2024 Desouza Award

Jim Steenburgh, University of Utah

The Russell L. DeSouza Award honors “individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata Program to better serve the geosciences.”

Dr. Jim Steenburgh is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah. He served as a member of the NSF Unidata User’s Committee from 1999 through 2006, and as a member of the Policy Committee (the former name of today’s Strategic Advisory Committee) from 2009 through 2012. After leaving the Policy Committee, he continued to help the Program move forward, serving on the Integrated Data Viewer’s technical steering committee from 2012 through 2015.

Jim has been a steadfast advocate for the idea that users of the Program’s data streams and software are what makes the Unidata community work. He has maintained and shared an IDV bundle archive that other institutions could use and modify for their own needs and he uses NSF Unidata software and data in his own classes, thus promoting their use by students as they progress beyond his purview.

A video recording of the award presentation and Jim's seminar is linked below and is available on the NSF Unidata YouTube Channel. Jim's presentation slides are also available.

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