Rocky Mountains

TREX 2018 Day 12: The day before our final presentation

January 29, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ‘19 We did a full run-through of our public presentation for the first time. Everything did not go well as what we expected, but we did learn where to improve. We were working […]

TREX 2018 Day 10: Breathing Underwater

January 27, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ’20 We began the day by going to Kanahul’u Beach for snorkeling. I had never snorkeled before and I found snorkeling to be a great experience once I got the hang of it. […]

TREX 2018 Day 10: Snorkelin’

January 27, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 We began early this morning on the road to Kona to go snorkeling as a group! Once again, I realized I had visited this place before – in fact, I had snorkeled […]

TREX 2018 Day 10: Get under the Sea

January 27, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Suchan Vivatsethachai `20 Despite piles of data waiting to be analyzed, we were still lucky enough to have a chance to go snorkeling! Not far from Hapuna Beach State Park lies a small but beautiful […]

TREX 2018 Day 10: Snorkeling and a ONE-MA3 Connection

January 27, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ’19 A quick recap of the last couple days: We arrived at Hapuna Beach State Park on Thursday evening after a strenuous but rewarding hike to the beach at Waipi’o Valley. On Friday […]

TREX 2018 Day 9: Moving Day #2

January 26, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ’20 Today was our first scheduled moving day. Although, due to the government shutdown, it was actually our second moving day. This morning saw us packing everything up and getting out of our […]

TREX 2018 Day 9: Valley Girls

January 26, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 Today was quite a day! We moved from our lodging in Volcano to cabins next to Hapuna beach and to get there we drove along the coast, giving us some great views. […]

TREX 2018 Day 9: A hike to remember

January 26, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ‘19 Today we moved from the southern part of the island to the northern part, where we aimed to work on our presentation over the next few days. On the way to Hapuna […]

TREX 2018 Day 9: To the Opposite Side

January 26, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Suchan Vivatsethachai `20 Today all TREXers moved to the complete opposite side of the Big Island of Hawaii in Waialea, a city near Kona. After enjoying the tropical rainforest environment for about a week, we […]

TREX 2018 Day 9: Happy to be in Hapuna!

January 26, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Josh Wilson ‘19 Today was our second moving day of the trip! Everyone woke up around 8:00AM and set about packing everything from personal belongings to pH sensors and all the other equipment strewn across […]

TREX 2018 Day 9: Two Beaches in One Day

January 26, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By James Pruegsanusak ‘19 Today is another moving day. We moved out of the second place near Kilauea in the Southeastern part of the island to Hapuna Beach in the Northwestern area. Due to the geology […]

TREX Day 8: Thermal camera

January 26, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By James Pruegsanusak ‘19 With the forward looking infrared (FLIR) thermal camera attached on the drone, Prof Ben Kocar drove David, Josh, Meghan and I to Mr. Ha’s farm again today for more data collection, both […]

TREX 2018 Day 8: Retrievers

January 25, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ’20 Yesterday, the other group placed particle sensors around the island from Pahala to Kona. Today, we had to retrieve them. We would have preferred to have the sensors collect data for longer […]

TREX 2018 Day 8: Second Chances

January 25, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ’19 Do you remember when you do things for the first time? They do not normally go well, right? For this trip, things did not go well either when we did them the […]

TREX 2018 Day 8: Fieldwork: The Redemption

January 25, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ’19 Today Josh, Meghan, James and I returned to the corn farm. If our car battery hadn’t died, I would say that the day was full of triumphs. You might recall that the […]