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    My Field Camp Experience: Zach Williams

    December 28, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? I attended the University of Oklahoma’s Bartell Field Camp located in Cañon City, Colorado. We also took a ten-day regional trip to Vernal, Utah, and the Leadville region in Colorado. What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? I was honored to have received […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Megan Ryan

    December 21, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? I attended The University of Akron field camp, which went to South Dakota and Wyoming. What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? The J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship expanded the opportunities available to me. I was able to experience field camp without […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Mable Hagans

    December 19, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? Western Colorado University. What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? Receiving this scholarship meant I was able to dedicate more time to my education prior to field camp rather than working to pay tuition. Not having that financial obligation really allowed me to […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Leyla Namazie

    December 14, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? This summer, I attended a field camp course with the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) entitled “Depositional Systems of Western California.” The course focused on the nature of submarine sedimentary deposits, with particular emphasis on submarine canyon formation. We spent the first week at Point Lobos […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Gabrielle Davy

    December 12, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? Turkey. It was run through South Dakota School of Mines. What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? It meant that I did not have to take out any more student loans in order to finish my degree and graduate. I already have student […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Ethan Oleson

    December 7, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? I attended field camp at Montana State University–Bozeman. We were based out of the Tobacco Roots Mountains at the Indiana University Geologic Field Station (IUGFS). What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? Receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship was life-changing. This […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Elysia Viengkham

    December 5, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? I attended the University of Washington’s field camp, which was located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? For the last four years, I have been working full-time, while also attending school full-time. I’ve needed to do this […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Donovan Vitale

    November 30, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? I attended Western Michigan University’s Hydrogeology Field Course in Kalamazoo, Michigan. What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? Receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship was an opportunity to expand my geologic horizons. I’ve learned that a great geologist doesn’t fit into […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Brynn Wooten

    November 28, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp? I attended field camp through my geosciences department at Fort Hays State University. We spent July camping out and doing fieldwork throughout Utah, Arizona, and Colorado. We visited some truly remarkable geological sites, including Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Grand Canyon National Parks; Dinosaur National Monument; Meteor Crater; Monument Valley; […]
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    My Field Camp Experience: Celeste Hofstetter

    November 21, 2023
    Where did you attend field camp?  The University of California, Riverside, conducted my field camp, where I stayed at the following four University of California research stations: Crooked Creek, Barcroft, SNARL, and Owens Valley. What did receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship mean to you? Receiving the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship […]
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Farouk El-Baz is a Member of the Advisory Council of Scientists and Technologists of President Sisi of Egypt. From 1986 to 2018 he served as Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University.

His career began in 1958 with a B.S. in chemistry and geology from Ain Shams University and he was a TA in 1958–1960 at Asyut University, both in Egypt. He later received an M.S. in 1961 and a Ph.D. in 1964 (University of Missouri and MIT), taught mineralogy at Heidelberg University (1964–1965) and worked in Egypt’s oil industry (1966).

Starting in 1967, and for six years he participated in the Apollo program as secretary of lunar landing site selection, and chair of astronaut training in visual observations and photography. In 1973–1982 he established and directed the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and served as Science Advisor to the late President Anwar Sadat of Egypt. He was Vice President for Science and Technology at Itek Optical Systems from 1982 until he joined Boston University in 1986.

He is the recipient of eight honorary doctoral degrees and chaired the U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences. His awards include: Egypt’s Order of Merit–First Class, NASA’s Apollo Achievement Award, the Apollo Achievement Medal and Certificate of Contribution to Manned Space Flight, Golden Door Award of the International Institute of Boston, the Nevada Medal, Pioneer Award of Arab Thought Foundation, Human Needs Award of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and the Award of Public Understanding of Science and Technology of the AAAS.

He is a fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World and represents it at the United Nations. He is also a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Royal Astronomical Society, African Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Moroccan Academy of Science and Technology. He served on the boards of the Library of Alexandria (Egypt), U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), and the World Affairs Council, RAND–Qatar Policy Institute. He served as Chairman of the Charles Stark Draper Award of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and is a member of its committee on the Grand Challenges for Engineering.

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