SAFL Lab Insider Stories
Jabari Jones Awarded the 2022 Outstanding Community Service Award
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Jabari Jones, SAFL PhD candidate in Earth & Environmental Sciences (ESCI), was recently awarded the 2022 Outstanding Community Service Award! As a community organizer, educator and volunteer, Jabari is working to redefine what it means to be a graduate student at the University of Minnesota.
How one SAFL faculty member is using snowflakes to improve wind turbine efficiency
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Dr. Jiarong Hong, Associate Director of the Eolos Wind Energy Research Consortium at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, discusses his novel approach to understanding the wake flows produced by wind turbines.
SAFL's Ardeshir Ebtehaj Joins NASA Science Team
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Ardeshir Ebtehaj, SAFL Faculty and Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, has recently joined NASA’s Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team, an elite group of researchers using satellites to study rain and snowfall around the globe
UMN researchers study waves created by recreational boats
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Findings suggest that wakesurf boats should be operated at greater distances from shoreline compared to typical recreational boats
Students Attend AISES National Conference
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In September 2021, Michelle Anderson, Chris Villarruel and Lori Huck, three undergraduates who have worked with SAFL’s REU on Sustainable Land and Water Resources (SLAWR), attended the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. They were accompanied by Diana Dalbotten, SAFL Associate Director of Diversity and Broader Impacts and Coordinator of REU SLAWR. AISES is an annual 3-day event which focuses on STEM studies and careers for Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands, all while providing a space for participants to make meaningful connections with one another.
SAFL's Diana Dalbotten in Alliance to Increase Native American Participation in STEM Careers
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Diana Dalbotten, SAFL's Associate Director of Diversity and Broader Impacts, has joined the Native FEWS Alliance with the shared vision to build a highly skilled Native American STEM workforce in the areas of Food, Energy, and Water and to address the insufficient access to food, energy, and water (FEW) in Indigenous communities. The Native FEWS Alliance strives to become a transformative force in education, bringing into being innovative pathways to STEM careers that engage local communities and are based on Indigenous ways of living and learning.
SAFL's Innovative Eagle Project Highlighted in Star Tribune
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SAFL Engineers are working with a team of specialists and the Gabbert Raptor Center to determine what sounds will best deter eagles from flying into hazardous air spaces around wind turbines.
SAFL’s Jabari Jones on Racism, Environmental Justice and the Way Forward
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In an editorial for AGU Advances titled "We Need Accomplices, Not Allies in the Fight for an Equitable Geoscience," PhD student Jabari Jones offers his personal reflections as a Black geoscientist while presenting his colleagues with actionable suggestions for change.
Announcing the Charles C.S. Song Fellowship
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One year ago, our SAFL community lost an esteemed colleague, dedicated teacher and scholar, and internationally renowned researcher when Dr. Charles C.S. Song passed away. Today, we would like to announce the Charles C.S. Song Fellowship, a new graduate fellowship started in Dr. Song’s honor by a generous group of his former graduate students. The inaugural Charles C.S. Song Fellowship award will be made in spring 2022.
SAFL students celebrated in year end award ceremony
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A special awards ceremony on May 4th celebrated student accomplishments in the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) community.