
four days, USC Professor Thomas Jordan gave a presentation on
the history and future of SCEC. Outreach Director Jill Andrews
then gave a presentation about SCEC's Outreach programs. For
the remainder of the Colloquium each intern shared their project
and its status mid-way during the summer. After everyone had
presented, we adjourned for dinner to El Cholo, a famous
Los Angeles Mexican restaurant.
These pages include pictures from the Colloquium and field trip.
The photos below are from the Colloquium
and dinner. Click on the link at the bottom of the page to view
pictures from the field trip to southern California earthquake
research sites.
Online versions of the Intern presentations
will be added to the SCEC Website over the month of August. Click
on the following links to view the presentations:
Part 1: Alexandra
Jordan, Daniel Raymond, and Marie Ammerman
Part 2: Week of August 21
Part 3: Week of August 28
Comments from
the Interns on the Colloquium and field trip:
Clay Stevens
The SCEC field trip & colloquium was fun & informative.
It was interesting to see what all of the other interns were
doing for their projects at the colloquium. During the field
trip it was nice to be in a relaxing atmosphere where I could
talk to the other interns and get their honest opinions about
their research and where the plan to go next. The stops of the
field trip were especially informative for me because most of
them were directly related to my project. However, I got the
feeling that the other interns got bored and felt left out.
Teresa Baker
The field trip was a really neat exposure to many different projects
involving geology and geophysics. We really saw "science
in action." I got lots of ideas for very exciting summer
job experiences. Doug Yule did a great job showing us the San
Andreas and evidence of the past earthquakes. The James Reserve
was a nice retreat to come to at the end of the day, especially
for smores and bear stories around the campfire. Overall, despite
hot temperatures, hanging out on active earthquake faults and
walking around through precarious rocks, we came out alive with,
at least for me, a broadened look at possibilities with geoscience.
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