16 Jing Wang From 2022 to 2023 Jean Wang, the coordinator of CARS traveled a few times for projects, conferences, and outreach events. In the summer of 2022, Jean and a research student Chad Brazeel went to Little Sahara, the Salt Lake Plain, Black Mesa, Gloss Mountain, and Lake Eufaula to collect aerial and ground images using UAS and a camera. The selected sites each represent a unique landform of Oklahoma including desert, salt lake, plateau, the highest elevation, and the largest lake. Later in the fall she traveled to Denver, CO for the Pecora conference and led groups of K-12 students for the STEM demonstrations organized by AmericaView, as well as presented a research poster. The AmericaView consortium of remote sensing, to which OklahomaView belongs is awarded with the William T. Pecora Award from the Department of Interior and NASA. In November, Jean flew to New Mexico and joined the AmericaView team to host a FlyHigh4Geo event at the ChiChil’tah Jones Ranch Community School on the Navajo Nation. The program is supported through a grant awarded by the National Geographic Society to promote the understanding of Earth Observation in the Four Corners region of the United States. Jean traveled to Lafayette, LA in March, 2023 for the AmericaView Annual Conference, where the state view members from across the U.S. share their knowledge on research methods, and outreach ideas and discuss future development of the consortium. In May, Jean led a group of graduate students to demonstrate remote sensing and data collection at the Outdoor Day at Skyline Elementary School. About 120 students joined the demo and had a blast building their own kites. Staff Updates
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