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Fall 2020
To be scheduled:
  1. One seminar per month (Caroline and Alissa to schedule)
  2. EDI reading group (1/month + possibility for additional meetings of large or small group pending outcome of group survey)
  3. Careers/professional development (proposal and paper prep, making videos for conference talks, career prospectives in Covid area, EDI components for proposals and job applications, professional websites)
DatePresenterTopicNotes
Sept 2no meeting
Sept 9no meeting
Sept 16EverybodyPlanning for semester
Sept 23VariousRecording conference presentation videos
Sept 30Variousgrad/postdoc proposal writing
Oct 7Tim Xie, McGill EngineeringSeismic Hazard to structures, bridges
Oct 14JamieMock review panelwatch slack for discussions
Oct 21JamiePlanning meeting
Oct 23Dr. Alex Hatem, USGSRidgecrest? EPS Seminar11 am
Geological Society of America Meeting Oct 25-28
Oct 28No Meeting; GSA
Nov 4VeronicaEveryone read the postdoc proposal and discuss
Nov 11
Nov 18Practice AGU talksSend around video links ahead of time, just discuss in the EQP meeting
Nov 24Practice AGU posters and eLightnings
AGU Meeting Dec 1-17 whatever that means?
Dec 2


Summer 2020

DatePresenterTopicNotes
May 7Lise Alalouf
May 14Cancelled
May 21ChristieDiscuss EQ webpage
May 28Alissa Oman figures
June 4Alissa's bday
June 11Amandine Amemoutou, GFZEarthquake source types and local stress field of waste-water disposal induced seismicity in Southern Kansas, USALise is hosting
June 18Prof. German Prieto, Universidad Nacional de ColumbiaSeismological constraints on the mechanism(s) responsible for intermediate-depth earthquakesAndres P-wave
June 25Dr. Ben Melosh, USGS deformation history of northern CA and serpentinite melanges Christie and Alissa host
July 2Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Discussion
Read Oxford Dpt Earth Sciences BAME Issues report
July 9Continue EDI Discussion
July 16Marco Meschis, Birbeck University LondonQuantifying rates of active extension and seismic hazard in the upper plate of subduction zones
July 23Fiona Clerc, MIT
July 30Group business meeting
Aug 6HOLIDAYZ
Aug 13VACATIONZ
Aug 20RELAXES
Aug 27TEACHING PANICS
Winter 2020
DateTopicPop ups?Notes
Jan 24Discuss plans for semester - Jamie
Sign up for popups?		none--
Jan 31No meeting - EPS Research Symposium
Feb 4Poster CritiqueSamBring your poster!
Feb 13MOVE demo from IngaJulia
Feb 20Shuo Shuo visitAndres
Feb 27LaTeX demo (Andres)
Mar 5READING WEEK NO MEETING
Mar 12CANCELED FOR COVID-19none
Mar 19Just a group chat
Mar 26CANCELED FOR COVID-19
Apr 2
Apr 9Alissa hosting
Apr 16Brindley
Apr 23Caroline
Apr 30Lior Suchoy (Imperial College)


Outcomes!

Poster preparation guidelines from the group, Feb 2020

Topics ideas:

  • Reviewing as a reviewer - the process, best practices, ethical considerations
  • Social media best practices
  • GSA planning for student engagement
  • EDI in academia
  • Overleaf / LaTeX session
  • GitHub?
  • GMT?
  • What about a field trip ? Charlevoix
  • AGU/GSA Codes of Conduct
  • Comparing student experiences/science funding and practices in different countries
  • Proposal writing -- postdoc proposals
  • NSERC Panelist discussion (Yi?)
  • Writing journal articles - group conversation about process?
  • EPS Writing TA? Writing in classes/curriculum
  • How to make talks
  • How to make posters?
  • Career stuff
    • CVs
    • Looking for jobs
    • Career center person?
    • Skype talk with an alum who has interesting job?
Generic meeting structure:
  • News/announcements (5 min)
  • Main topic of discussion or presentation (45 min)
  • Pop-up talk (15 min)