Counting ships

 

Areas of highest ship density from Jan. 2015 to Aug. 2015 (before backlog) vs. Jan. 2021 to Nov. 2021 (during backlog)

by Trey Plante ’24

This past semester I took Working with Remote Sensing Data (QAC234) and developed a project focused on counting container ships in the Long Beach Harbor, California. Here are some details of what I did.

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Fun in the Sun: A Look at Summer QAC Projects

It’s bizarre to go to a university where it’s practically a given that your classmates will your mind when they tell you about their summer. This could be daunting, as not all of us have the resources for a big internship or trip around the world. However, you don’t need to travel to have a story worth sharing, a fact that seventeen Wesleyan students took advantage of this summer. The QAC’s Summer Apprenticeship is a program in which students partner with a faculty mentor to work on a data-based research project. I spoke to a couple of participants and asked them to tell me about their work.

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