Kent has been at BCC since Fall 1998, teaching Meteorology 101, along with various other courses, including Meteorology 211 (Global Climate Change), Oceanography 101 (Survey of Oceanography), Oceanography 110 (Marine Environmental Change), Environmental Science 204 (Ecology and the Biosphere), and Environmental Science 250 (Puget Sound Ecology). Kent's educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology from UCLA and a Master's Degree in Oceanography from Oregon State University. Prior to becoming an educator, Kent's career included several years of professional experience as a meteorologist and oceanographer with NOAA, and as an environmental scientist with both large and small consulting firms. His professional assignments ranged from conducting oceanographic research in the Arctic Ocean near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to serving as a member of the official NOAA Weather Support Team for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In his spare time, Kent likes participating in outdoor activities with his family, and is continuing to practice the martial art Taekwon Do, having earned his Black Belt in January 1999.

 

 

Here Kent is proudly displaying the output from BCC's own on-campus Weather Station.

 

 

 

 

This is Kent doing some "research" in mountain meteorology.

 

 

 

John DeVault

John has been on the BCC faculty since 1990, teaching Meteorology 101 and Astronomy courses (101 and 201). He has also taught at Pierce College and Green River Community College. John completed Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington, and was on the research staff of the Atmospheric Sciences department there. When not teaching students to look at the sky, John is Manager of Avionics Education for Honeywell Aerospace.

Aside from teaching college as a source of entertainment, John enjoys music, gardening, and exploring the world with his family.

Martha joined the BCC faculty in Fall 2004, teaching both meteorology and mathematics. She grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, and earned a Bachelor's degree in both math and atmospheric science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After spending a summer doing atmospheric research at NASA-Goddard in Greenbelt, MD, Martha moved to Seattle to complete a Master's degree in Atmospheric Science at the University of Washington. While at the UW, she taught sections of UW's Weather 101 and carried out research on the stability of the atmosphere.  Her thesis work was a mathematical study of when and how forecast errors grow and contaminate a forecast. What? -- You mean forecasts are sometimes wrong?

Martha enjoying some Wisconsin-like weather in Seattle (January 2004).

Martha enjoying her favorite pastime, rock climbing (Smith Rock, Oregon).

Jasmine Cetrone

Jasmine joined the BCC faculty in Fall 2007 as both a meteorology and mathematics instructor. Jasmine earned her Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Mathematics from UCLA in 2002. After completing several undergraduate research topics including helping in the development of the weather processor for a military radar, she decided to move to Seattle to pursue her graduate studies at the University of Washington. At UW, she earned a Master's Degree in Atmospheric Sciences in 2005, and a second Master's degree in Applied Mathematics in 2007. Jasmine has also participated in two field research programs: one investigating the clouds associated with the monsoon systems in Northern Australia; the other studying the Atlantic hurricanes during the 2005 season, where she was aboard one of the planes that flew through Hurricane Rita! While teaching at BCC, she is also working towards her PhD in Atmospheric Sciences (yes, she's a student too!) at UW. Her PhD topic is investigating the cirrus clouds generated by mesoscale convective systems using ground-based and airborne cloud radars. Outside of teaching and learning, Jasmine enjoys traveling and spending endless hours with her two huskies.

Jasmine after her first flight through Hurricane Rita.

Jasmine with her "kids" hiking in Northern Oregon.