Sama is a junior who has participated in various research projects with professors Geiss and Gourley. Fr this conference she presented results from one of our ENVS courses:

Attending the regional GSA conference in New Hampshire this spring was a completely new experience for me. I jointly presented research that Renee Swetz and I performed in our Methods in Environmental Science class (ENVS 275) In our study we investigated the effects of urbanization on a small nearby urban watershed by quantifying and analyzing stream flow and water conductivity. I personally felt that presenting a poster at such a conference was a challenging experience since the audiences were all experts in the field of geology and they clearly knew more than me. Nonetheless, I was really amazed at how they appreciated the work that I did as only an undergraduate. It was equally interesting to attend poster presentations and oral sessions by other people especially learning about research in the field that I presented my poster in (accompanied by a few ‘aha, I know what you’re talking about’ moments). Overall, the conference was a wonderful learning experience with an added benefit of being in a beautiful resort overlooking the mountains and a few perks of staying in a popular vacation resort.