1) Name: Shannon Smith
2) Hometown: Menasha, WI
3) Age as of today (and birth date): March 11, 1982
4) Interests: Swimming, basketball, scrapbooking
5) Craziest ambition: I am roof monkey, which means I am usually the first one up on the roof and the last one down. The steeper the roof, the better!
6) Favorite sport: Swimming
7) Favorite movie: Animal House, Liar Liar, Coyote Ugly, Twister
8) Free time activities: What free time?
9) Person you admire: That would have to be my dad…he’s been through numerous tough and exhausting times, but he still comes through with his head held high.
10) What 3 things would you purchase if you won a million dollars: An Oreo factory, numerous gallons of milk, and a trip to Australia!
11) Something no one else knows about you (until now): I am extremely, I mean EXTREMELY ambidextrous!
12) What university you’re currently attending: UW-Green Bay (UWGB)
13) Year in school: Senior
14) Major(s)/minor(s): (Double Major) Environmental and Earth Science with a minor in Geography
15) Why you chose your major(s)/minor(s): I chose my majors because all the Meteorology core classes are required within the Environmental and Earth Science Degrees…thus means, I just need the actual Atmospheric Classes for a Meteorological Degree
16) Groups and organizations currently involved with: UWGB Habitat for Humanity
17) Toughest assignment ever received from professors: I had a five-week chemistry II lab that dealt with identifying unknown salts. There were 18 bottles including 4 known salts...all the rest were unknown! That turned out to be a 15 page lab report.
18) Career destination and goals: Becoming a Meteorologist, Flying with the Hurricane Hunters (USAF Reserves)!
19) Why you applied for this project: Because of a paid opportunity to research, design, launch and track high altitude balloons.
20) What you think about this project and how it will benefit your future career needs: The BalloonSat Summer project has been pretty interesting. I have a better understanding on what events must conspire prior to launching unmanned high- altitude weather balloons.