SaSa Students Present their Summer Research

Students who were part of the 2022 SaSa program had the opportunity "to receive professional development training including scientific abstract writing, comprehensive literature review, networking and professional presentations (oral and poster)." On Friday, July 29, 2022, interns with the first year of SaSa presented in-person and virtual three-minute flash talks on their posters related to the science they conducted over the summer. Research locations included Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, northern California, Puerto Rico, and others. Students shared the motivation for their research topics, the methodology, which included the use of the NASA P-3 aircraft, various NASA satellites and studies (e.g., MODIS, MERRA, OMI aboard TRMM and GPM, etc.), federal websites (e.g., EPA, CDC, and the US Census Bureau for population data), and next steps, plus the relevance of each study to NASA. Topics ranged from algal blooms' effect on ozone, heat islands, lead in water, contrails, and other topics related to climate, ozone, air quality, storms, and more. Additional information about SaSa is available here. Congratulations to the students who presented and participated in this year's program. (Photo: Dr. Belay Demoz (UMBC), SaSa Co-PI with Dr. Ruben Delgado (UMBC).)