I escaped the windy and rainy Netherlands to the sunny Mediterranean island of Malta, where I headed to Divewise to meet up with John Kendall, a GUE instructor with a passion for photogrammetry. Photogrammetry is the practice of gathering information about objects using photographs and 3D modeling. I spent the next five days practicing these […]
Category: 2017 Scholar Journey
Living With Water in the Netherlands
With dive gear still wet in my bags, I hopped a flight from Miami to Amsterdam to participate in Florida Earth Foundation‘s US-Netherlands Connection Professional Program. With a degree in water resources engineering, I was excited to spend a week with other water professionals learning about water management and investigating knowledge exchange in the Netherlands. […]
Lights, Camera, Action!
Flying from one corner of North America to the other, I headed to the Florida Keys to join Technical Diving International (TDI) on a photo shoot for their new promotional and educational materials. Armed with cameras, lights, sponsored gear, and an entire boat to ourselves at Florida Keys Dive Center, we set out to get […]
Submarines, Microplastics, and More
After diving in beautiful Browning Pass, I traveled back to the city of Vancouver to spend time with several organizations. First up was Nuytco Research, world leader in the development and operation of underwater technologies. Donnie Reid, part of the project development team, took me on a complete tour of Nuytco’s facility where submersibles and […]
The Magical Waters of Browning Pass
Nestled in the very tip of Vancouver Island is a true diving mecca. Supposedly Jacques Cousteau even once called Browning Pass “the best cold water diving in the world.” I headed north from Seattle via ferry, bus, and small boat to check it out for myself…only to see that it is impossible to disagree with […]