One of CASA's strategic goals is to explore the development and use of innovative multimedia to support all aspects of the Center. This page contains an emerging collection of multimedia content representing the research, technical integration, and education and outreach aspects of CASA.

In cooperation with the UMass Research in Presentation Production for Learning Electronically (RIPPLES) project, selected CASA events are captured in various formats and then archived to allow later use and to overcome the costs and barriers of distance and time. This is particularly relevant for CASA which spans many geographically remote universities, field sites, industrial partners and potentially over a decade of activities. Visual representations also allow CASA's results and message to be conveyed to a wide range of audiences, presentation formats, and media types.

Presentation formats include short talks, CDs, DVDs, self-study, tutorials, and full-length courses. Media types include images, video, PowerPoint, Flash animations and a novel combined format we have developed called MANIC. For details see http://ripples.cs.umass.edu.

CASA Presentations

(RealPlayer is required to view these presentations)

• The CASA Vision
  Presenter - Dave McLaughlin, CASA Director, University of Massachusetts
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/survey3/mclaughlin.ram
• Predicting Research Thrust - Tutorial on Numerical Weather Analysis and Prediction
  Presenter - Kelvin Droegemeier, CASA Deputy Director, University of Oklahoma
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/survey3/kelvin.ram
• Sensing Research Thrust
  Presenter - Sandra Cruz-Pol, CASA Associate Director, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/survey3/sandra.ram
• End User Integration
  Presenter - Havidan Rodriguez, Director, Distaster Research Center, University of Delaware and CASA End User Integration team member
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/survey3/havidan.ram
• CASA's Research Challenge - Observing the Lower Atmosphere (Flash video)
  Earth Curvature - English Version
  Earth Curvature - Spanish Version
• WeatherRATS: Using CASA's Engineering DCAS Model to Design K-12 Curriculum
  Presenter - Mary M. Taft, Science Specialist, Soule Road School, Wilbraham, Massachusetts
  Part 1: http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/media/fall06/WeatherRATS/part1/jMANIC.jnlp
  Part 2: http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/media/fall06/WeatherRATS/part2/jMANIC.jnlp
  

CASA Courses

• Introduction to Networking and Wireless Networks - Professor Jim Kurose, UPRM, January 2006.
• CMPSCI 496A: Independent Study in Wireless Networking - Professor Jim Kurose & Dr. Mike Zink, UMass, Fall 2005.

2004 CASA K-12 Content Institute:

• Writing a Grant Proposal
  Presenter - Omnia El-Hakim, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Colorado State University
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/kci/omnia.ram
• Water - It's Just a Phase
  Presenter - Kevin Kloesel, Assistant Dean, College of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/kci/kloesel1.ram
• Resolving Differences - Pixels and Voxels
  Presenter - Kevin Kloesel, Assistant Dean, College of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/kci/kloesel2.ram
• Networking 101
  Presenter - Jim Kurose, CASA Associate Director, Computer Science, University of Massachusetts
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/kci/kurose.ram
• Radars
  Presenter - Sandra Cruz Pol, CASA Associate Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/kci/sandra.ram
• Making Sense - Radar Data in the Classroom
  Presenter - Kevin Kloesel, Assistant Dean, College of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma
  http://ripples.cs.umass.edu/casa/media/f05/kci/kloesel3.ram

For comments about this page or to request for permission to use these materials, please contact: Wayne Burleson, CASA Education & Outreach Co-Director.

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