STEM Storytellers: Sam Verplanck: Recent Episodes
Samuel Verplanck
In this recording, I explore the use of two metaphors to describe how a weak layer of snow is failing at the onset of an avalanche. These metaphors are a crack in the windshield and dominoes falling over.
In this episode I describe the shear vs. collapse debate for weak layer failure in snow slab avalanches. It is a meaningful and important aspect that motivates my work.
In this episode I revisit the open access article by Richter et al. titled "Validating Modeled Critical Crack Length for Crack Propagation in the Snow Cover Model Snowpack" published in the open access journal The Cryosphere Discussions. This time with a general public audience and theme of So What?
In this episode I reflect on the "boring" fact I told a couple months ago and realize that there is more to having 10 fingers than I first thought.
Here I summarize an article to an audience of my disciplinary peers. The article is "Validating modeled critical crack length for crack propagation in the snow cover model SNOWPACK" by Richter, B. et. al. posted in the open-access journal The Cryosphere.
Dendy wanted to be like Stellar, the biggest dendrite in a cloud full of snowflakes. He worked tirelessly to achieve this goal, until one day he reached it. Little did he know, that was just the beginning...
Have you ever wondered about the parallels between deciding who to marry and deciding which slope to ski? Determining slope stability is a process of developing awareness, being present, and listening. Even if you do everything "right", there is an element of risk in committing to a slope. Ultimately, dropping in and taking that vow are leaps of faith.
In this episode, I summarize an article titled "Validating Modeled Critical Crack Length for Crack Propagation in the Snow Cover Model SNOWPACK" by Bettina Richter et. al. posted in The Cryosphere Discussions
In this episode, I describe how structural beams are applicable to a common snowpack test called the Propagation Saw Test.
Tell us about your research and explain why it matters. Your audience is a group of people in your discipline. (1:30 +/- 0:25)