Are you curious about severe weather?
Are you interested in hurricanes or tornadoes? Do you wonder
how hurricanes become so powerful? Would you like to help
develop techniques that improve tornado forecasting? If you
answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then I
have some
great research opportunities for you!
Now, you might be thinking "Research
sounds really hard", or "Why would I want to do research?"
Let me ease your concerns and answer your questions.
Research is very exciting and
rewarding. The basic idea is for the student
and the advisor to work together. We will develop a simple
research project around your interests. Then, we will break
that project down into to multiple steps and I will guide you
through each of those steps. In the end, we will combine your
results and learn something brand new about how severe weather
works.
Conducting research as
undergraduate student will greatly improve your employment and/or
graduate school opportunities. Employers and graduate
schools are always looking for ways to identify the best candidates,
who are motivated, are
creative, and have some experience. Gaining undergraduate research experience
demonstrates each of these qualities and will always place you near
the top of their lists.
Current Research
Opportunities for Pay:
Other Research
Opportunities:
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Are you interested in working
on a semester research project and earning course credit at
the same time?
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Potential Research topics:
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Radar analysis of a
rapidly intensifying hurricane
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Examining the local storm
environment just before a tornado forms in a hurricane
rainband
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Radar analysis of
mini-supercell convection in hurricanes
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If you are interested, please
contact Dr. Matthew Eastin
[mdeastin@uncc.edu,
704-687-5914, or just stop by Room 209 McEniry]
