Through this fellowship, Sam will develop a digital storytelling framework using an ArcGIS Story Map to communicate complex satellite remote sensing and machine learning methodologies and their outputs to stakeholders (e.g., water quality managers, local water boards). Sam hopes that through deliberate, practical translation of complex material, we can improve understanding of current technologies, enabling faster decision-making to protect Iowans.

Beverly will continue the work she started in the spring during the group collaborative fellowship, focusing on the water quality of the Okobojis. We are excited to keep her on and dig more into this research!

Lillie and Beverly will be working in the LOQATE Lab on an Office of Undergraduate Research GCRU Fellowship titled, "Exploring 25 years of water quality in the Iowa Great Lakes using data from the volunteer-led Cooperative Lakes Area Monitoring Project (CLAMP)"