Megan Curiel ’17

Summer 2015

Evaluating the effects of a community-driven River Restoration project

Junior Geology major Megan Curiel ’17 traveled to Sichuan, China to conduct an analysis of the effectiveness of a community river restoration project. Megan accompanied Oberlin Professor of Geology Amanda Schmidt, who is part of an interdisciplinary research team that was asked in 2004 to investigate solutions to the increasingly variable changes in a small watershed that supports the local community. With her previous experience in geomorphology, Megan’s project is an opportunity for her to apply her skills and generate analyses of use to the local Yangjuan community that is restoring the river. Read more about Megan’s project in China here.