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We’ve both been on the road recently and decided to cut together a show to share our travels with you. This week Shannon will take us into the field in NM with her students, and John will take us to Lamont for a seismology student workshop.

Shannon took her mapping class to the field for a mapping exercise. Her trip went far better than imagined.

• Palo Duro Canyon “The Grand Canyon of Texas"
• Field Guide for NM Site
• A surprising number of student’s hadn’t been camping before, but the school’s rec. center will rent camping equipment out to students.
• BLM Hoodoo trail hike
• Students got to look for gastroliths

John was at the Third Annual Seismology Student Workshop at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. We got to interview one of the organizers, Zach Eilon.

• A few of the talks that appealed to the instrumentation nut in John were about the MERMAIDS project and using trains as a seismic source.
• Organizers had students introduce themselves and make a crowd-sourced mind-map of what people wanted to talk about in breakout sessions. This worked incredibly well and there were many great discussions.
• There is also a google doc setup so that everyone can continue discussing and recommending papers related to discussions we had.
• John met more people interested in combining science and technology development in their academic career.

Have you ever tried to parallel park and thought that there just has to be a better way? As part of our “better living through math” series, we bring you: Blackburn, S. R. (2009). The geometry of perfect parking.

• How Round is Your Circle (Bryant)
• A Book of Curves (Lockwood)
• Ackermann Steering Geometry

Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com

John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman

Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin