Brian V. Smoliak

Graduate Student UW Atmospheric Sciences

• Participant, NSF Debating Science Program / 2008
     - Workshop @ UMT, Missoula - 8/1 - 8/9/08
     - Practical Reason and the Climate Change Debate, Fall 2008

• Member, Department of Atmospheric Sciences Outreach Committee / 2006 - Present
     - Volunteer, Climate Day for Kids, Olympic Sculpture Park - 4/19/2008
     - Volunteer, Polar Science Weekend, Pacific Science Center - 3/8 - 3/9/08
     - Invited Speaker, Eastside Prep, Kirkland, WA - 1/23/2008
     - Volunteer, Polar Science Weekend, Pacific Science Center - 3/10/07

• Member, Program on Climate Change Outreach Committee / 2007 - Present
     - Participant, Boeing Environmental, Safety, and Wellness Fair - 7/14/08
     - Invited Speaker, Counting Carbon Workshop - AIA/Cascadia Green Building Council, Seattle, WA - 5/8/2008
     - Invited Speaker, Engineering Vision 2030, Seattle, WA - 3/26/2008
     - Keynote Speaker, Who Turned Up The Heat, Bellevue HS, Bellevue, WA - 12/5/2007
     - Invited Speaker, Step It Up 2, Bellevue, WA - 11/3/2007

• Staff Writer, The Daily / 2007 - Present
     - Science Columnist, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008
     - Science News Blogger, Autumn 2007 - Winter 2008
     - Science Beat Writer, Autumn 2007
     - Invited Guest, SPJ Science Writing Forum, 12/7/2007
     - Most Improved News Writer, Autumn 2007

• Organizer, UW Focus the Nation / 2006 - 2008
     - Participant, Northwest Regional Organizing Conference, Portland, OR - 12/2/2006
     - Participant, National Organizing Conference, Las Vegas, NV - 4/7/2007

• In my first year, I set out to update the graduate student directory. Demo. Results.
• Later, I attempted to rig google maps to plot locations of hypothetical proxy records for a winter quarter seminar. Weak.
  Google subsequently implemented the idea in the form of MyMaps. Much easier to work with than the API.
• My ATMS 211 students found this link near the end of the winter quarter 2008. Proof that the internet is a dangerous place.
• I designed and maintained a website for ATMS 545 (General Circulation) during spring quarter 2008.

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