Brett Steck, Esther Jeninga and Dean Wink are at the different stages of their undergraduate study.

While they are not even in the same major, they do UG Research together, in an interdisciplinary lab to study and monitor Landslides.

Brett, Esther and Dean join us on our podcast to talk about their Undergraduate Research experiences, their work on Landslide project, and how it is making a difference to them.

In particular, we discuss the following with them:

• How they Started UG Research at UW Whitewater
• The Landslide Project
• Benefits of doing UG Research
• Skills for Research

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Britain, Ethan, UW Whitewater []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Backgrounds []
• High School to UG Research []
• Why UG Research? []
• Landslide Project []
• Impact of Research []
• What’s Next? []
• Skills Needed for Research []

Our Guests: Brett Steck is a recent graduate of UW Whitewater with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology and Minor in Physics.

Esther Jeninga is a Senior studying Art at UW Whitewater.

Dean Wink is a Sophomore at UW Whitewater.

Memorable Quote: “And working with people of other disciplines has been great as well, like Brett said, and like, getting to talk to people who are not in Art Major are not always in the same building that I'm in all the time with all the other majors.” Esther Jeninga.

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