Past Events

Title Description start Type
Grant LaChat -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Leveraging Rossby wave breaking to understand mechanisms generating extreme weather in past and future climates" Jul 30, 2024 11:00 AM Grad Talk
Allen Mewhinney -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Examining Recent Surface Temperature Trends" Jul 19, 2024 10:00 AM Grad Talk
Gwenore Pokrifka -- PhD Thesis Defense "Laboratory Measurements of Small Ice Crystal Growth Rates at Low Temperatures" Jul 08, 2024 01:00 PM Thesis Defense Event
Da Fan -- PhD Thesis Defense "Deep Learning for Convective Initiation Nowcasting" Jun 21, 2024 09:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Laura Helock -- MS Thesis Defense "Characteristics of Simulated Tropical Cyclone Supercells" Jun 14, 2024 11:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Brandon Garcia -- MS Thesis Defense "Differentiating Between Tornadic and Nontornadic Supercell Synoptic Environments Using Self-Organizing Maps" Jun 13, 2024 10:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Samuel Brandt -- MS Thesis Defense "The Dominant Role of Dynamic Pressure Accelerations in Supercell Downdrafts" Jun 10, 2024 11:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Quinlan Mulhern -- MS Thesis Defense "Properties of Subsiding Shells Associated with Deep Moist Convection in Idealized Simulations" Jun 05, 2024 10:30 AM Thesis Defense Event
Song Zhang -- MS Thesis Defense Polarimetric Radar-based Investigation of Microphysics in Dendritic and Needle Aggregation Zones During IMPACTS Winter Storm Observations. Jun 03, 2024 01:00 PM Thesis Defense Event
Kiley Allen -- MS Thesis Defense "On the Use of the Thin-Boundary-Layer Equations in Numerical Simulations of Supercell Storms" May 28, 2024 01:00 PM Thesis Defense Event
Jacob Tindan -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam WRF-Chem simulations of Saharan dust during the periods of 1981–2010, 2040–2060, and 2080–2100 using ECMWF, NCEP reanalyses, and CMIP6 global climate models May 03, 2024 09:00 AM Grad Talk
Chin-Hsuan Peng -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Role of Diurnal Gravity Waves in MCS Initiation over the Bay of Bengal: Observations, Linear Theory, and Mesoscale Processes" Apr 29, 2024 09:00 AM Grad Talk
Jim Fleming Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control Apr 24, 2024 03:30 PM Meteo Colloquium
Kara Sulia A Career in Meteorology, from Cloud Physics to Utility Outages Apr 17, 2024 03:30 PM Hussey Lecture in Meteorology
Sara Wugofski -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Fully Polarimetric Ka-Band Radar as a Tool to Improve Our Understanding of Ice Microphysical Processes" Apr 12, 2024 12:00 PM Grad Talk
Courtney Karmelita Understanding Research Misconduct and Appropriate Use of AI in Research Apr 10, 2024 03:30 PM Meteo Colloquium
Yaitza Luna-Cruz From Earth Science to Action: Enabling NASA's Earth Science Data to Serve Society Apr 03, 2024 03:30 PM Meteo Colloquium
Bruno Rojas Ph.D. Student, Penn State Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science Apr 01, 2024 01:30 AM Ken Reeves Weather Briefing
Elissa Bartos -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Improving a Diabatic Lagrangian Analysis Technique with Observations from Balloon-borne Sondes to Explore the Relationship Between Supercell Thermodynamics and Baroclinically Generated Circulation" Apr 01, 2024 09:00 AM Grad Talk
Lydia Spychalla -- MS Thesis Defense A Monte-Carlo Hail Model to Elucidate Hail Growth Physics Mar 28, 2024 03:00 PM Thesis Defense Event
Jase Bernhardt Weather Warning Outreach and Communication in the 21st Century Mar 27, 2024 03:30 PM Meteo Colloquium
Keenan Eure -- PhD Thesis Defense Simultaneous Assimilation of Dual-Polarization Radar and All-Sky Satellite Observations to Improve Convection Forecasts Mar 26, 2024 09:00 AM Thesis Defense Event
Christopher M. Sala -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Investigating intraseasonal summertime United States precipitation variability using backwards moisture tracking" Mar 22, 2024 08:30 AM Grad Talk
Xiaowen Li Ice-Phase Particle Density Information from GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar: A Tale of Two Datasets Mar 20, 2024 03:30 PM Meteo Colloquium
Jake Carstens Postdoctoral Scholar, Penn State Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science Mar 18, 2024 01:30 PM Ken Reeves Weather Briefing
Yaga Richter Earth System Predictability Across Timescales for Climate Resilience Mar 14, 2024 02:00 PM Event
Maria Molina Machine Learning for Earth System Prediction and Predictability Mar 13, 2024 03:30 PM Meteo Colloquium
Helen Kenion -- PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam "Monitoring changes in urban greenhouse gas emissions with mole fraction measurements using Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory" Mar 13, 2024 09:00 AM Grad Talk
Kyle Hunt -- MS Thesis Defense "A Numerical Study of How Convective Storms Modify Their Environments" Mar 12, 2024 02:30 PM Thesis Defense Event
Grant LaChat Ph.D. Student, Penn State Dept of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science Mar 11, 2024 01:30 PM Ken Reeves Weather Briefing