Participant Checklist

By June 27

• Arrange your travel to Denver - see Workshop Logistics page
• Complete the Participant Travel Information Form (Opens in a new window) to tell conveners your travel and participation information by Thursday June 27

Prep before the workshop (before August 6)

1) Attend or watch recordings from the pre-workshop meetings (held July 22-24)

At a minimum, attend or watch the session about your primary geophysics method. You are welcome/encouraged to watch all of them to learn more. Recordings and associated presentation slides are available on the Program page.

2) Look through teaching modules

Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the near-surface geophysics teaching modules -- at least do your primary method and GPS/GNSS. These free online resources have been developed through two EarthScope-led projects GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI) and Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications (IGUaNA).

• GPS/GNSS
• GPR
• Active seismic
• Electrical resistivity

3) Download software

Everyone should download the GNSS/GPS items and the software for their primary method. It is fine to download all the software if you are interested in practicing a bit with the other methods. Some of the software is only available for Windows. Bring a Windows laptop if you can. We will have some extras available. Some participants may share machines.

• GPS/GNSS - everyone should download this (iPhone and Android)
  • Emlid Flow app - iPhone or Android app store
• GPR (Windows only)
  • Request download of EKKO software - NOTE: this gets you a 14-day fully functional trial license.
  • GPR EKKO Project Software Download and Install Instructions (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 962kB Jul12 24)
  • Download, but don't install until the workshop (or shortly before)
• Active seismic (Windows only)
  • Download SeisImager/2D from Geometrics - using the Download Software button. Be sure to note down the location where the program is saved (the default location seems to be: C: > Program Files (x86) > SeisImager)
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    When the installation is complete, you can Exit out of the registration window without entering anything.
  • The demonstration version may be launched 15 times before you need to purchase a license, so you can wait to actually open it until the workshop.
  • Note: The component of the software suite that we will be using in the workshop is "Pickwin95.exe"
• Electrical resistivity (Windows, Mac, or Linex)
  • Install ResIPy on your laptop. Note: To use ResIPy on a Mac, you will also need to install Wine.
  • ResIPy downloading and installation instructions (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 5.2MB Sep15 24)

4) Optional (but very helpful) videos

Getting your travel reimbursement (to be completed after the workshop, by August 16)

Submit paperwork by August 16

1. Reimbursement payments will be sent through direct deposit to your bank account (ACH)
   At your soonest convenience after the workshop starts, complete this EarthScope Participant Financial Info Form.
2. Reimbursement information
   1. Immediately after the workshop, please fill out the bright yellow cells in the 2024 Geophysics Field Education Workshop Travel Expense Report Spreadsheet (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) 425kB Jul25 24)
   2. Add travel expenses (flights, ground transit, mileage, etc.)
   3. "Sign" expense report spreadsheet - to sign you can:
      1. Type your name in the cell then save spreadsheet as PDF
      2. OR save spreadsheet as PDF and sign it using Adobe's signature function
3. Collect receipts (you do not need to provide receipts for expenses less than $70)
4. Combine into a single PDF - signed spreadsheet AND receipts
5. Send the single PDF to payables@earthscope.org and beth.pratt-sitaula@earthscope.org
6. You will be reimbursed up to $700.