Takes part

WILLIMANTIC — Eastern Environmental Earth Science (EES) students recently participated in hands-on fieldwork related to their respective undergraduate research projects. Jeffrey Fontaine ’18 of Dayville was one of the students who performed fieldwork with an EES professor-mentor as part of research that will continue into the fall and spring semesters.

Fontaine is developing models that quantify coastal change by mapping an eroding bluff at Napatree Point in Watch Hill, R.I. These data sets help define the current geometry and position of the shoreline, which can be compared with previous, though less detailed, measures of the coastline. Fontaine’s project is one that both EES Professors Drew Hyatt and Bryan Oakley are collaborating.