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Topic: Creative project

A digitally illustrated poster that shows a water column represented as visually noisy acoustic data. On top of the water, a NOAA vessel rests in the water. The deep scattering layer is drawn about a third of the way down the water column. Towards the bottom of the poster, the backscattering response implies sea floor bathymetry that varies in depth. An ROV located in the deep scattering layer is connected by a wire to the NOAA vessel. Gelatinous marine organisms are drawn in the ROV's line of sight.

Researching life in the deep scattering layer: A poster from my Hollings internship

November 17, 2023

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Internship line office: NOAA Research

Takeover Tuesday

Creative project

A digitally illustrated poster that shows a water column represented as visually noisy acoustic data. On top of the water, a NOAA vessel rests in the water. The deep scattering layer is drawn about a third of the way down the water column. Towards the bottom of the poster, the backscattering response implies sea floor bathymetry that varies in depth. An ROV located in the deep scattering layer is connected by a wire to the NOAA vessel. Gelatinous marine organisms are drawn in the ROV's line of sight.

Isaac stands next to an ocean acidification display in an empty room. He holds his hand over his eyes and shrugs the other hand as if looking around in confusion.

Communication and community: My internship contributing to a new wave of ocean acidification education

November 17, 2023

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Internship line office: NOAA Research

Takeover Tuesday

Creative project

Isaac stands next to an ocean acidification display in an empty room. He holds his hand over his eyes and shrugs the other hand as if looking around in confusion.

Drawings of the birds nests and eggs of gray catbirds and red-winged blackbirds. The gray catbird nests are cup-like and look to be made with with twiggy materials, leaves, and pieces of plastic or paper trash. Their egg is bright blue. There are two types of red-winged blackbird nests: One is weaved around a bundle of reeds. The other is a cup-like nest made of twiggy material. The egg is off-white with irregular dark squiggly lines marking the lower third of the egg.

Illustrating internship research findings of trash use by birds

November 17, 2023

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Internship line office: NOS

Project summary

Creative project

Drawings of the birds nests and eggs of gray catbirds and red-winged blackbirds. The gray catbird nests are cup-like and look to be made with with twiggy materials, leaves, and pieces of plastic or paper trash. Their egg is bright blue. There are two types of red-winged blackbird nests: One is weaved around a bundle of reeds. The other is a cup-like nest made of twiggy material. The egg is off-white with irregular dark squiggly lines marking the lower third of the egg.

Grace and the oyster farmer stand on a dock with boats docked on either side. Grace looks at the oyster grower, who is speaking and gesturing towards his boat.

Photo essay: Reflecting on interviews with oyster farmers during my internship

November 17, 2023

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Creative project

Takeover Tuesday

Internship line office: NOS

Grace and the oyster farmer stand on a dock with boats docked on either side. Grace looks at the oyster grower, who is speaking and gesturing towards his boat.

TreVaughn is seen from behind, crouching down by the water and pulling in one side of a seine towards himself. The seine is still mostly submerged, with just the floating rope at the top of the seine visible.

The adventurer: Visualizing my journey as a scientist and Hollings intern through animation

November 17, 2023

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Internship line office: NOAA Fisheries

Creative project

TreVaughn is seen from behind, crouching down by the water and pulling in one side of a seine towards himself. The seine is still mostly submerged, with just the floating rope at the top of the seine visible.

Twenty nine small illustrations of a wide variety of plant and animal life that have been cut out and arranged overtop a background photo of the marsh. The illustrations are detailed in ink and colored in a realistic style

Illustrations of California marsh plants and animals from my Hollings internship research

December 21, 2022

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Internship line office: NOS

Creative project

Science communication piece

Twenty nine small illustrations of a wide variety of plant and animal life that have been cut out and arranged overtop a background photo of the marsh. The illustrations are detailed in ink and colored in a realistic style

A digital painting that looks similar to a watercolour painting of a spiny lobster with its tail curled under its body and its characteristic long, sturdy antennae spread wide.

Using art to connect the public with my internship research

December 1, 2022

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Internship line office: NOAA Fisheries

Creative project

A digital painting that looks similar to a watercolour painting of a spiny lobster with its tail curled under its body and its characteristic long, sturdy antennae spread wide.

A black and white photo. A nearly empty, grassy parking lot abuts against a wide, calm river. The river bends against a rocky mountain dotted with evergreens and flows into the horizon towards a distant mountain range. A truck and two vans are tucked into the left side of the parking lot, and lend the photo a sense of being taken out of time because they are in good condition, but with a decades old style.

Photo series: A Hollings intern's trip to document weather impacts in rural Alaska

November 9, 2022

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Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Creative project

Internship line office: NWS

A black and white photo. A nearly empty, grassy parking lot abuts against a wide, calm river. The river bends against a rocky mountain dotted with evergreens and flows into the horizon towards a distant mountain range. A truck and two vans are tucked into the left side of the parking lot, and lend the photo a sense of being taken out of time because they are in good condition, but with a decades old style.

Kate holds a ruler as her sister places a painting. The left painting shows someone holding a pole that extends several feet above them while another person looks through a surveying tripod in a coastal area. The second painting shows a scuba diver mid-jump from a boat docked near the shore.

Art gallery: Creating art to spark conversations about sea level change in Alaska

October 20, 2022

Focus areas:

Offices:

Office of Education

Programs:

Hollings Scholarship

Topics:

Internship line office: NOS

Creative project

Kate holds a ruler as her sister places a painting. The left painting shows someone holding a pole that extends several feet above them while another person looks through a surveying tripod in a coastal area. The second painting shows a scuba diver mid-jump from a boat docked near the shore.

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