Overseas Training > 2010 > Pingping Luo
Pingping Luo
Observation technology and international conference on Lake Tahoe Basin
Flood Disaster Laboratory, Division of Planning Methodology for Environmental Disaster Mitigation, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Place of stay: University of California, Davis, U.S.
Term: February 27 – March 28, 2010
As a Ph.D. student of the GCOE-HSE program, I did my internship with the main objectives of learning observation technology on Lake Tahoe and attending the 5th Biennial Lake Tahoe Basin Science Conference in the U.S. on March 16 and 17, 2010. In this one-month internship, I joined the Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, UC Davis, hosted by S. Geoffrey Schladow, the Director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center. I gained some new knowledge on the observation of water quality and different perceptions on the protection of the lake's environment in this lab. I was glad to introduce my research plan and Japanese traditional food, and meet the lab members in a group meeting. I obtained many good ideas for my future research from a discussion with Professor Geoffrey Schladow, Dr. Dan, and other students. The 5th Biennial Lake Tahoe Basin Science Conference was a successful international meeting. I got an opportunity to hear good researches on management measures for the lake, and had a good communication and contact with many international researchers. I contributed to the establishment of a friendship between my Flood Disaster Research Laboratory, Kyoto University and the Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, UC Davis. Reviewing what I obtained in this internship, I try to incorporate it in my research in the near future. I would like to give my deep thanks to the members of the GCOE office, Professor Yoneda, Professor Hirayama, Professor Geoffrey Schladow, Professor Yamashiki, Professor Takara, and other professors and staff members.
