iUTAH Undergraduate iFellows
Week 9 Recap
July 10-14, 2017
Chase Beyer
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This week was a rather interesting week. I managed to finish up my rain simulations and process the data. I did my final updates on my poster and printed it at 4:30 Wednesday (last minute, I know). Thursday was day one of the iUTAH symposium, which was quite amazing. The morning started off with some coffee and fruit, then the plenary sessions with headlining presentations about iUTAH and the progress made over the years. Near the end of this, myself and the rest of the iFellows were excused to eat lunch and set up posters. We also had a very wonderful photo shoot (hope to see those pictures soon). Shortly after, we began presenting. I was nervous at the initial sight of the flood of people, but I soon found a "groove" in my presentation and gained confidence as I went along. Later, we were able to go to the breakout session to see some of the research conducted under iUTAH. That night was a get-together at Andy's house, where it was really fun to hang out with other researchers and iUTAH folks outside of work. Friday was another great day! It was the second day of the all-hands iUTAH meeting, but it was less about research but about the people of iUTAH and its impact on research in the state of Utah and beyond. Here I realized how much of iUTAH was a group of brilliant colleagues and friends who are incredibly passionate for bringing scientific discovery to Utah. It was amazing to gain perspective on how small iUTAH was before and how massive it had become. Very deserving people received awards, some heartfelt speeches were given, and we ended it with a delicious lunch.
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My final poster, freshly printed for the symposium.
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Andy opening the second day of the iUTAH all-hands meeting.
Lindsay Capito
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This week I was nervous and excited for the symposium! This was only the second poster I’ve presented and the first for a project that I’ve seen from start to finish. The symposium was a blast! I really enjoyed all of the presentations and getting to see the other ifellows posters. The BBQ at Andy’s place was definitely a highlight! It was nice to socialize with everyone outside of the cohort session format. I am sad to be winding down the program but hope to keep in touch with the iUtah community going forward! No pictures this week but as I am putting together my presentation I have come across many from field work.
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Mike and I measuring discharge on the Weber River early in the season.
Maggie England
This week I worked with Andy on finalizing some exploratory data analysis to put on my poster, and putting some finishing touches on the poster for the Symposium on Thursday. Then, or course, I spent the last two days at the symposium, listening to research done with or relating to iUTAH over the past few years, and attending the awards ceremony for the iUTAH program.
Overall it has been an eventful and fast-paced week; no doubt for you, too! I think I hardly saw you get a chance to stand still the past few days. Now I just have to prepare for the final few events in the program.
Christian Ford
Later that night I was able to go to a get together at Andy Leidof’s home. It was fun to see and get to know many of the iUtah crew outside of a work setting. I was even able to serenade some of them with the strange sounds of the Didgeridoo.
The next morning we were able to join in the celebration of the coming end to iUtah and all that has been accomplished the last 5 years. I learned a lot about what it took to make this happen and more importantly the impact it had and the legacy it is leaving behind. I was more grateful for the chance I received to be an iFellow and experience with iUtah this summer.
Friday Night I was able to go camping and have fun with friends after a busy work week. It was a big and important week that helped me to grow and develop. Time to get started on my oral presentation and extended abstract...
Michael Fowles
After meeting with my research mentor, Dr. Sarah Null, on Wednesday to get her final feedback on my poster, I got a few layout questions answered and was able to get my poster printed and ready.
The iUTAH symposium Thursday and Friday was a great experience. I was able to present my poster and make valuable connections with people from all levels of the iUTAH team.
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GIS map of dissolved oxygen's highest and lowest variability in red (2nd order streams) and
green (5th order streams) respectively.
Emily Jorgensen
The Symposium was an awesome experience for me. It was my first time participating in a poster session and I really enjoyed the opportunity to describe and expound more on the research I have been a part of the last two months. I also really enjoyed all of the different talks which we were able to listen to throughout Thursday and Friday morning. It opened my eyes to the great intricacies and development iUTAH has gone through and I feel very honored to be able to participate in the program as an iFellow. I have also come to learn the importance and recognize the great outcomes which can result in collaborative work with other disciplines and other universities and the great teamwork which iUTAH fosters. Some of those who spoke gave me new ideas of areas which I have found new interest in pursuing and learning more about in furthering my skills and future education.
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Symposium Poster Session
Andrew Luymes
Without a doubt, the highlight of the week was presenting my poster to the greater iUTAH team. It has been an exceptionally difficult three weeks with all the planning, sampling, and analyzing that has taken place. All that doesn't truly describe all that has gone on as I also had to interpret results and put together a poster that would articulate what all was done, and every other in and out that comes into preparing a poster.
I'm very happy with how my poster came together, and look forward to presenting later this month.
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First poster session down, hopefully many more will come.
Rosanise Odell
The final day of the symposium focused on the success of iUtah as an entire program, after five years of operations. I had no idea how important and instrumental the work of iUtah was for both the future of water use in the state of Utah, as well as the future of higher education for Utah students. I really enjoyed hearing the personal stories of support and success through iUtah, and now have a new appreciation for the program and the support I’ve received through it. I hope to one day be a part of a group or organization with as much success, personal connections and impact as the iUtah program.
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Here I am presenting at the poster session my research on “The Impact of Competition on Plant Water Use Efficiency.”
Gabrielle Regenhardt
Agatha Roese
Eric Shipp
Jared Stewart
Poster presentation at iUTAH Annual Symposium
Arin Towns
Conor Tyson
On Tuesday I helped Chase generate a rain event in the morning, then read my final results. This allowed me to make my final changes to my poster. Wednesday I watered plants in a rainwater filtration site. Then helped obtain samples from a wastewater treatment plant for Dr Dupont.
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A deer I encountered just outside the water lab
Desiree Wickwar
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The trailer we towed with the mesocosms and rain barrels on it.
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