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TREX 2018 Day 2: Weather Weirdness

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ‘20 Since this is my first blog, I should probably start by introducing myself. My name is Joey Noszek. I am a Course 1 sophomore in the Systems core. Outside of classes, I […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: When in Hawaii, Try Blogging for the First Time

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Josh Wilson ‘19 “Vog” is the dense smoke-like air volcanoes blasts out during an eruption. However, volcanoes also emit “vog” when they are active in lesser concentrations. Why is this important? The particulate matter in […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Volcanoes, Rainbows, and Plywood

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 It was our first full day in Hawaii! We started off with a trip to Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We were treated to a gorgeous, vibrant rainbow as the […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Building and Naming Sensors

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ‘19 Day two began with a rainbow and ended with a sunset and 12 completed particle sensors ready for action. Early showers at Volcano National Park gave way to a beautiful Hawaiian display […]

TREX 2018: Packing and Arriving in Hawaii

January 18, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 Our TREX journey has officially begun! After a refreshing long weekend, our class met up for a few hours on Tuesday to pack up all the equipment. We have lots of testing […]

TREX 2017: Monitoring sulfur dioxide at a local Hawaii school

January 22, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Installing SO2 sensors | January 22, 2017 | Daniel Richman Our sulfur dioxide monitoring project is moving forward! On Thursday, we mounted a sensor to our drone and flew it up above the Ka’u Coffee Mill […]

TREX 2017: When in Hawaii, check out the lava

January 20, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Field Trip: Lava is worth it | January 19, 2017 | Alexa Jaeger When Ben Kocar mentioned that we could potentially hike to see a current active lava flow pouring into the ocean, I was beyond […]

TREX 2017: Collecting soil samples on a sweet potato farm

January 18, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Sweet Potatoes and Sweet People | January 18, 2017 | Lily Dove Not much has changed between my six-year-old self and my 20-year-old self. I’m still stubborn, my favorite color is still pink, and I still […]

TREX 2017: The fieldwork learning curve

January 17, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Learning from the successes and failures of fieldwork | Tuesday January 17, 2017 | Lily Dove When most people think of science, they think of sterile labs, faceless people in white lab coats and gloves, and […]

TREX 2017: First day of fieldwork

January 15, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Sensor Squad | Sunday January 15, 2017 | Alexa Jaeger Today was the first real day of field work. We split into two teams for the two different projects: sensor squad and the UAV team. I […]

TREX 2017: Students test equipment and explore local Hawaii farm

January 14, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Adjusting to Hawaii and getting started | Saturday January 14, 2017 | Alexa Jaeger A rooster calls loudly. That is how the morning started for the TREX students. A handful of roosters ran around behind our […]