Importance and Capabilities of Modern Web Applications for Accessible Education: Demonstration of a Purpose-Built Application for Visualizing Geologic Data in 3D

The following text was written in collaboration with Philip Schoettle-Green at University of Washington Visualizing complex three-dimensional geologic structures is a challenging core concept in the Earth Science curriculum. Often interactive exploration, either in the form of hands-on activities using physical models or through digital vis... Read more 04 Nov 2020

Code Switch: Anagrammatist

I thought I'd write some brief blog posts about software I've written in my spare time. This first one is about a piece of code I wrote back in college to help generate anagrams for changing unsecured marquee signs. Read more 06 Aug 2018

Mountain Shadow over Middle Sister

Photo from just below the summit of North Sister volcano at sunrise. Mountain shadow and post-eclipse full moon setting on the horizon. Read more 28 Jul 2018

Unmap: Undo bad data representation

I was recently making slides for a talk about data representation, which required making figures to demonstrate the shortcomings of the Jet color scale. In the process I wrote a script to undo the colormap from published figures, and learned some new stuff about colors and data formats. Read more 25 Feb 2018

Rio Grande Field Trip – Colorado & New Mexico

In early September I got to participate in my second UO geology “Staples” field trip, named for an alum who donated enough money to periodically take a big group to somewhere in the world where a faculty member has active research. The last trip was to Kyrgyzstan, back in 2014. This time we scaled back substantially, and stayed close to home. Th... Read more 20 Oct 2016