Kyle Clem
President
kc268406@ohio.edu
Alex Steinkamp
Webmaster
as280607@ohio.edu
Ryan Fogt
Faculty Advisor
fogtr@ohio.edu
Greetings, and welcome to the official internet home for the Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society! Founded in 2009, OU-CAMS is an expansion of our former Meteorology Club and is now proudly recognized as an official Local Chapter of the American Meteorological Society.
OU-CAMS is the backbone of OU’s meteorology program and consists of a wide range of members including undergraduate and graduate meteorology majors, as well as weather enthusiasts interested in gaining a better understanding of our atmosphere. Often working in collaboration with the Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis, OU-CAMS is a thriving chapter that has turned many heads over the past several years marked especially by a sharp increase in both university and community involvement, as well as a rapid growth in membership. This past 2010-11 academic year may have only been our first full year as a chapter, but it was without-a-doubt a successful one filled with many new experiences.
During the Fall Quarter of 2010, we participated in OU’s Annual Homecoming Parade for the first time ever and proudly earned 2nd place overall for our "Hail Dodge Ball" weather-themed banner! Fall Quarter also featured a colloquium co-sponsored by OU-CAMS and Scalia Laboratory which invited students, faculty and members of the public to take an in-depth look at the September 16, 2010 severe weather outbreak through the eyes of our very own National Weather Service Forecasters in Charleston, WV.
During the Winter Quarter, we represented Ohio University by sending 12 students to the 10th Annual AMS Student Conference in Seattle, WA. In addition to attending the conference, four of our members presented research, two served on the Student Conference Planning Committee (SCPC), and we presented a full-chapter poster. We will again represent OU this coming January when we travel to New Orleans, LA for the 11th Annual Student Conference with three students participating in the SCPC, further illustrating the outstanding commitment of our members to the national AMS.
This past Spring was marked by two major accomplishments: our successful organization of Ohio University’s 2nd Annual Spring Meteorological Symposium, and the campus-wide distribution of 20 weather radios providing the foundation for OU to become an official StormReady community. As we look back at all we did this past year, I am confident to say the sky is the limit for the coming year.
We will kick-off Fall Quarter 2011 with our Peer Speaker Series, in which our full-chapter meetings will highlight the work of one of our many outstanding meteorology students. Our goal is to inspire our underclassmen and provide an opportunity for students to present their research and internship experience to peers and faculty in a comfortable environment. In addition to the Peer Speaker Series, OU-CAMS will again be participating in the Homecoming parade. The winter quarter will include attending the AMS Student Conference in New Orleans, but will focus on the logistical plans for our 3rd Annual Meteorological Symposium scheduled for Spring, 2012.
Other major plans for the coming year include finalizing our StormReady efforts with an official National Weather Service StormReady seal. We would also like to strengthen our relationships between other local AMS chapters through joint participation in regional events.
It is an honor to serve as the president of such an outstanding group of meteorology majors and weather enthusiasts and I look forward to another amazing year of OU-CAMS! If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at president.oucams@gmail.com. Thanks for visiting, and have a wonderful day!
Kyle Clem
President, Ohio University Chapter of the AMS
