Coastal Permafrost More Susceptible to Climate Change Than Previously Thought (Austin, TX)Check out this Jackson School of Geosciences news article featuring my Masters thesis and recent publication on my work in the Arctic.
“As is often the case, when we start looking at something people don’t know much about, you open up a whole bunch of questions that needed to be looked at,” he said. “That’s what’s really exciting here.” JSG Newsletter: Science in the Arctic! (Austin, TX)Check out this Jackson School of Geosciences Newsletter featuring some of my recent work in the Arctic!
"Arctic lagoons along the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska are sensitive systems hosting vast amounts of ecological life and are home to native Alaskan coastal communities. Subsurface geologic understanding and delineation of the groundwater lagoon connectivity is necessary to understand the contribution of thawing ice-rich permafrost to lagoon systems...There emerges the need of subsea permafrost distribution investigation across the lagoons. " |
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Geoscientists Without Borders Characterization of Pucarani Aquifer (Bolivia)Check out our blog post in the Lundt University website regarding our work in Pucarani.
"The project’s overarching goal is to better understand the hydro-stratigraphy of this system as well as the groundwater flow movement and storage. " |
Wearable Air quality monitoring system wins Mines Innovation Challenge (Golden, CO)Check out this article featuring our journey to win the $20,000 by designing a portable, cost-effective and user centered air quality monitoring wristband.
"Team Airband, an interdisciplinary all-women team, received the top prize of $20,000 in the Colorado School of Mines Mining Innovation Challenge sponsored by Newmont Mining. The team’s invention is a wearable air-quality monitor that utilizes special sensors to detect the levels and presence of hazardous air pollutants." |
ConocoPhillips WE2ST Research Center (Golden, CO)Check out some newsletters from Fall 2015, and Spring 2016 , featuring my experiences as an undergraduate scholar for the center.
Check out this Promotional Video. "Five new Undergraduate Scholars were selected to join the WE2 ST student cohort this fall...Micaela is working with Dr. Terri Hogue on impacts of oil production and wastewater injection on the GRACE signal. " |
Power of the Millennials, Latin women that succeed in the U.S (Panama)My sister and I were invited to give a talk to 300 other women regarding our journey as female latin millennials in the US. We were very honored and hopefully encouraged more young women into STEM fields as well as reminded them of their value and power as women. Check out this article describing our experience.
"Mines sisters Micaela and Michelle Pedrazas, both geophysical engineering students and Shultz scholars in Humanitarian Engineering, were interviewed during the Forbes Forum Powerful Women Leadership...The conference aimed to transform ideas and experiences into better practices of empowerment for women and men and addressed how we can integrate (and multiply) women as agents of change. #MujeresPoderosas" |
Humanitarian Engineering Reaches New Heights (Golden, CO)
While at mines, I was a Schultz scholar, pushing forward Humanitarian Engineering where we co-create solutions with communities. Check this article on addressing Earth's challenges and this article on Humanitarian Engineering reaching new heights at the Mines campus. I am attaching the promotional video below.
“Schultz scholars are outstanding students who have demonstrated their commitment to connecting their engineering majors to humanitarian engineering in creative ways, all while maintaining excellent academic standing."
“Schultz scholars are outstanding students who have demonstrated their commitment to connecting their engineering majors to humanitarian engineering in creative ways, all while maintaining excellent academic standing."