Science Steering and Evaluation Panel (SSEP), Shanghai, P.R. China

Two undergraduate and three graduate students participated in the May 2005 SSEP meeting held in Shanghai, China. During their time in Shanghai, students participated in the review of science proposals submitted to the IODP, gained insights into the proposal review process and what goes into the development of world-class science, received mentoring from the U.S. scientists on the panel, networked with scientists from all over the world, and explored the sites of Shanghai and nearby Suzhou, an old city famous for its silk industry and for the many ancient Chinese gardens that survived Mao's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. See the students' presentation on their experience.

Attending the meeting were:

Ms. Amy Castner, Minority Programs Coordinator at JOI (not pictured)

Dr. Ashanti Johnson Pyrtle, MS PHD'S Program Director (not pictured)

Ms Aisha Johnson, an undergraduate student at the University of Houston

Mr. Ismael Nieves, a graduate student at the University of Connecticut

Mr. Leonard Pace, a graduate student at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Mr. Raymon Sherrell, an undergraduate student at the University of South Carolina

Mr. José Tirado, a graduate student at Howard University