Param Patel
What My Research is About
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...
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Jenylee Pineda
- Aug 11, 2018
- 1 min
Post Receiving Seismometers
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...
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Param Patel
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
Gravity
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...
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jonathan zablin
- Aug 7, 2018
- 1 min
g=GMmR^-2
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...
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Sarai Rodriguez
- Aug 6, 2018
- 3 min
Global Mapper, excel spreadsheets, and HSQI
Today we continued working on our detailed excel spreadsheets by using global mapper to identify slope angles of the areas that we...
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Jenylee Pineda
- Aug 4, 2018
- 1 min
A Not So Rest Day
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...
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Jesus Rodriguez
- Aug 2, 2018
- 3 min
The Summit
On Thursday everyone got a day off from work to celebrate a national holiday. Over 2 million Costa Ricans walk from their homes to...
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jonathan zablin
- Aug 1, 2018
- 2 min
Earth-Tide Corrections
We finally felt our first Costa Rican earthquake! The coolest part was that we were in the center for earthquake research (RSN). Param...
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Sarai Rodriguez
- Jul 31, 2018
- 1 min
Monday at Lanamme
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...
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Jenylee Pineda
- Jul 28, 2018
- 2 min
First Earthquake!
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...
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jonathan zablin
- Jul 25, 2018
- 1 min
UCR RSN ICE Shirt
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...
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Sarai Rodriguez
- Jul 23, 2018
- 2 min
Surfer at Lanamme
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...
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Jenylee Pineda
- Jul 21, 2018
- 1 min
First Day at Lanamme
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...
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Jesus Rodriguez
- Jul 20, 2018
- 3 min
It's all part of the fun
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...
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Param Patel
- Jul 19, 2018
- 1 min
We Can't Handle the Gravity of this Situation
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...
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jonathan zablin
- Jul 18, 2018
- 2 min
It's Always Sunny In Costa Rica...
So today was finally the day that we measured gravity. We went to Volcán Irazú and surrounding cities to take 4 measurements. The...
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Sarai Rodriguez
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
A day at UCR, Walmart, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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...
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Mariya Galochkina
- Jul 16, 2018
- 2 min
Our First Field Trip
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...
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Jenylee Pineda
- Jul 14, 2018
- 1 min
First Home Made Dinner!
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...
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Jesus Rodriguez
- Jul 13, 2018
- 3 min
It's my birthday!
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...
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