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Grant Mitchell
- Program Year: 1
- Academic Institution: Stanford University
- Field of Study: Computational Oceanography
- Academic Advisor: Oliver Fringer
- Practicum(s): Practicum Not Yet Completed
- Degree(s):
B.S. Applied Physics, Coastal Carolina University, 2023
Summary of Research
Grant (Cage) Mitchell is from North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a B.S. in Applied Physics where his studies focused on environmental physics, applied mathematics, and sustainability.Cage has worked as a researcher in multiple capacities: leading a team to develop an artificial reef that uses calcium carbonate precipitation to grow shell-like material on a metal structure, developing new methods for filtering microplastics from marsh sediment using microfluidic chips, developing a baseline for the efficacy of simulated microgravity experiments at NASA, and mapping and modeling the spatial footprint and periodicity of sea breeze events in the southeastern united states.
Cage is passionate about developing innovative solutions to highly technical environmental problems. At Stanford University, he will be using numerical modeling, remote sensing, and machine learning techniques to improve existing and develop new sediment transport models.
Publications
###Published###Shaowu Bao, Leonard Pietrafesa, Paul Gayes, Stephen Noble, Brian Viner, Jian-Hua Qian, David Werth, Grant Mitchell, Savannah Burdette. Mapping the Spatial Footprint of Sea Breeze Winds in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2023
Leonard Pietrafesa, Shaowu Bao, Paul Gayes, Grant Mitchell, Savannah Burdette, Brian Viner, Stephen Noble, Jian-Hua Qian, David Werth. The Anatomy of the South Carolina U.S.A. Coastal Sea Breeze 2019-2020. International Journal of Geosciences, 2022
###Submitted/In preparation###
Leonard Pietrafesa, Shaowu Bao, Satish Kumar, Paul Gayes, Julianna Kowal, Grant Mitchell, Hongyuan Zhang. On Sea Level Variability and Rise, Climate Factors, Correlations & Attribution. Journal of Marine Research, submitted
G.W. Hitt, R. Gurka, A.S. Nafi, G. M. Mitchell, T.J.J. Hanebuth, M. Chu, C. Keller, C. Perry, L. Zhu. Microfluidic Microplastic Separation: Using fluid-carrying microchips to filter and sort microplastic particles from environmental samples, in preparation
Awards
Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 2024Gupta College of Science Student of the Year, Coastal Carolina University (CCU), 2023
Department of Physics and Engineering Science Student of the Year, CCU, 2023
Applied Physics Student of the Year, CCU, 2023
President’sAward, CCU, 2023
Ronald D. Lackey Service Award (Finalist), CCU, 2023
Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship, 2022
HTC Honors College Study Abroad Scholarship, CCU, 2022
Dean’s Excellence Scholarship, CCU, 2021-2023
Women in Philanthropy & Leadership Legacy Scholar Award & Scholarship, 2021-2022
The Mary Platt Scholarship, 2021-2022
Provost’s Scholar Award and Scholarship, CCU, 2019-2023
South Carolina Palmetto Fellows Scholarship (with STEM enhancement), CCU, 2019-2023
CCU Palmetto Scholarship, CCU, 2019-2023
Michael Nash Memorial Scholarship, 2019-2021