Christian P. Sarason

P.O. Box 23189
Seattle, WA 98102
e-mail: cpsarason@oceaninquiry.org
mobile: (206) 992 1866

Education

1998 - M.Sc., Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle
Project title: Acoustic Thermometry of hydrothermal vent plumes: Is it possible?

A.B. in Geology. 1993, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
Thesis title: Look at that crack go! Stress analysis of a dynamically propagating rupture.

Professional Experience

January 2003 - Present, Scientific Programmer, UW School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA
Working to interface M. Kawase’s POM model of Puget Sound with MM5 regional atmospheric model, and to commence “nowcast” operations. Member of PRISM Informatics (bloodstream) group.

November 1999 - Present, Co-Founder and Program Director, Ocean Inquiry Project, Seattle, WA.
Helped start the Ocean Inquiry Project, a non-profit organization whose mission is to connect students and researchers through scientific inquiry on Puget Sound. Created visualizations of Puget Sound POM output(see http://www.oceaninquiry.org/modelvis/).

March 1999 - Present, Oceanography Instructor, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA
Teaching students to discover and test for themselves the concepts of Oceanography by using small group learning and inquiry-based learning techniques.

August 2001, Oceanography Instructor, Seattle East-Asian Network/Pierce College, Okinawa, Japan.
Created and taught intensive Oceanography class in an innovative partnership between Pierce College and the Seattle East-Asian Network, a private college located in Okinawa, Japan.

August 2000, Volunteer Researcher, FlowMow Cruise, UW School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA.
Participated in a research cruise to the Juan de Fuca ridge. Created base maps for the research area from previous data and newly collected acoustic data from ABE, an autonomous underwater robot.

Fall 1999 - March 1999, Oceanography Instructor, Pierce College, Lakewood, WA.
Instructed 2 quarters of the evening section of Oceanography 101.

Memberships

American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi, National Association of Science Teachers.