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Catalyst Seminar

Each semester the Catalyst Scholarship Program runs a the 1-credit STEM seminar designed to provide a venue for scholars to meet regularly, to engage in research on various aspects of the Catalyst disciplines to better prepare scholars for future multi and interdisciplinary careers. During the period 2009 - 2011, three Catalyst seminars were held. The first semester was devoted to Exposure and Connections and to this end topics that involve all of the disciplines participating in the program were covered in exciting seminars. For the Fall semester of 2010, our theme was based on the article "On the Upwelling of Downwelling Currents." by R. P. Matano and E. D. Palma (2008, J. Physical Oceanography, Vol. 38, 2482-2499). This course was designed to highlight the connections between mathematics, computer science, geoscience and physics.

Spring 2012

Spring 2012 STEM Seminar: Exposure and Connections
click here for a list of readings and the schedule

High-latitude forcing of interior ocean δ¹³C
Catalyst Seminar Meeting #3 February 29th 1-3pm, Room 1022HN
Topic: High Latitude Forcing of Interior Ocean δ¹³C
Speaker: Professor Randye Rutberg, Environmental Earth Science

Rip Current Review
Catalyst Seminar Meeting #2 February 15th 1-3pm, Room 1022HN
Topic: Rip Currents
Speaker: Professor Frank Buonaiuto, Environmental Earth Science
Please read the assigned reading before the meeting.

Fall 2011

Our first meet and greet of the semester took place on Wednesday, September 21. A new cohort was introduced to the Catalyst community. Download the Powerpoint welcome package here.

Spring 2011

Course Description & Schedule

Our first meeting this semester was a discussion of possible research topics. Our ten catalyst scholars were divided into two research groups. Each group will find a research project and work through it during the entire semester. According to the constraints of the Catalyst program, all disciplines must be represented in the work. The disciplines represented are Environmental Earth Science, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. Our meetings take place every other Wednesday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm in room 1022 Hunter North.

Our groups have been divided thus:

Team A	Team B
Grace Carey - Computer Science	Alannah Bennie - Math
Ilya Korsunsky - Computer Science	James Davis - Computer Science
Arjunen Kutayiah - Physics	Andriy Goltsev - Computer Science
Kathleen McGovern - Math	Bruno Pinto - Physics
Lauren Swaddell - Environmental Earth Science	Tracy Tran - Environmental Earth Science