Educational Partnership Program

Class of 2008-2009

	Name: Sherrita Commey School: Florida A&M Mechanical University Major: Environmental Science NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NOS/NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Dennis Apeti Presentation: Chemical Contamination Assessment of the Hudson Raritan Estuary as a Result of the attack on the Word Trade Center: Analysis of Trace Elements

	Name: Ronderio Hunt School: Alcorn State University (MS) Major: Mechanical Engineering NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: OMAO, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Sylvester J. Burks Presentation: The Revised NOAA Ships Performance Ratings

	Name: Jonathan Jeffries School: North Carolina A&T State University Major: Chemical Engeering NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: OMAO, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Sylvester J. Burks Presentation: Engineers in the NOAA Fleet

	Name: Amari Jones School: Florida A&M Mechanical University Major: Environmental Science NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Fekadu Moreda Presentation: Investigation of Flood Simulation from Dam Failures using DEC-RAS

	Name: Markeata Lee School: Central State University (OH) Major: Chemistry NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: OMAO, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Sylvester J. Burks Presentation: Fleet Operations Management System (FOMS)/Document Control System Development

	Name: Rogerick Magee School: Alcorn State University (MS) Major: Biology NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NOS/NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Chris Jeffrey Presentation: Tropic Guilds in Western Atlantic Fish

	Name: Aziza Marchant School: Savanna State University (GA) Major: Electrical Engeering NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Mike Smith, Naoki Mizukami Presentation: Simulation of Snow-17 at SNOTEL in Sierra Nevada, CA

	Name: Kamau Mbalia School: Central State University (OH) Major: Environmental Science NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NESDIS/OSDPD, Suitland, MD Mentor: Andre Hammond Presentation: Critical Infrastructure Protection: Ensuring the Availability of Weather Products

	Name: Courtney McGeachy School: Hampton University (VA) Major: Biology NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NOS/NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Chris Jeffrey Presentation: Benthic Analysis of Buck Island Reef National Monument (St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands): Coral vs. Algae

	Name: Lizeidy Nieves-Vera School: University of Puerto Rico Major: Civil Engeering NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NOS, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Adam Zitello Presentation: Summit to Sea Characterization of La Parguera, Puerto Rico: Describing Land-Based Sources of Pollution in a Coral Reef Ecosystem

	Name: Candace Rodgers School: University of Arkansas Major: Fisheries Biology NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NOS/IOOS, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Christopher S. Moore Presentation: Regional Association Harmful Algal Boom Efforts

	Name: Judith Sarkodee-Addo School: Florida A&M Mechanical University Major: Environmental Science NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NMFS, Norfolk, VA Mentor: Eileen Hofmann, Paula Jasinski Presentation: Sex Ratio as a Function of Size in Crassostrea Virginica

	Name: Bobby Scott School: Texas Southern University Major: Chemistry NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NOS/OR&R, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Tom Brosnan, Anthony Dvarskas Presentation: Evaluation of PCB Levels in the Hudson River

	Name: Samuel Ubanyionwu School: Texas Southern University Major: Chemistry NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: OAR/ARL, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Ariel Stein Presentation: Analysis of Dust Transport from Northern Africa using the HYSPLIT model

	Name: Christopher Ware School: North Carolina A&T State University Major: Physics NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Julie Demargne Presentation: Verification of Hydrologic Ensemble Forecasts within the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center

	Name: Breanna Williams School: University of Maryland Major: Aviation Science NOAA Internship / Research: 1st Summer: NWS/AVIATION WEATHER, Silver Spring, MD Mentor: Michael Graf Presentation: NextGen: The Orlando collaborative Thunderstorm TRACON Forecast

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