STEP-UP students support projects across USGS scientific disciplines.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.
Projects have included these:
- Geo-locating data and delineating objects in ArcGIS (geographic information system software)
- Sorting and counting of microfossils (foraminifera)
- Identifying species in photos taken by trail cameras
- Cataloging rock cuttings
- Processing soil samples in a laser particle size analyzer
- Using Drupal to migrate images and text on USGS’s website
- Identifying bird and frog calls in audio files
- Researching and authoring Twitter tweets based on USGS ecosystems research publications
- Assisting USGS’s Tier II Help Desk
- Scanning records, scientists’ field notebooks, microfiche, and 35mm slides