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2023-2025 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholars

Cameron Bennett

School: Jackson State University
Major: Meteorology

Summer 1

Office: NOAA Research, Weather Program Office
Project Title: Use of NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Hurricane Model Viewer for understanding Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) predictions.

Summer 2

Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office, Huntsville, Alabama
Project Title: Investigating tornadic environments within the Tennessee Valley

Thyme Brown

School: Alaska Pacific University
Major: Liberal Studies with a double minor in marine biology and business administration

Summer 1

Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Project Title: Promoting environmental stewardship and engagement: STEAM-based accessible educational tools for marine conservation

Summer 2

Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office Newport/Morehead City, North Carolina
Project Title: Identifying and defining vulnerable communities in eastern North Carolina

Lalah Choice

School: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Major: Environmental Studies

Summer 1

Office: NOAA Research, Ocean Acidification Program
Project Title: Strengthening interagency engagement around ocean acidification and marine carbon dioxide removal

Summer 2

Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, James J. Howard Marine Science Laboratory, Highlands, New Jersey
Project Title: Performance Comparison of Two Heart Rate Sensor Types In Tagged American Lobster

Makenna Collins

School: Jackson State University
Major: Earth Systems

Summer 1

Office: National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Project Title: Dynamic data visualization: Utilizing code to analyze NOAA/National Ocean Service data during Hurricane Ian.

Summer 2

Office: NOAA Research, Global Systems Lab
Project Title: Conversations on the current state of heat awareness in Jackson, Mississippi

Talofa Fe'a

School: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Major: Natural Resource Management

Summer 1

Office: National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Project Title: From the coasts of Pasifika: Developing and evaluating an ArcGIS StoryMap as a disaster communication tool for Pacific communities

Summer 2

Office: National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
Project Title: Ia uluulu matafolau: Exploring the risk of ciguatera poisoning in American Samoa

Ashley Garcia

School: Northern Illinois University
Major: Data Science

Summer 1

Office: National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Project Title: Great Lakes historical levels tied to glacial recession.

Summer 2

Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Project Title: Enhancing the San Juan Forecast Office's hazardous weather risk assessment tool using machine learning

Andie Le Doux

School: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Major: Natural Resources

Summer 1

Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Project Title: Heʻe nalu: Fostering personal relationships to National Marine Sanctuaries through educational resources on Native Hawaiian surfing and stewardship.

Summer 2

Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center: James J. Howard Marine Science Laboratory
Project Title: Characterizing changes in size, shape, development, and respiration in the early life stages of Tautoga onitis larvae

Javier Mata

School: California State University, Long Beach
Major: Marine Biology

Summer 1

Office: National Ocean Service, National Geodetic Survey
Project Title: Evaluation of marine gravity data for an improved North American Geoid

Summer 2

Office: NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources
Project Title: Born in a barrel: Using remote site incubators as a salmon recovery tool

Kelli Ong

School: University of California, Santa Cruz
Major: Marine Biology

Summer 1

Office: National Research, Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing
Project Title: Breaking the ice: Making Arctic Research Program (ARP) data more findable and accessible for users

Summer 2

Office: National Ocean Service, Office of Coastal Management
Project Title: Fit as a fiddler: Evaluating the predator-prey dynamics of Wilson plovers and fiddler crabs

Devin Shaw

School: College of the Desert
Major: Data Science

Summer 1

Office: NOAA Research, Office of Research, Transition, and Application
Project Title: Quantitative analysis to select external and internal factors affecting NOAA workforce planning and employee sentiment.

Summer 2

Office: NOAA Satellites, National Centers for Environmental Information
Project Title: Machine-learning prediction of magnetic anomaly to aid alternative positioning and navigation

Savannah Stephenson

School: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Major: Computer Science

Summer 1

Office: National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Project Title: Integrating web cameras into NOAA's Coastal Inundation Dashboard

Summer 2

Office: NOAA Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Project Title: OneArgoPy: Creating a Python library for accessing, analyzing, and plotting Argo float data.

Suzanne West

School: Austin Community College
Major: Environmental Biology

Summer 1

Office: NOAA Research, Ocean Exploration
Project Title: Website development and policy updates for the National Ocean Mapping, Exploration and Characterization Council

Summer 2

Office: NOAA Satellites, National Centers for Environmental Information
Project Title: Inequality in heat vulnerability: Why where you are matters