UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
technologies with respect to alternative energy, such as wind power. We need geologic scientists and environmental scien- tists who can understand wind patterns, how wind changes, and how climate may change. Energy is not just traditional hydrocarbons. It includes new alternative energy and earth scientists are needed to be able to work on these problems.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges to society right now is global climate change. Global climate change is something that we can measure readily in a number of places around the globe. It is one of the key challenges that society faces because we are living in a dynamic, changing environment. We need to understand the environment and how those changes will impact us short term and long term. We must know how those changes will affect our everyday ecosystem: where we live, our rivers and streams, the trees and the environment around us. This is a very important challenge that we must gain knowledge on and we must actively monitor.
Having experience and knowledge of geology is not only a very interesting subject, but it is also very relevant and practi- cal to issues facing our country today. As a child, I recognized my passionate thirst for geologic knowledge. I continuously fed my hunger to know more about this amazing planet that we live on. As an adult, I am bound and determined to do whatever it takes to accomplish my goal and dream of being a geologic scientist.
field. During my two months on the icefield, I had a wonderful time drilling ice cores, digging glacier mass balance pits, and dragging a ground-penetrating radar across the glacier. My favorite research was collecting samples for Be10 dating and analyzing the exposure age data. I never felt tired after field trips; I sometimes felt even more energetic to tackle problems because my heart was filled with love for nature. I was curious about the change of landscape over time and its relationship with global climate events. I was proud to present the JIRP research at the AGU Annual Meeting and engage with local communities in Alaska and British Columbia using my science communication animations.
After JIRP, to satisfy my curiosity for geochemistry lab work, I became a student sample preparation technician at the Berkeley Geochronology Center (BGC). The deeper I dove into geochronology, the more interesting questions arose from my research experience at JIRP. The sample sites at JIRP are glaciated and the exposure history under the glacier remains
Yueyi Che SA-10774
University of California, Berkley California Section
When snowflakes fell from the sky, I ran out of the class- room with my classmates, jumped into the several-inches-thick fluffy snow, and opened my mouth wide facing the sky to taste the first snow of the year. Growing up in Harbin, the City of Ice, I am always curious about glaciers and want to explore the high alpine and polar regions. I want to become a geologist who researches one mineral: ice.
In the summer of 2019, I participated in the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) and learned about glaciers in the
unknown. I was intrigued to learn more about the processes behind a complete deglaciation event at a fully deglaciated area, which led to my interest in the Tioga glaciation in Yosemite National Park. I successfully pitched my project to professors at my department, handled logistics of sampling at a National Park, as well as applied for and obtained $12,000+ of funding. With my results, I am going to develop a glacier geometry change model during deglaciation to help predict the glacier mass balance change under contemporary global warming and assist water resource management plans for adapting to our changing climate. I believe climate change is the largest issue humanity faces in the 21st century and I hope to help tackle environmental problems through research. The scientific research community is a special stakeholder that
AIPG National is proud to announce that we have awarded 15 $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing geology degrees and careers. An additional scholarship, sponsored by the Colorado Section, was also given. Scholarships are funded by national and the Foundation of the AIPG. As part of their scholarship application, we asked under- graduate students to write an essay themed “Why I want to be a Geologist.” We are sharing their essays here.
We also awarded one William Siok graduate scholarship funded by the Foundation of the AIPG to students pursuing their graduate level degrees. We asked graduate students to write an essay focusing on a single theme of their choice, and explain how the profession of geology, over the coming decade, should best contribute to addressing a problem for the well-being of the public. They were asked to explain (1) Why their theme choice is significant and (2) How professionals educated in geology are essential to contributing successfully to addressing the problem. We are sharing these in this edition as well.
We are so proud of our student members and excited to see what they will bring to the future of the geosciences. Congratulations students!
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