Megan McAullife (Ph.D. Candidate)
Megan McAuliffe is currently pursuing a PhD in Atmospheric Science at the University of Virginia (UVA) after receiving her Masters in Atmospheric Science at the University of California, Davis. Her undergraduate degree is in Meteorology from Millersville University with minors in: (1) Environmental Hazards and Emergency Management and (2) Mathematics. General research interests are in boundary layer and mountain meteorology utilizing both instrumentation and numerical simulations. For her Ph.D. she aims to analyze the impact of land surface heterogeneities on valley and slope flows and the subsequent impact on vertical transport and convective initiation.
David Crowe (Ph.D. Candidate)
David Crowe earned his B.S. in computer science from Texas State University in Fall 2018 before interning at two national laboratories under the SULI program: the National Renewable Energy Lab where he crafted a solar window test-bed software suite; and at the Lawrence-Berkeley National Lab where he classified microearthquakes via Support Vector Machine machine-learning classifier. He's now embarked on an atmospheric science Ph.D. pilgrimage at UVa under the mentorship of Stephan de Wekker. His research interests lie in leveraging technologies like drones, thermography, sensor networks, and machine learning to bolster an understanding of the boundary layer. He enjoys crocheting, biking, skill toys, and breakfast burritos.