This past semester I have been working on the GREAT project slowly but surely. As a recap, here is a brief overview of what my research...

We had an interesting day today at RSN. We woke up early today to see the information that we gathered last night and what we found was...

Jon and I met with Jaime again and made a lot of progress with our program! We were able to figure out how to code an earth tide...

This week Param, Maria and I went to the field to take more measurements. This time we did 10 measurements instead of the typical 4. With...

Today we continued working on our detailed excel spreadsheets by using global mapper to identify slope angles of the areas that we...

Today we had a rest day, and it was greatly needed. After our hike from yesterday we were extremely tired but we woke up well rested from...

On Thursday everyone got a day off from work to celebrate a national holiday. Over 2 million Costa Ricans walk from their homes to...

We finally felt our first Costa Rican earthquake! The coolest part was that we were in the center for earthquake research (RSN). Param...

Now that we’ve been working at Lanamme for about 2 weeks we’ve gotten into a routine. We always try to leave the hotel by 8:45 am so that...

Our day started off like it has been for this past week. We wake up, eat breakfast and head out to work, we usually come to the office...

Today was a very exciting day because Param and I got the much coveted UCR RSN ICE button up shirt! We will be doing field work on a...

By 9:30am Jennnylee and I were in Lanamme already working on our Ruta 27 Project. On Friday we were calculating slopes and today we...

It is our first day working in the office of Lanamme and it’s been a pretty cool experience so far! Sarai and I started working with...

Things never quite shape up the way one expects them to. Whether it be customs giving us a hard time with our much needed equipment or...

Research has its ups and downs. On Monday, we learned how to use a gravimeter. With this device, we are able to find relative changes in...

So today was finally the day that we measured gravity. We went to Volcán Irazú and surrounding cities to take 4 measurements. The...

Today we all started off our morning with a visit and tour of Lanamme. Lanamme is the civil engineering lab at the University of Costa...

This blog comes a day late — yesterday was a long day, and I desperately needed to shower and sleep by the end of it. I woke up at 5:45...

It has been our second official day in Costa Rica, and as always there is always something to do, somewhere to go, and a new “jefe” to...

Was not sure how I would feel celebrating my birthday in Costa Rica - I would have none of my family near me for the first time, I would...