Twenty elementary/middle school students from across Northside ISD schools came for a visit to learn more about STEM and extreme environments. The HAMsTER, Hypersonic, and Laser Spectroscopy and Chemical Propulsion Labs provided tours to the participants and their teachers.
HAMsTer Lab
Hypersonic Lab
Laser Spectroscopy and Chemical Propulsion Lab
Group Photo
Student Presentations
Jordyn Sloan
Mansi Joshi
Abinayaa Dhanagopal
Lab Tours
Alamo College intern Samuel Caspers describing his work
in Dr. Alan Whittington's lab
Dr. Alan Whittington's lab
Dr. Shri Sankarasubramanian's lab
Doctoral student Bradley Chambers describing what he does
in Dr. Sankarasubramanian's lab
Dr. Daniel Pineda's lab
Dr. Daniel Pineda's master's student describing additive manufacturing
Dr. David Restrepo's lab
Alamo College intern Nahal Ranjbar demonstrating
her research in Dr. David Restrepo's lab
CAMEE provided the NISD STEM Sisters Summer Camp with a tour of the labs.
UTSA Hypersonic Lab
Laser Spectroscopy and Chemical Propulsion Lab
Heat and Mass Transfer and Experimental Rheology Lab
Group Photo
CAMEE hosted a two-day teacher workshop to expand content knowledge on Extreme Environments.
Snow and Ice in the Earth's Climate System
Stephen Ackley
Stephen Ackley
Oceans and Hurricanes
Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez
Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez
Bouancy Activity
Bouancy Activity
Bouancy Activity
Geologic Time: How We Know What We Know
Dr. Alan Whittington
Geologic Time Demonstration
Hypersonics/Wind Tunnel
Dr. Christopher Combs
Lab Tour
Lab Tour
Group Photo
Dr. Alan Whittington, Ashley Aguilar, Lauren Schwartz
Dr. Alan Whittington
Dr. Alan Whittington, Adriana Ariza Pardo
Adriana Ariza Pardo, Dr. Alan Whittington
Adriana Ariza Pardo
Jesse Slaten
Jesse Slaten
Jesse Slaten
Izzy De Leon, Jesse Slaten
Izzy De Leon, Jesse Slaten
Izzy De Leon, Jesse Slaten
Jesse Slaten
Angelina Andrade
Angelina Andrade
Dr. Daniel Pineda
Dr. Daniel Pineda
Haven Russell
Haven Russell
Angelina Andrade
Angelina Andrade
Angelina Andrade
Mansi Joshi
Mansi Joshi
Mansi Joshi
Dr. Mestas-Nuñez, Christian Sustayta
Christian Sustayta
Dr. Mestas-Nuñez, Jordyn Sloan
Brenna Halverson
Brenna Halverson
Brenna Halverson
Brenna Halverson, Jesse Slaten, Valentina Movil Sandoval
Brenna Halverson, Jesse Slaten, Valentina Movil Sandoval
Jesse Slaten
Jesse Slaten, Valentina Movil Sandoval
Valentina Movil Sandoval
Valentina Movil Sandoval
Mansi Joshi
Mansi Joshi
student work
student work
student work
CAMEE hosted a table at UTSA day.
Jordyn Sloan
Jullian Williams
student completing worksheet
student work
student work
Poster Sessions
Student Presentations
Ariana Acosta
Daniela Bartels
Brenna Halverson
Mansi Joshi
Austin Patridge
Haven Russell
CAMEE hosted a two-day teacher workshop to expand content knowledge on Extreme Environments.
Keynote Address: Dr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz
A Tour through the Wildland Fire
Jesse Slaten
Dating the Earth: How to Tell Geologic Time
Dr. Alan Whittington
Radiometric Dating Activity
Hypersonics / Wind Tunnel
Dr. Christopher Combs
Wind Tunnel Lab
Oceans and Hurricanes
Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez
Christian Sustayta: Sea Level Rise
Christian Sustayta: Sea Level Rise
Karen Mendiondo, Jordyn Sloan, Christian Sustayta
Bouyancy Activity
Hurricane Modeling Activity
Group Photos
CAMEE provided the NISD STEM Sisters Summer Camp with a tour of the labs.
