Ethan Upp

Your name and pronouns:
Ethan Upp he/him

Senior thesis title and brief description:
Trace Metal Deposition From an Icelandic Glacier

I aimed to quantify the trace metals leaching from the soil, volcanic ash, and glacial ice from Sólheimajökull, a glacier in Southern Iceland by studying the freshwater melt streams across the glacier.

What was your best memory from the school of Oceanography?
Getting to deploy our robots off the docks during OCN 351. It was a frantic day with everyone rushing to get their sensors ready in time and then having it pay off through successfully deploying our sensors and cheering as they successfully relayed data off the docks, culminating in a quarter's worth of hard work and dedication. It was great getting to help each other build these sensors and help each other succeed as a team.

What was your favorite oceanography class and why?
OCN 310

This felt like my first upper-division ocean class both in terms of content and difficulty while also serving as a good stepping stone to committing myself to the oceanography major and sciences as a whole.

What has been your go to way to connect to your classmates remotely?
Google Hangouts

Favorite non-ocean body of water?
Spokane River