My undergrad mentee, Jesús Rangel (Earth and Space Sciences major, UW), presented his research at the 2025 UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. His poster is titled:
“Caution: Slide Area! Surface Roughness Dating of Coastal Landslides Along the South Whidbey Island Fault, WA”
This project explores the use of surface roughness derived from Lidar data to estimate the relative age of landslides along the active South Whidbey Island Fault zone.
Jesús worked on the project over six months, gaining skills in GIS, digital elevation model analysis, coding and field data collection. I’m so proud of the work he presented and his growth as a researcher!
Jesus became my mentee through the Identity, Belonging and Inquity in Science program from the College of Environment. Check this note about the program here.
Fieldwork Highlights
Here are a few moments from our field visits to Whidbey Island:
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