Laser Spectroscopy Lab
Ben Steavenson and Joe Hernandez-McCloskey
Ocean Sciences Lab
Dr. Mestas-Nuñez presenting on his ocean glider
Christian Sustayta, Karen Mendiondo,
Dr. Mestas-Nuñez, Jordyn Sloan
Turbulence Simulation Lab
Jesse Slaten and Pratik Mitra
Jesse Slaten
Pratik Mitra
Volcano Testing Lab
Dr. Whittington showing rock samples
Dr. Whittington: mentos volcano experiment
Daniel Bartels and Austin Patridge making Ooblek
CAMEE hosted a tour of researcher labs: Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Lab, Volcano Testing Lab, Ocean Sciences Lab, Polar Sea-Ice Lab, Turbulence Simulation Lab, Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Lab, and Laser Spectroscopy Lab.
Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Lab
Gina Jozef
Gina Jozef
Volcano Testing Lab
Brenna Halverson
melting down a sample
lava samples
Ocean Sciences Lab
ocean glider
Karen Mendiondo
Polar Sea-Ice Lab
Mansi Joshi
Mansi Joshi
Turbulence Simulation Lab
Jesse Slaten
Jesse Slaten
Pratik Mitra
Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Lab
Angie Andrade
Eli LaLonde and Angie Andrade
Eugene Hoffman
Laser Spectroscopy Lab
Ben Steavenson and Dr. Daniel Pineda
Joe Hernandez-McCloskey and Ben Steavenson
CAMEE hosted a table and presented posters at the Witte Museum for ¡Viva Science! SA.
Daniel Brun and Ishan Bhattarai
Daniel Brun and Ishan Bhattarai
Jullian Williams
Mansi Joshi
CAMEE hosted a table at the Port San Antonio Fiesta De Los Niños event.
Jullian Williams
Jullian Williams
Adam Hooker
Adam Hooker
father and son playing with Oobleck
Aubrey Fuchs, Mansi Joshi, and Daniel Brun
Aubrey Fuchs, Mansi Joshi, and Daniel Brun
student work
student work
Jesse Slaten and Ishan Bhattarai
Jesse Slaten and Ishan Bhattarai
Jesse Slaten and Ishan Bhattarai
student work
student work
Matt Garcia
Eugene Hoffman
Mansi Joshi
Elijah LaLonde
Pratik Mitra
Iyare Oseghae
Hayden Bilbo
Ivana Chen
Adam Hooker
Irene Salazar
CAMEE hosted a table and exhibited the drone and LiDAR (Mars) rover at the UTSA Engineering Week Org Fair.
Daniel Brun and drone
Daniel Brun and drone
Ishan Bhattarai
Ishan Bhattarai and LiDAR (Mars) Rover
Student Presentations
Karen Mendiondo
Daniel Brun
Jullian Williams
Brenna Halverson
3D printed Mars Rover
LiDAR Rover
drone
Lab Tours
Dr. Combs
wind tunnel
Dr. Pineda
Dr. Bhaganagar
Dr. Mestas-Nuñez
Stephen Ackley
Stephen Ackley
Dr. Whittington
examining rock samples
Dr. Alan Whittington hosted the CAMEE Rheology table where participants could make their own soda volcano.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 workshop was held via hosted virtual meeting sessions. Each session included presentations, demonstrations, and experiences with current technologies used in the field of Extreme Environments. The event included participants from Comal ISD, Edgewood ISD, Judson ISD, Northside ISD, Port SA, PreK4SA, San Antonio ISD, and Southwest ISD.
Attendees: Jennifer Bault, Jennifer Boone, Sonia Cano, Jill Chudej-Garcia, Morgan Finley-Winscott, Justin Hoskins, Jennifer Jowett, Luz Lumb, Andrew Southwick, and Shannon Withers
CAMEE Ph.D. students YoungHyun Koo and Jullian Williams attended Snow Measurement Field School at the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Highland Center in Bretton Woods, NH. Topics of study included snow pits and snow layering, tools for measuring depth and snow water equivalent, and ground-based remote sensing systems.
Snow Pits
snow pit in the field
snow pit in the forest
Jullian Williams in snow pit
Snow Measurement
spectroradiometer
snow sample collection
radar measurement
Raspberry Pi driven radar
IRIS driven radar
albedo surface white plate
Federal sampler with scale
real time measurement
density cutter
snow fork
SWE (Snow Water Equivalent) fork
Magnaprobe
manual probe with thermometer
portable thermal camera
Remote Sensing
Phantom 4 drone
Group Photos
Dr. Hongie Xie
Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez, Karen Mendiondo, Dr. Hongjie Xie
Karen Mendiondo
